[comp.misc] Origins of WORDS Dictionar

rberesfo@cix.compulink.co.uk (Ross Beresford) (02/13/91)

Thanks to all those who replied to my questions about the WORDS
dictionary file. To summarise:

The word list I described seems to be the same as that distributed
with a lot of Unix systems.

It is based on Webster's New International Dictionary of the English
Language, 2nd Edition, Unabridged, 1934.

It seems that the original copyright has lapsed and the list is now in
the public domain.

Ross Beresford
rberesfo@cix.compulink.co.uk (preferred)
rberesfo@compulink.co.uk (if above fails)