> On Sun, 3 Oct 2004, Mohammad Samarah wrote: > > > Does Aspell offer an LGPL style license so that it can be embedded in a > > commercial application? Are the dictionaries licensed differently than the > > core engine? > > Aspell in under the LGPL as it clearly says in the manual. > > Each dictionary is under its own copyright. The English dictionary is > under a much weaker copyright than the LGPL. Some others or LGPL while > many are GPL. I do not control the copyright of the dictionaries and > accept anything which meats the FSF definition of "free".
I'm still a little confused... from what I understand at this point, I can link to Aspell using a DLL or SO (and will be using both methods at some point) with a commercial application, but I'm still confused about the dictionary. If you don't own the copyrights, who does? Maybe I'm confusing dictionaries with word lists or something I don't completely understand. I really have no idea how Aspell works, or how the word lists and/or dictionaries work. What I'm getting at, is can I use Aspell with English dictionary in a proprietary work? If I can, what notices (copyright and otherwise), EULAs, and source do I have to include? Bryan Petty _______________________________________________ Aspell-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/aspell-user
