On Thu, Mar 26, 1998 at 08:38:32PM -0500, Bob Hilliard wrote: > I am packaging the client server software produced by the DICT > Project, which is under the GPL. I am not sure if the dictionary > databases that are used with these programs should be packaged or not. > (They are available for downloading from the net, and may be accessed > with the client software.) > > I will post more specifics later, and ask the developer community > to recommend if they should or should not be packaged. First, > however, I would like to consider their copyright. > > Most of the databases seem to satisfy the DFSG. However, the > most important of these, the 1913 Webster's Unabridged dictionary, is > questionable. Following is its copyright notice: > > This electronic version may be used freely for personal > use or for research, and may be freely distributed provided > that the entire set of files are copied, and the headers > and copyright notices are not modified or deleted. > The inclusion of more than one per cent of the text of > this dictionary in a product for sale requires the express > written permission of MICRA Inc. Sale of entire copies, > including all headers and copyright notices, will not be > considered a violation of this provision. > > It is most unlikely that anyone would want to include more than > 1% and less than 100% of this in a derived work, for sale or > otherwise. However, I believe that this provision violates the DFSG, > so that, if packaged, it would go into non-free.
They don't mention modification, and therfore modification is forbidden. As only personal use and research is allowed, commercial use is forbidden. It can go in the non-free section, but not elsewhere. Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Debian GNU/Linux finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.org master.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
