CARPENTR@SERVAX.BITNET (RALPH=CARPENTER) (12/05/89)
Jerry Kindall (Jerry@Pro-TCC.CTS.Com) says: >Remember, though, if you plan to release a program which uses >unpacked Sensible Speller (or other spelling checkers') dictionaries, >THOSE DICTIONARIES ARE COPYRIGHTED. Most publishers of spelling >checkers license their word lists from dictionary publishers, and if >you plan to distribute these same word lists, you should license them >too. Excellent point, which is why I'm passing along ONLY the conversion program to those people who request it. Besides, I'm afraid Murph would show up at my door with a two-by-four if I started sending 80,000-word dictionaries across the netverses. :-) _____________________________________________________________________________ / \ | Ralph Carpenter InterNet: CarpentR%SerVax.Bitnet@MITvma.MIT.EDU | | Dept. of Psychology Bitnet: CarpentR@SerVax SoBell: (407) 367-2616 | | Florida Atlantic U. Bitnet: Ralpho@FauVax GEnie, Delphi: Ralpho | | at Boca Raton CI$: 74015.644@compuserve.com | \_____________________________________________________________________________/ CC : SMTP@INTERBIT