Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 04:53:13 -0500 From: Rob <drifter@stratos.nospam.net> To: Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu>, "Ben J. Cohen" <bjc23@hermes.cam.ac.uk> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The FreeBSD Dictionary Message-ID: <19990303045313.B1500@net> In-Reply-To: <19990301135117.A74364@wopr.caltech.edu>; from Matthew Hunt on Mon, Mar 01, 1999 at 01:51:17PM -0800 References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903012039050.1596-100000@bjc23.trin.cam.ac.uk> <19990301135117.A74364@wopr.caltech.edu>
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[ X-ed to FreeBSD-Chat ] On Mon, Mar 01, 1999 at 01:51:17PM -0800, Matthew Hunt wrote: > On Mon, Mar 01, 1999 at 09:24:10PM +0000, Ben J. Cohen wrote: > > > I have been using it with a friend to try and solve crosswords and it > > hasn't been too brilliant---for instance it doesn't have the words > > "Internet" or "cheapskate". (Of course, our crossword solving skill > > aren't brilliant either.) > > Note the README: > > # Welcome to web2 (Webster's Second International) all 234,936 words worth. > # The 1934 copyright has elapsed, according to the supplier. The > # supplemental 'web2a' list contains hyphenated terms as well as assorted > # noun and adverbial phrases. The wordlist makes a dandy 'grep' victim. > > The lack of "Internet" in a 1934 dictionary should not be surprising. > We have that dictionary because its copyright expired, not because > anyone donated it. I don't know whether there are any more recent > or more complete dictionaries available for free. > > -- > Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu> * Science rules. > http://www.pobox.com/~mph/ * This might sound like a stupid question, but how is it possible to "copyright" a dictionary? I(c) mean(c), they(c) don't(c) own(c) the(c) words(c), do they? At the very least, it would seem that Webster's would be hard- pressed to prove that somebody "stole" their word list. -Rob To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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