Some of the resources the dictionary is built from carry licence notices that must be reproduced
word for word, not summarised. They are below, exactly as their authors wrote them. The
dictionary sources page says what each one was used for.
Copyright and permission notice, quoted from AGID’s README:
Copyright 2000-2014 by Kevin Atkinson
Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute and sell this database,
the associated scripts, the output created form the scripts and its
documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee,
provided that the above copyright notice appears in all copies and
that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in
supporting documentation. Kevin Atkinson makes no representations
about the suitability of this array for any purpose. It is provided
"as is" without express or implied warranty.
AGID’s part-of-speech data derives from Alan Beale’s 2of12id and from WordNet, whose notice AGID
reproduces and which must travel with this data:
WordNet 1.6 Copyright 1997 by Princeton University. All rights
reserved. Permission to use, copy, modify and distribute this
software and database and its documentation for any purpose and
without fee or royalty is hereby granted, provided that you agree to
comply with the copyright notice and statements, including the
disclaimer, and that the same appear on ALL copies of the software,
database and documentation, including modifications that you make for
internal use or for distribution. THIS SOFTWARE AND DATABASE IS
PROVIDED "AS IS" AND PRINCETON UNIVERSITY MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR
WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. The name of Princeton University or
Princeton may not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to
distribution of the software and/or database.
AGID’s word list combines the public-domain ENABLE2K, YAWL, Jargon File and Moby word lists with
the UK Advanced Cryptics Dictionary, whose licence requires its notice to be displayed prominently
and its text reproduced verbatim:
Copyright (c) J Ross Beresford 1993-1999. All Rights Reserved.
The following restriction is placed on the use of this
publication: if The UK Advanced Cryptics Dictionary is used
in a software package or redistributed in any form, the
copyright notice must be prominently displayed and the text
of this document must be included verbatim.
There are no other restrictions: I would like to see the
list distributed as widely as possible.
Copyright and permission notices, quoted from VarCon’s README:
Copyright 2000-2019 by Kevin Atkinson
Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute and sell this array, the
associated software, and its documentation for any purpose is hereby
granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appears
in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission
notice appear in supporting documentation. Kevin Atkinson makes no
representations about the suitability of this array for any
purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
Copyright 2016 by Benjamin Titze
Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute and sell this array, the
associated software, and its documentation for any purpose is hereby
granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appears
in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission
notice appear in supporting documentation. Benjamin Titze makes no
representations about the suitability of this array for any
purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
The original word lists come from the Ispell distribution, whose notice VarCon reproduces and which
must travel with this data:
Copyright 1993, Geoff Kuenning, Granada Hills, CA
All rights reserved.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
are met:
1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
3. All modifications to the source code must be clearly marked as
such. Binary redistributions based on modified source code
must be clearly marked as modified versions in the documentation
and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
(clause 4 removed with permission from Geoff Kuenning)
5. The name of Geoff Kuenning may not be used to endorse or promote
products derived from this software without specific prior
written permission.
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY GEOFF KUENNING AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS''
AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL GEOFF KUENNING OR
CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,
EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR
PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING
NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.