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Re: FW: Arabic dictionary



On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 06:32:07PM +0300, Ahmad Al-rasheedan wrote:
> 
> Mike,
> 
> I see no problem in taking the source files and format them to run under
> dictd or other proprietary format. At Arabeyes, we don't allow anonymous
> contributions to our dictionary too. I guess if you give credit for Arabeyes
> for the work you intend to do and contribute back to the project with your
> enhancement then I see no problem.
> 
> Let me know if you need any help processing the source files or where to
> get them for that matter.
> 

I am not sure it works that way. Since the Wordlist is GPL'ed, it means
that you cannot simply take it, modify and choose to give back "some" of
your modifications. That's the whole point of the GPL. You can make use
of it, but you have to give back everything you add to it.

Regards
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