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diff --git a/src/dictionaries/README_en_US.txt b/src/dictionaries/README_en_US.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 9a1fe67..0000000 --- a/src/dictionaries/README_en_US.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,276 +0,0 @@ -Wordlist en_US spelling and morphological dictionary for OpenOffice.org -Version 2008-12-18 - -Based on Wordlist Hunspell dictionaries version 2008-12-05 -and Wordlist POS and AGID data created by Kevin Atkinson -and released on http://wordlist.sourceforge.net. - -Other fixes: - -OOo Issue 48060 - add numbers with affixes by COMPOUNDRULE (1st, 111th, 1990s etc.) -New REP items (better suggestions for accented words and a few mistakes) -OOo Issue 63541 - remove *dessicated, *dessication - -László Németh <nemeth at OO.o> - -Original license: - -2008-12-05 Release - -README file for en_US and en_CA Hunspell dictionaries - -These dictionaries are created using the speller/make-hunspell-dict -dictionary in SCOWL, SVN revision 74. - -The NOSUGGEST flag was added to certain taboo words. While I made an -honest attempt to flag the strongest taboo words with the NOSUGGEST -flag, I MAKE NO GUARANTEE THAT I FLAGGED EVERY POSSIBLE TABOO WORD. -The list was originally derived from Németh László, however I removed -some words which, while being considered taboo by some dictionaries, -are not really considered swear words in today's society. - -You can find SCOWL and friend at http://wordlist.sourceforge.net/. -Bug reports should go to the Issue Tracker found on the previously -mentioned web site. General discussion should go to the -wordlist-devel at sourceforge net mailing list. - -COPYRIGHT, SOURCES, and CREDITS: - -The en_US and en_CA dictionaries come directly from SCOWL (up to level -60) and is thus under the same copyright of SCOWL. The affix file is -a heavily modified version of the original english.aff file which was -released as part of Geoff Kuenning's Ispell and as such is covered by -his BSD license. Part of SCOWL is also based on Ispell thus the -Ispell copyright is included with the SCOWL copyright. - -The collective work is Copyright 2000-2007 by Kevin Atkinson as well -as any of the copyrights mentioned below: - - Copyright 2000-2007 by Kevin Atkinson - - Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute and sell these word - lists, the associated scripts, the output created from the scripts, - and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, - provided that the above copyright notice appears in all copies and - that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in - supporting documentation. Kevin Atkinson makes no representations - about the suitability of this array for any purpose. It is provided - "as is" without express or implied warranty. - -Alan Beale <biljir@pobox.com> also deserves special credit as he has, -in addition to providing the 12Dicts package and being a major -contributor to the ENABLE word list, given me an incredible amount of -feedback and created a number of special lists (those found in the -Supplement) in order to help improve the overall quality of SCOWL. - -The 10 level includes the 1000 most common English words (according to -the Moby (TM) Words II [MWords] package), a subset of the 1000 most -common words on the Internet (again, according to Moby Words II), and -frequently class 16 from Brian Kelk's "UK English Wordlist -with Frequency Classification". - -The MWords package was explicitly placed in the public domain: - - The Moby lexicon project is complete and has - been place into the public domain. Use, sell, - rework, excerpt and use in any way on any platform. - - Placing this material on internal or public servers is - also encouraged. The compiler is not aware of any - export restrictions so freely distribute world-wide. - - You can verify the public domain status by contacting - - Grady Ward - 3449 Martha Ct. - Arcata, CA 95521-4884 - - grady@netcom.com - grady@northcoast.com - -The "UK English Wordlist With Frequency Classification" is also in the -Public Domain: - - Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 20:27:21 +0100 - From: Brian Kelk <Brian.Kelk@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - > I was wondering what the copyright status of your "UK English - > Wordlist With Frequency Classification" word list as it seems to - > be lacking any copyright notice. - - There were many many sources in total, but any text marked - "copyright" was avoided. Locally-written documentation was one - source. An earlier version of the list resided in a filespace called - PUBLIC on the University mainframe, because it was considered public - domain. - - Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 19:31:34 +0100 - - > So are you saying your word list is also in the public domain? - - That is the intention. - -The 20 level includes frequency classes 7-15 from Brian's word list. - -The 35 level includes frequency classes 2-6 and words appearing in at -least 11 of 12 dictionaries as indicated in the 12Dicts package. All -words from the 12Dicts package have had likely inflections added via -my inflection database. - -The 12Dicts package and Supplement is in the Public Domain. - -The WordNet database, which was used in the creation of the -Inflections database, is under the following copyright: - - This software and database is being provided to you, the LICENSEE, - by Princeton University under the following license. By obtaining, - using and/or copying this software and database, you agree that you - have read, understood, and will comply with these terms and - conditions.: - - Permission to use, copy, modify and distribute this software and - database and its documentation for any purpose and without fee or - royalty is hereby granted, provided that you agree to comply with - the following copyright notice and statements, including the - disclaimer, and that the same appear on ALL copies of the software, - database and documentation, including modifications that you make - for internal use or for distribution. - - WordNet 1.6 Copyright 1997 by Princeton University. All rights - reserved. - - THIS SOFTWARE AND DATABASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND PRINCETON - UNIVERSITY MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR - IMPLIED. BY WAY OF EXAMPLE, BUT NOT LIMITATION, PRINCETON - UNIVERSITY MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF MERCHANT- - ABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR THAT THE USE OF THE - LICENSED SOFTWARE, DATABASE OR DOCUMENTATION WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY - THIRD PARTY PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS, TRADEMARKS OR OTHER RIGHTS. - - The name of Princeton University or Princeton may not be used in - advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the software - and/or database. Title to copyright in this software, database and - any associated documentation shall at all times remain with - Princeton University and LICENSEE agrees to preserve same. - -The 40 level includes words from Alan's 3esl list found in version 4.0 -of his 12dicts package. Like his other stuff the 3esl list is also in the -public domain. - -The 50 level includes Brian's frequency class 1, words words appearing -in at least 5 of 12 of the dictionaries as indicated in the 12Dicts -package, and uppercase words in at least 4 of the previous 12 -dictionaries. A decent number of proper names is also included: The -top 1000 male, female, and Last names from the 1990 Census report; a -list of names sent to me by Alan Beale; and a few names that I added -myself. Finally a small list of abbreviations not commonly found in -other word lists is included. - -The name files form the Census report is a government document which I -don't think can be copyrighted. - -The file special-jargon.50 uses common.lst and word.lst from the -"Unofficial Jargon File Word Lists" which is derived from "The Jargon -File". All of which is in the Public Domain. This file also contain -a few extra UNIX terms which are found in the file "unix-terms" in the -special/ directory. - -The 55 level includes words from Alan's 2of4brif list found in version -4.0 of his 12dicts package. Like his other stuff the 2of4brif is also -in the public domain. - -The 60 level includes Brian's frequency class 0 and all words -appearing in at least 2 of the 12 dictionaries as indicated by the -12Dicts package. A large number of names are also included: The 4,946 -female names and the 3,897 male names from the MWords package. - -The 70 level includes the 74,550 common dictionary words and the -21,986 names list from the MWords package The common dictionary words, -like those from the 12Dicts package, have had all likely inflections -added. The 70 level also included the 5desk list from version 4.0 of -the 12Dics package which is the public domain - -The 80 level includes the ENABLE word list, all the lists in the -ENABLE supplement package (except for ABLE), the "UK Advanced Cryptics -Dictionary" (UKACD), the list of signature words in from YAWL package, -and the 10,196 places list from the MWords package. - -The ENABLE package, mainted by M\Cooper <thegrendel@theriver.com>, -is in the Public Domain: - - The ENABLE master word list, WORD.LST, is herewith formally released - into the Public Domain. Anyone is free to use it or distribute it in - any manner they see fit. No fee or registration is required for its - use nor are "contributions" solicited (if you feel you absolutely - must contribute something for your own peace of mind, the authors of - the ENABLE list ask that you make a donation on their behalf to your - favorite charity). This word list is our gift to the Scrabble - community, as an alternate to "official" word lists. Game designers - may feel free to incorporate the WORD.LST into their games. Please - mention the source and credit us as originators of the list. Note - that if you, as a game designer, use the WORD.LST in your product, - you may still copyright and protect your product, but you may *not* - legally copyright or in any way restrict redistribution of the - WORD.LST portion of your product. This *may* under law restrict your - rights to restrict your users' rights, but that is only fair. - -UKACD, by J Ross Beresford <ross@bryson.demon.co.uk>, is under the -following copyright: - - Copyright (c) J Ross Beresford 1993-1999. All Rights Reserved. - - The following restriction is placed on the use of this publication: - if The UK Advanced Cryptics Dictionary is used in a software package - or redistributed in any form, the copyright notice must be - prominently displayed and the text of this document must be included - verbatim. - - There are no other restrictions: I would like to see the list - distributed as widely as possible. - -The 95 level includes the 354,984 single words and 256,772 compound -words from the MWords package, ABLE.LST from the ENABLE Supplement, -and some additional words found in my part-of-speech database that -were not found anywhere else. - -Accent information was taken from UKACD. - -My VARCON package was used to create the American, British, and -Canadian word list. - -Since the original word lists used used in the VARCON package came -from the Ispell distribution they are under the Ispell copyright: - - Copyright 1993, Geoff Kuenning, Granada Hills, CA - All rights reserved. - - Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without - modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions - are met: - - 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright - notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. - 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright - notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the - documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. - 3. All modifications to the source code must be clearly marked as - such. Binary redistributions based on modified source code - must be clearly marked as modified versions in the documentation - and/or other materials provided with the distribution. - (clause 4 removed with permission from Geoff Kuenning) - 5. The name of Geoff Kuenning may not be used to endorse or promote - products derived from this software without specific prior - written permission. - - THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY GEOFF KUENNING AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS - IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT - LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS - FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL GEOFF - KUENNING OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, - INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, - BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; - LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER - CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT - LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN - ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE - POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. |