It's all very confusing to me. It isn't my call. I have asked for a ruling from legal-discuss. It is odd that other products like AOO haven't switched to this dictionary.
Once they give us the green light, we'll be all set. -Alex On 9/1/14 12:04 AM, "Justin Mclean" <jus...@classsoftware.com> wrote: >Hi, > >> To be safe, we should probably get a ruling from legal-dicuss on the >>SCOWL >> dictionaries. > >No ruling is required, there are no incompatible licences, all >dictionaries are based on word lists in the public domian and/or licenses >unencumbered by rights that would be incompatable with Apache. > >But more importantly none are licenced under any licence listed in >Category X (GPL, NPL, BCL etc). > >I'll also note that we are not even bundling this dictionary and other >dictionaries exist that are also licensed by a license not in Category X. > >Here is the copyright/licence for the complete list of things in the >SCOWL package, the english dictionary uses a subset of these licences. > >Again I see no licences that are incompatible and there are no Category X >licences. > >The collective work is Copyright 2000-2014 by Kevin Atkinson as well >as any of the copyrights mentioned below: > > Copyright 2000-2014 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 <bil...@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 > > gr...@netcom.com > gr...@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.k...@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 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 all words appearing in at least 2 of the 12 >dictionaries as indicated by the 12Dicts package. > >The 70 level includes Brian's frequency class 0 and the 74,550 common >dictionary words 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 in 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 from the YAWL package, >and the 10,196 places list from the MWords package. > >The ENABLE package, mainted by M\Cooper <thegren...@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 <r...@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, 256,772 compound >words, 4,946 female names and the 3,897 male names, and 21,986 names >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 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. > >The variant word lists were created from a list of variants found in >the 12dicts supplement package as well as a list of variants I created >myself. > >Thanks, >Justin
