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2 them. See ":help spell" for more information.
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3
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4
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5 Copyright
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6
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7 The files used as input for the spell files come from the OpenOffice.org spell
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8 files. Most of them go under the LGPL or a similar license.
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9
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10 Copyright notices for specific languages follow. Note that the files for
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11 different regions are merged, both to save space and to make it possible to
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12 highlight words for another region different from bad words.
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13
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14 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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15 en_US
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17 20040623 release.
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18 --
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19 This dictionary is based on a subset of the original
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20 English wordlist created by Kevin Atkinson for Pspell
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21 and Aspell and thus is covered by his original
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22 LGPL license. The affix file is a heavily modified
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23 version of the original english.aff file which was
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24 released as part of Geoff Kuenning's Ispell and as
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25 such is covered by his BSD license.
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26
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27 Thanks to both authors for there wonderful work.
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28
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29 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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30 en_AU
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31
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32 This dictionary was based on the en_GB Myspell dictionary
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33 which in turn was initially based on a subset of the
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34 original English wordlist created by Kevin Atkinson for
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35 Pspell and Aspell and thus is covered by his original
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36 LGPL licence.
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37
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38 The credit for this en_AU dictionary goes to:
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39
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40 Kelvin Eldridge (maintainer)
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41 Jean Hollis Weber
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42 David Wilson
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43
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44 - Words incorrect in Australian English removed
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45 - a list from the previously removed words with corrected spelling was added
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46 - a list of major rivers was added
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47 - a list of place names was added
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48 - a list of Australian mammals was added
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49 - a list of Aboriginal/Koori words commonly used was added
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50
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51 A total of 119,267 words are now recognized
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52 by the dictionary.
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53
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54 Of course, special thanks go to the editors of the
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55 en_GB dictionary (David Bartlett, Brian Kelk and
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56 Andrew Brown) which provided the starting point
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57 for this dictionary.
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58
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59 The affix file is currently a duplicate of the en_AU.aff
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60 created completely from scratch by David Bartlett and
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61 Andrew Brown, based on the published
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62 rules for MySpell and is also provided under the LGPL.
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63
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64 If you find omissions or bugs or have new words to
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65 add to the dictionary, please contact the en_AU
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66 maintainer at:
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67
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68 "Kelvin" <audictionary@onlineconnections.com.au>
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69
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71 en_CA
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72
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73 The dictionary file was created using the "final" English and Canadian SCOWL
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74 (Spell Checker Oriented Word Lists) wordlists available at Kevin's Word Lists
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75 Page (http://wordlist.sourceforge.net). Lists with the suffixes 10, 20, 35,
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76 50, 65 and 65 were used. Lists with the suffixes 70, 80 and 95 were excluded.
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77 Copyright information for SCOWL and the wordlists used in creating it is
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78 reproduced below.
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79
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80 The affix file is identical to the MySpell English (United States) affix file.
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81 It is a heavily modified version of the original english.aff file which was
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82 released as part of Geoff Kuenning's Ispell and as such is covered by his BSD
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83 license.
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84
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85 ---
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86
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87 COPYRIGHT, SOURCES, and CREDITS from SCOWL readme file:
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88
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89 The collective work is Copyright 2000 by Kevin Atkinson as well as any
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90 of the copyrights mentioned below:
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91
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92 Copyright 2000 by Kevin Atkinson
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93
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94 Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute and sell these word
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95 lists, the associated scripts, the output created from the scripts,
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96 and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee,
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97 provided that the above copyright notice appears in all copies and
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98 that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in
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99 supporting documentation. Kevin Atkinson makes no representations
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100 about the suitability of this array for any purpose. It is provided
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101 "as is" without express or implied warranty.
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102
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103 Alan Beale <biljir@pobox.com> also deserves special credit as he has,
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104 in addition to providing the 12Dicts package and being a major
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105 contributor to the ENABLE word list, given me an incredible amount of
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106 feedback and created a number of special lists (those found in the
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107 Supplement) in order to help improve the overall quality of SCOWL.
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108
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109 The 10 level includes the 1000 most common English words (according to
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110 the Moby (TM) Words II [MWords] package), a subset of the 1000 most
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111 common words on the Internet (again, according to Moby Words II), and
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112 frequently class 16 from Brian Kelk's "UK English Wordlist
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113 with Frequency Classification".
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114
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115 The MWords package was explicitly placed in the public domain:
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116
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117 The Moby lexicon project is complete and has
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118 been place into the public domain. Use, sell,
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119 rework, excerpt and use in any way on any platform.
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120
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121 Placing this material on internal or public servers is
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122 also encouraged. The compiler is not aware of any
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123 export restrictions so freely distribute world-wide.
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124
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125 You can verify the public domain status by contacting
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126
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127 Grady Ward
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128 3449 Martha Ct.
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129 Arcata, CA 95521-4884
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130
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131 grady@netcom.com
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132 grady@northcoast.com
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133
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134 The "UK English Wordlist With Frequency Classification" is also in the
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135 Public Domain:
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136
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137 Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 20:27:21 +0100
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138 From: Brian Kelk <Brian.Kelk@cl.cam.ac.uk>
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139
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140 > I was wondering what the copyright status of your "UK English
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141 > Wordlist With Frequency Classification" word list as it seems to
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142 > be lacking any copyright notice.
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143
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144 There were many many sources in total, but any text marked
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145 "copyright" was avoided. Locally-written documentation was one
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146 source. An earlier version of the list resided in a filespace called
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147 PUBLIC on the University mainframe, because it was considered public
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148 domain.
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149
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150 Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 19:31:34 +0100
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151
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152 > So are you saying your word list is also in the public domain?
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153
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154 That is the intention.
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155
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156 The 20 level includes frequency classes 7-15 from Brian's word list.
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157
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158 The 35 level includes frequency classes 2-6 and words appearing in at
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159 least 11 of 12 dictionaries as indicated in the 12Dicts package. All
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160 words from the 12Dicts package have had likely inflections added via
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161 my inflection database.
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162
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163 The 12Dicts package and Supplement is in the Public Domain.
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164
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165 The WordNet database, which was used in the creation of the
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166 Inflections database, is under the following copyright:
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167
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168 This software and database is being provided to you, the LICENSEE,
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169 by Princeton University under the following license. By obtaining,
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170 using and/or copying this software and database, you agree that you
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171 have read, understood, and will comply with these terms and
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172 conditions.:
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173
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174 Permission to use, copy, modify and distribute this software and
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175 database and its documentation for any purpose and without fee or
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176 royalty is hereby granted, provided that you agree to comply with
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177 the following copyright notice and statements, including the
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178 disclaimer, and that the same appear on ALL copies of the software,
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179 database and documentation, including modifications that you make
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180 for internal use or for distribution.
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181
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182 WordNet 1.6 Copyright 1997 by Princeton University. All rights
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183 reserved.
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184
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185 THIS SOFTWARE AND DATABASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND PRINCETON
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186 UNIVERSITY MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR
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187 IMPLIED. BY WAY OF EXAMPLE, BUT NOT LIMITATION, PRINCETON
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188 UNIVERSITY MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF MERCHANT-
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189 ABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR THAT THE USE OF THE
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190 LICENSED SOFTWARE, DATABASE OR DOCUMENTATION WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY
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191 THIRD PARTY PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS, TRADEMARKS OR OTHER RIGHTS.
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192
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193 The name of Princeton University or Princeton may not be used in
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194 advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the software
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195 and/or database. Title to copyright in this software, database and
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196 any associated documentation shall at all times remain with
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197 Princeton University and LICENSEE agrees to preserve same.
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198
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199 The 50 level includes Brian's frequency class 1, words words appearing
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200 in at least 5 of 12 of the dictionaries as indicated in the 12Dicts
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201 package, and uppercase words in at least 4 of the previous 12
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202 dictionaries. A decent number of proper names is also included: The
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203 top 1000 male, female, and Last names from the 1990 Census report; a
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204 list of names sent to me by Alan Beale; and a few names that I added
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205 myself. Finally a small list of abbreviations not commonly found in
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206 other word lists is included.
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207
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208 The name files form the Census report is a government document which I
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209 don't think can be copyrighted.
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210
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211 The name list from Alan Beale is also derived from the linux words
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212 list, which is derived from the DEC list. He also added a bunch of
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213 miscellaneous names to the list, which he released to the Public Domain.
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214
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215 The DEC Word list doesn't have a formal name. It is labeled as "FILE:
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216 english.words; VERSION: DEC-SRC-92-04-05" and was put together by Jorge
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217 Stolfi <stolfi@src.dec.com> DEC Systems Research Center. The DEC Word
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218 list has the following copyright statement:
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219
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220 (NON-)COPYRIGHT STATUS
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221
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222 To the best of my knowledge, all the files I used to build these
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223 wordlists were available for public distribution and use, at least
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224 for non-commercial purposes. I have confirmed this assumption with
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225 the authors of the lists, whenever they were known.
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226
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227 Therefore, it is safe to assume that the wordlists in this package
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228 can also be freely copied, distributed, modified, and used for
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229 personal, educational, and research purposes. (Use of these files in
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230 commercial products may require written permission from DEC and/or
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231 the authors of the original lists.)
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232
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233 Whenever you distribute any of these wordlists, please distribute
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234 also the accompanying README file. If you distribute a modified
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235 copy of one of these wordlists, please include the original README
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236 file with a note explaining your modifications. Your users will
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237 surely appreciate that.
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238
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239 (NO-)WARRANTY DISCLAIMER
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240
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241 These files, like the original wordlists on which they are based,
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242 are still very incomplete, uneven, and inconsitent, and probably
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243 contain many errors. They are offered "as is" without any warranty
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244 of correctness or fitness for any particular purpose. Neither I nor
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245 my employer can be held responsible for any losses or damages that
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246 may result from their use.
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247
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248 However since this Word List is used in the linux.words package which
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249 the author claims is free of any copyright I assume it is OK to use
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250 for most purposes. If you want to use this in a commercial project
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251 and this concerns you the information from the DEC word list can
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252 easily be removed without much sacrifice in quality as only the name
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253 lists were used.
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254
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255 The file special-jargon.50 uses common.lst and word.lst from the
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256 "Unofficial Jargon File Word Lists" which is derived from "The Jargon
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257 File". All of which is in the Public Domain. This file also contain
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258 a few extra UNIX terms which are found in the file "unix-terms" in the
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259 special/ directory.
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260
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261 The 60 level includes Brian's frequency class 0 and all words
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262 appearing in at least 2 of the 12 dictionaries as indicated by the
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263 12Dicts package. A large number of names are also included: The 4,946
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264 female names and 3,897 male names from the MWords package and the
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265 files "computer.names", "misc.names", and "org.names" from the DEC
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266 package.
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267
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268 The 65 level includes words found in the Ispell "medium" word list.
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269 The Ispell word lists are under the same copyright of Ispell itself
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270 which is:
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271
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272 Copyright 1993, Geoff Kuenning, Granada Hills, CA
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273 All rights reserved.
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274
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275 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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276 modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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277 are met:
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278
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279 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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280 notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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281 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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282 notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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283 documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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284 3. All modifications to the source code must be clearly marked as
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285 such. Binary redistributions based on modified source code
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286 must be clearly marked as modified versions in the documentation
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287 and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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288 4. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
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289 must display the following acknowledgment:
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290 This product includes software developed by Geoff Kuenning and
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291 other unpaid contributors.
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292 5. The name of Geoff Kuenning may not be used to endorse or promote
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293 products derived from this software without specific prior
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294 written permission.
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295
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296 THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY GEOFF KUENNING AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS
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297 IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
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298 LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
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299 FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL GEOFF
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300 KUENNING OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
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301 INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING,
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302 BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
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303 LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER
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304 CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
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305 LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN
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306 ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
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307 POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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308
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309 The 70 level includes the 74,550 common dictionary words and the 21,986 names
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310 list from the MWords package. The common dictionary words, like those
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311 from the 12Dicts package, have had all likely inflections added.
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312
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313 The 80 level includes the ENABLE word list, all the lists in the
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314 ENABLE supplement package (except for ABLE), the "UK Advanced Cryptics
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315 Dictionary" (UKACD), the list of signature words in from YAWL package,
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316 and the 10,196 places list from the MWords package.
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317
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318 The ENABLE package, mainted by M\Cooper <thegrendel@theriver.com>,
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319 is in the Public Domain:
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320
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321 The ENABLE master word list, WORD.LST, is herewith formally released
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322 into the Public Domain. Anyone is free to use it or distribute it in
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323 any manner they see fit. No fee or registration is required for its
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324 use nor are "contributions" solicited (if you feel you absolutely
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325 must contribute something for your own peace of mind, the authors of
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326 the ENABLE list ask that you make a donation on their behalf to your
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327 favorite charity). This word list is our gift to the Scrabble
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328 community, as an alternate to "official" word lists. Game designers
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329 may feel free to incorporate the WORD.LST into their games. Please
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330 mention the source and credit us as originators of the list. Note
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331 that if you, as a game designer, use the WORD.LST in your product,
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332 you may still copyright and protect your product, but you may *not*
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333 legally copyright or in any way restrict redistribution of the
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334 WORD.LST portion of your product. This *may* under law restrict your
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335 rights to restrict your users' rights, but that is only fair.
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336
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337 UKACD, by J Ross Beresford <ross@bryson.demon.co.uk>, is under the
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338 following copyright:
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339
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340 Copyright (c) J Ross Beresford 1993-1999. All Rights Reserved.
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341
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342 The following restriction is placed on the use of this publication:
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343 if The UK Advanced Cryptics Dictionary is used in a software package
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344 or redistributed in any form, the copyright notice must be
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345 prominently displayed and the text of this document must be included
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346 verbatim.
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347
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348 There are no other restrictions: I would like to see the list
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349 distributed as widely as possible.
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350
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351 The 95 level includes the 354,984 single words and 256,772 compound
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352 words from the MWords package, ABLE.LST from the ENABLE Supplement,
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353 and some additional words found in my part-of-speech database that
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354 were not found anywhere else.
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355
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356 Accent information was taken from UKACD.
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357
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358 My VARCON package was used to create the American, British, and
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359 Canadian word list.
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360
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361 Since the original word lists used used in the
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362 VARCON package came from the Ispell distribution they are under the
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363 Ispell copyright.
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364
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365 The variant word lists were created from a list of variants found in
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366 the 12dicts supplement package as well as a list of variants I created
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367 myself.
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368
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369 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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370 en_GB
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371
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372 This dictionary was initially based on a subset of the
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373 original English wordlist created by Kevin Atkinson for
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374 Pspell and Aspell and thus is covered by his original
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375 LGPL licence.
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376
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377 It has been extensively updated by David Bartlett, Brian Kelk
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378 and Andrew Brown:
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379 - numerous Americanism have been removed
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380 - numerous American spellings have been corrected
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381 - missing words have been added
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382 - many errors have been corrected
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383 - compound hyphenated words have been added where appropriate
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384
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385 Valuable inputs to this process were received from many other
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386 people - far too numerous to name. Serious thanks to you all
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387 for your greatly appreciated help.
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388
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389 This word list is intended to be a good representation of
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390 current modern British English and thus it should be a good
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391 basis for Commonwealth English in most countries of the world
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392 outside North America.
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393
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394 The affix file has been created completely from scratch
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395 by David Bartlett and Andrew Brown, based on the published
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396 rules for MySpell and is also provided under the LGPL.
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397
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398 In creating the affix rules an attempt has been made to
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399 reproduce the most general rules for English word
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400 formation, rather than merely use it as a means to
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401 compress the size of the dictionary. It is hoped that this
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402 will facilitate future localisation to other variants of
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403 English.
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404
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405 Please let David Bartlett <dbartlett@iee.org> know of any
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406 errors that you find.
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407
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408 The current release is R 1.14, 15/12/02 or later
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409
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410 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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411 en_NZ
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412
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413 I. Copyright
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414 II. Copying (Licence)
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415 ----------------------------
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417 I. Copyright
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418
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419 NZ English Dictionary v0.9 beta - Build 06SEP03
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420 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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421 NB This is an initial version, please check:
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422 http://lingucomponent.openoffice.org/download_dictionary.html
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423 or
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424 http://www.girlza.com/dictionary/download.html
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425 for a final version, after a little while (no hurry).
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426
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427 This dictionary is based on the en_GB Myspell dictionary
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428 which in turn was initially based on a subset of the
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429 original English wordlist created by Kevin Atkinson for
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430 Pspell and Aspell and thus is covered by his original
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431 LGPL licence.
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432
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433
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434 Introduction
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435 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
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436 en_NZ.dic has been altered to include New Zealand places,
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437 including major cities and towns, and major suburbs. It
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438 also contains NZ words, organisations and expressions.
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439
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440 en_NZ.aff has had a few REPlace strings added, but is
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441 basically unchanged.
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442
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443
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444 Acknowledgements
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445 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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446 Thanks must go to the original creators of the British
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447 dictionary, David Bartlett, Brian Kelk and Andrew Brown.
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448
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449 I wouldn't have started this without seeing the Australian
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450 dictionary, thanks Kelvin Eldridge, Jean Hollis Weber and
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451 David Wilson.
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452
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453 And thank you to all who've contributed to OpenOffice.org.
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454
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455
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456 License
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457 ~~~~~~~
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458 This dictionary is covered by the GNU Lesser General Public
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