My apologies for this going so long. Basically, all we need now is a ruling from legal-discuss as to whether the license for Kevin Atkinson is considered BSD or MIT or otherwise Apache-compatible.
Should be over as soon as we get the ruling. -Alex On 9/1/14 12:14 AM, "Erik de Bruin" <e...@ixsoftware.nl> wrote: >This is another one for the (yet to be implemented) >legal-disc...@flex.apache.org mailing list :-( > >Apparently there are two (or more) interpretations possible. Either agree >to disagree and toss a coin, or ask someone who can break the tie to take >a >look, and move on, please. > >EdB > > > >On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 9:04 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 >> > > > >-- >Ix Multimedia Software > >Jan Luykenstraat 27 >3521 VB Utrecht > >T. 06-51952295 >I. www.ixsoftware.nl
