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From: dick@slvblc.UUCP (Dick Flanagan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: The Dictionary
Message-ID: <352@slvblc.UUCP>
Date: 1 Feb 88 20:15:02 GMT
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Summary: Watch out for Compilation Copyrights
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In article <1151@orcisi.UUCP> michael@orcisi.UUCP (Michael Herman) writes:
> A fairly complete word list has just been posted to the comp.os.minix
> news group over the past couple weeks.

I am not familiar with the word list Michael refers to, but a few can
be found on local BBS's that contain comments to the effect that the
list contains (in addition to other words) all of the words in the
WordPerfect 4.2 (and other's) dictionary.

Folks should be aware that the collection of words contained in the
WordPerfect dictionary (or any other commercial dictionary, for that
matter) are protected by a Compilation Copyright.

While I doubt if anybody is going to get upset if you use such a word
list on your home machine, I would check it out pretty carefully before
I used one in a commercial product.

(I have no affiliation with WordPerfect Corporation other than as a
reasonably satisfied customer.)

Dick

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