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Re: Bug#344707: ITP: ispell-et -- Estonian dictionaries for ispell, aspell, myspell



On Sun, Dec 25, 2005 at 01:05:44PM +1100, An?bal Monsalve Salazar wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 25, 2005 at 01:50:32AM +0200, Martin-?ric Racine wrote:
> >Package: wnpp
> >Severity: wishlist
> >Owner: "Martin-??ric Racine" <q-funk@iki.fi>
> >
> >Package name : ispell-et
> >Version      : 20030606
> >URL          : http://www.meso.ee/~jjpp/speller/
> >aspell-et  - Estonian dictionary for aspell
> >iestonian  - Estonian dictionary for ispell
> >myspell-et - Estonian dictionary for myspell
> >openoffice.org-hyphenation-et - Estonian hyphenation pattern for OpenOffice.org
> >
> >The ispell affix and wordlists, as well as the OOo hyphenation were found as 
> >standalone files at the above URL, along with explanations in Estonian about 
> >the origin of all files. Everything else is generated by my own debian/rules.
> >
> >The above version is timestamp of the last update produced by Jaak Pruulmann. 
> >
> >I already have packages ready to upload. I however need to verify whether the 
> >software license of the Institute of the Estonian Language is considered free
> >according to Debian policies, before I proceed with the upload.
> >
> >Copyright:
> >2003-2005, Jaak Pruulmann <jjpp@meso.ee> (updated wordlist)
> >1996-1999, Institute of the Estonian Language <tarkvara@eki.ee> (original wordlist)
> >1993, Enn Saar <saar@aai.ee> (TeX hyphenation, converted for OpenOffice by Jaak)
> >
> >License:
> >   The present Licence Agreement gives the user of this Software Product
> >   (hereinafter: Product) the right to use the Product for whatever purpose
> >   (incl. distribution, copying, altering, inclusion in other software,
> >   and selling) on the following conditions:
> >
> >   1. The present Licence Agreement should belong unaltered to each copy
> >      ever made of this Product;
> >   2. Neither the Institute of the Estonian Language (hereinafter: IEL)
> >      nor the author(s) of the Product will take responsibility for any
> >      detriment, direct or indirect, possibly ensuing from the application
> >      of the Product;
> >   3. The IEL is ready to share the Product with other users as we wish
> >      to advance research on the Estonian language and to promote the use
> >      of Estonian in IT-technology now rapidly developing, yet we refuse
> >      to bind ourselves to any further obligation, which means that the
> >      IEL is not obliged either to warrant the suitability of the Product
> >      for a concrete use, to improve the program, or to provide a more
> >      detailed description of the underlying algorithms.
> >      (Which does not mean, though, that we may not do it.)
> >   4. Whenever you use the Product, we request that you inform us by writing
> >      to the e-mail address tarkvara@eki.ee or to street address listed below.
> 
> Non-free clause. Every time you use it, you will have to send an
> email or a letter to them.
Really?  Isn't 'request' the phrase often recommended on -legal for
such things?  (though I understand that the license isn't the right
place).

-- 
Clear skies,
Justin



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