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Re: FW: Arabic dictionary



On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 10:55:40PM -0700, Nadim Shaikli wrote:
> 
> I'm not sure what "proprietary format" means.  Does that mean he is planning
> on taking our data and encoding it (or storing it internally somehow) in his
> own proprietary method ?  If so, aren't we OK with that (ie. GPL allows for
> that), no ?  Meaning, the data is unchanged as its presentation format is
> immaterial, right ?

Yes, it does. However, I don't think that's what the original post has
said -- he said in a proprietery manner, not format. He wants to add to
it and keep it to himself for his website, so others don't have the same
thing and then he ends up with no business (not sure how you can make
business out of this, but that's what he said).
> 
> The standard mention of where the data came from, etc should be present.
> If wordlist's GPL requires that his application also be under GPL then we
> seem to have an issue (someone a long while ago noted that we should
> consider FDL and not GPL for the Wordlist license - anyone care to comment ?).

And this is one of those rare instances where I would support GPL. I
think we need maximum protection and the rigidity of the GPL for the
Wordlist. 

Regards
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