Short: French dictionary for AlphaSpell Author: Fergus Duniho and Unknown Uploader: fdnh troi cc rochester edu Type: text/misc Version: 1.1 Requires: text/edit/ASpell.lha Architecture: generic The dictionary's index file has been updated for AlphaSpell VI. This AlphaSpell dictionary is based on the French dictionary that comes with the Unix version of a program called "Le Dico." This version was already in Latin ISO. I forget where I found it, but there is another version of the dictionary at the same site as I've found most of the other lexicons. Based on my poor knowledge of French, Le Dico seems to do some dictionary maintenence and pattern matching. I don't know whether it does anything else. Le Dico came with a file called "copying.doc". I asked someone who knows French to tell me what it said, and then I looked up words in a French-English dictionary to bolster my understanding of it. As I understand it, I am free to use the dictionary as I wish. If I were modifying the source code to Le Dico or to its utility programs, I would have to include the complete sources. But I am not doing that. AlphaSpell may do some of the same things as Le Dico, but it is not based on it in any way. All I'm doing is making Le Dico's lexicon available for AlphaSpell to use. For those who know French, (and why would you want this dictionary if you don't?), here is the French text on distributing Le Dico: +--------------------[ Distribution De ]-----------------------+ | | | LL EEEEEEE DDDDDD IIII CCCCC OOOOO | | LL EE DD DD II CC CC OO OO | | LL EEEE DD DD II CC OO OO | | LL EE DD DD II CC OO OO | | LL EE DD DD II CC CC OO OO | | LLLLLLL EEEEEEE DDDDDD IIII CCCCC OOOOO | | | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ Le Dico n'est pas domaine public, il est "Freeware". Considerez que Le Dico et les fichiers le composant sont distribues pratiquement avec un "CopyLeft" similaire à celui des programmes GNU, parceque c'est un exemple du genre. (Mais Le Dico n'a rien a voir avec GNU bien entendu). En resume, vous etes libres de diffuser gratuitement Le Dico a qui vous voulez. Vous etes libres d'utiliser tout ou partie des sources et fichiers le composant pour toute realisation, le lexique est d'ailleurs fait pour cela ! Distribution: Vous devez fournir l'archive originale complete, sans jamais dissocier les fichiers la composant. La version d' origine est la version Unix, faites circuler cette version universelle de preference a l'adaptation DOS chaque fois que c'est possible. Si vous faites des modifications ou ameliorations, ou realisez des utilitaires a distribuer avec Le Dico, vous devez le signaler dans la documentation, et fournir les SOURCES COMPLETES (et portables dans la mesure du possible) de tout ce que vous implementez, ou du moins laisser ces sources disponibles a tous gratuitement, sur simple demande. Ceci est indispensable pour le developpement de ce type de programme 'ouvert' et gratuit, devant etre accessible a toute la communaute.