1 This English word list is comes directly from SCOWL
2 and is thus under the same copyright of SCOWL. The affix file (only
3 included in the aspell6 package) is based on the Ispell one which is
4 under the same copyright of Ispell. Part of SCOWL is also based on
5 Ispell thus the Ispell copyright is included with the SCOWL copyright.
6 The collective work is Copyright 2000-2019 by Kevin Atkinson as well
7 as any of the copyrights mentioned below:
9 Copyright 2000-2019 by Kevin Atkinson
11 Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute and sell these word
12 lists, the associated scripts, the output created from the scripts,
13 and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee,
14 provided that the above copyright notice appears in all copies and
15 that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in
16 supporting documentation. Kevin Atkinson makes no representations
17 about the suitability of this array for any purpose. It is provided
18 "as is" without express or implied warranty.
20 Alan Beale <biljir@pobox.com> also deserves special credit as he has,
21 in addition to providing the 12Dicts package and being a major
22 contributor to the ENABLE word list, given me an incredible amount of
23 feedback and created a number of special lists (those found in the
24 Supplement) in order to help improve the overall quality of SCOWL.
26 The 10 level includes the 1000 most common English words (according to
27 the Moby (TM) Words II [MWords] package), a subset of the 1000 most
28 common words on the Internet (again, according to Moby Words II), and
29 frequently class 16 from Brian Kelk's "UK English Wordlist
30 with Frequency Classification".
32 The MWords package was explicitly placed in the public domain:
34 The Moby lexicon project is complete and has
35 been place into the public domain. Use, sell,
36 rework, excerpt and use in any way on any platform.
38 Placing this material on internal or public servers is
39 also encouraged. The compiler is not aware of any
40 export restrictions so freely distribute world-wide.
42 You can verify the public domain status by contacting
51 The "UK English Wordlist With Frequency Classification" is also in the
54 Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 20:27:21 +0100
55 From: Brian Kelk <Brian.Kelk@cl.cam.ac.uk>
57 > I was wondering what the copyright status of your "UK English
58 > Wordlist With Frequency Classification" word list as it seems to
59 > be lacking any copyright notice.
61 There were many many sources in total, but any text marked
62 "copyright" was avoided. Locally-written documentation was one
63 source. An earlier version of the list resided in a filespace called
64 PUBLIC on the University mainframe, because it was considered public
67 Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 19:31:34 +0100
69 > So are you saying your word list is also in the public domain?
71 That is the intention.
73 The 20 level includes frequency classes 7-15 from Brian's word list.
75 The 35 level includes frequency classes 2-6 and words appearing in at
76 least 11 of 12 dictionaries as indicated in the 12Dicts package. All
77 words from the 12Dicts package have had likely inflections added via
78 my inflection database.
80 The 12Dicts package and Supplement is in the Public Domain.
82 The WordNet database, which was used in the creation of the
83 Inflections database, is under the following copyright:
85 This software and database is being provided to you, the LICENSEE,
86 by Princeton University under the following license. By obtaining,
87 using and/or copying this software and database, you agree that you
88 have read, understood, and will comply with these terms and
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92 database and its documentation for any purpose and without fee or
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94 the following copyright notice and statements, including the
95 disclaimer, and that the same appear on ALL copies of the software,
96 database and documentation, including modifications that you make
97 for internal use or for distribution.
99 WordNet 1.6 Copyright 1997 by Princeton University. All rights
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116 The 40 level includes words from Alan's 3esl list found in version 4.0
117 of his 12dicts package. Like his other stuff the 3esl list is also in the
120 The 50 level includes Brian's frequency class 1, words appearing
121 in at least 5 of 12 of the dictionaries as indicated in the 12Dicts
122 package, and uppercase words in at least 4 of the previous 12
123 dictionaries. A decent number of proper names is also included: The
124 top 1000 male, female, and Last names from the 1990 Census report; a
125 list of names sent to me by Alan Beale; and a few names that I added
126 myself. Finally a small list of abbreviations not commonly found in
127 other word lists is included.
129 The name files form the Census report is a government document which I
130 don't think can be copyrighted.
132 The file special-jargon.50 uses common.lst and word.lst from the
133 "Unofficial Jargon File Word Lists" which is derived from "The Jargon
134 File". All of which is in the Public Domain. This file also contain
135 a few extra UNIX terms which are found in the file "unix-terms" in the
138 The 55 level includes words from Alan's 2of4brif list found in version
139 4.0 of his 12dicts package. Like his other stuff the 2of4brif is also
140 in the public domain.
142 The 60 level includes all words appearing in at least 2 of the 12
143 dictionaries as indicated by the 12Dicts package.
145 The 70 level includes Brian's frequency class 0 and the 74,550 common
146 dictionary words from the MWords package. The common dictionary words,
147 like those from the 12Dicts package, have had all likely inflections
148 added. The 70 level also included the 5desk list from version 4.0 of
149 the 12Dics package which is in the public domain.
151 The 80 level includes the ENABLE word list, all the lists in the
152 ENABLE supplement package (except for ABLE), the "UK Advanced Cryptics
153 Dictionary" (UKACD), the list of signature words from the YAWL package,
154 and the 10,196 places list from the MWords package.
156 The ENABLE package, mainted by M\Cooper <thegrendel@theriver.com>,
157 is in the Public Domain:
159 The ENABLE master word list, WORD.LST, is herewith formally released
160 into the Public Domain. Anyone is free to use it or distribute it in
161 any manner they see fit. No fee or registration is required for its
162 use nor are "contributions" solicited (if you feel you absolutely
163 must contribute something for your own peace of mind, the authors of
164 the ENABLE list ask that you make a donation on their behalf to your
165 favorite charity). This word list is our gift to the Scrabble
166 community, as an alternate to "official" word lists. Game designers
167 may feel free to incorporate the WORD.LST into their games. Please
168 mention the source and credit us as originators of the list. Note
169 that if you, as a game designer, use the WORD.LST in your product,
170 you may still copyright and protect your product, but you may *not*
171 legally copyright or in any way restrict redistribution of the
172 WORD.LST portion of your product. This *may* under law restrict your
173 rights to restrict your users' rights, but that is only fair.
175 UKACD, by J Ross Beresford <ross@bryson.demon.co.uk>, is under the
178 Copyright (c) J Ross Beresford 1993-1999. All Rights Reserved.
180 The following restriction is placed on the use of this publication:
181 if The UK Advanced Cryptics Dictionary is used in a software package
182 or redistributed in any form, the copyright notice must be
183 prominently displayed and the text of this document must be included
186 There are no other restrictions: I would like to see the list
187 distributed as widely as possible.
189 The 95 level includes the 354,984 single words, 256,772 compound
190 words, 4,946 female names and the 3,897 male names, and 21,986 names
191 from the MWords package, ABLE.LST from the ENABLE Supplement, and some
192 additional words found in my part-of-speech database that were not
195 Accent information was taken from UKACD.
197 The VarCon package was used to create the American, British, Canadian,
198 and Australian word list. It is under the following copyright:
200 Copyright 2000-2016 by Kevin Atkinson
202 Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute and sell this array, the
203 associated software, and its documentation for any purpose is hereby
204 granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appears
205 in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission
206 notice appear in supporting documentation. Kevin Atkinson makes no
207 representations about the suitability of this array for any
208 purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
210 Copyright 2016 by Benjamin Titze
212 Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute and sell this array, the
213 associated software, and its documentation for any purpose is hereby
214 granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appears
215 in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission
216 notice appear in supporting documentation. Benjamin Titze makes no
217 representations about the suitability of this array for any
218 purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
220 Since the original words lists come from the Ispell distribution:
222 Copyright 1993, Geoff Kuenning, Granada Hills, CA
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236 must be clearly marked as modified versions in the documentation
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238 (clause 4 removed with permission from Geoff Kuenning)
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