Re: Aspell-en license Once again.
On 4 Nov 2002, Henning Makholm wrote:
> Scripsit Brian Nelson <nelson@bignachos.com>
>
> > However, this "license" contains the same questionable clause as the
> > aspell-en license:
>
> > Therefore, it is safe to assume that the wordlists in this package
> > can also be freely copied, distributed, modified, and used for
> > personal, educational, and research purposes. (Use of these files in
> > commercial products may require written permission from DEC and/or
> > the authors of the original lists.)
>
> Now there's a real problem.
Um no. This is not a statement of rights. It is merely an assessment of
how the DEC word list author views the situation. He assigns no
additional copyright to his work.
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