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diff --git a/extensions/spellcheck/locales/en-US/hunspell/README_en_US.txt b/extensions/spellcheck/locales/en-US/hunspell/README_en_US.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..6b6caa370a --- /dev/null +++ b/extensions/spellcheck/locales/en-US/hunspell/README_en_US.txt @@ -0,0 +1,347 @@ +en_US-mozilla Hunspell Dictionary +Generated from SCOWL Version 2020.12.07 +Thu Jan 5 12:13:40 CET 2023 + +http://wordlist.sourceforge.net + +README file for English Hunspell dictionaries derived from SCOWL. + +These dictionaries are created using the speller/make-hunspell-dict +script in SCOWL. + +The following dictionaries are available: + + en_US (American) + en_CA (Canadian) + en_GB-ise (British with "ise" spelling) + en_GB-ize (British with "ize" spelling) + en_AU (Australian) + + en_US-large + en_CA-large + en_GB-large (with both "ise" and "ize" spelling) + en_AU-large + +The normal (non-large) dictionaries correspond to SCOWL size 60 and, +to encourage consistent spelling, generally only include one spelling +variant for a word. The large dictionaries correspond to SCOWL size +70 and may include multiple spelling for a word when both variants are +considered almost equal. The larger dictionaries however (1) have not +been as carefully checked for errors as the normal dictionaries and +thus may contain misspelled or invalid words; and (2) contain +uncommon, yet valid, words that might cause problems as they are +likely to be misspellings of more common words (for example, "ort" and +"calender"). + +To get an idea of the difference in size, here are 25 random words +only found in the large dictionary for American English: + + Bermejo Freyr's Guenevere Hatshepsut Nottinghamshire arrestment + crassitudes crural dogwatches errorless fetial flaxseeds godroon + incretion jalapeño's kelpie kishkes neuroglias pietisms pullulation + stemwinder stenoses syce thalassic zees + +The en_US, en_CA and en_AU are the official dictionaries for Hunspell. +The en_GB and large dictionaries are made available on an experimental +basis. If you find them useful please send me a quick email at +kevina@gnu.org. + +If none of these dictionaries suite you (for example, maybe you want +the normal dictionary that also includes common variants) additional +dictionaries can be generated at http://app.aspell.net/create or by +modifying speller/make-hunspell-dict in SCOWL. Please do let me know +if you end up publishing a customized dictionary. + +If a word is not found in the dictionary or a word is there you think +shouldn't be, you can lookup the word up at http://app.aspell.net/lookup +to help determine why that is. + +General comments on these list can be sent directly to me at +kevina@gnu.org or to the wordlist-devel mailing lists +(https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wordlist-devel). If you +have specific issues with any of these dictionaries please file a bug +report at https://github.com/kevina/wordlist/issues. + +IMPORTANT CHANGES INTRODUCED In 2016.11.20: + +New Australian dictionaries thanks to the work of Benjamin Titze +(btitze@protonmail.ch). + +IMPORTANT CHANGES INTRODUCED IN 2016.04.24: + +The dictionaries are now in UTF-8 format instead of ISO-8859-1. This +was required to handle smart quotes correctly. + +IMPORTANT CHANGES INTRODUCED IN 2016.01.19: + +"SET UTF8" was changes to "SET UTF-8" in the affix file as some +versions of Hunspell do not recognize "UTF8". + +ADDITIONAL NOTES: + +The NOSUGGEST flag was added to certain taboo words. While I made an +honest attempt to flag the strongest taboo words with the NOSUGGEST +flag, I MAKE NO GUARANTEE THAT I FLAGGED EVERY POSSIBLE TABOO WORD. +The list was originally derived from Németh László, however I removed +some words which, while being considered taboo by some dictionaries, +are not really considered swear words in today's society. + +COPYRIGHT, SOURCES, and CREDITS: + +The English dictionaries come directly from SCOWL +and is thus under the same copyright of SCOWL. The affix file is +a heavily modified version of the original english.aff file which was +released as part of Geoff Kuenning's Ispell and as such is covered by +his BSD license. Part of SCOWL is also based on Ispell thus the +Ispell copyright is included with the SCOWL copyright. + +The collective work is Copyright 2000-2018 by Kevin Atkinson as well +as any of the copyrights mentioned below: + + Copyright 2000-2018 by Kevin Atkinson + + Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute and sell these word + lists, the associated scripts, the output created from 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. + +Alan Beale <biljir@pobox.com> also deserves special credit as he has, +in addition to providing the 12Dicts package and being a major +contributor to the ENABLE word list, given me an incredible amount of +feedback and created a number of special lists (those found in the +Supplement) in order to help improve the overall quality of SCOWL. + +The 10 level includes the 1000 most common English words (according to +the Moby (TM) Words II [MWords] package), a subset of the 1000 most +common words on the Internet (again, according to Moby Words II), and +frequently class 16 from Brian Kelk's "UK English Wordlist +with Frequency Classification". + +The MWords package was explicitly placed in the public domain: + + The Moby lexicon project is complete and has + been place into the public domain. Use, sell, + rework, excerpt and use in any way on any platform. + + Placing this material on internal or public servers is + also encouraged. The compiler is not aware of any + export restrictions so freely distribute world-wide. + + You can verify the public domain status by contacting + + Grady Ward + 3449 Martha Ct. + Arcata, CA 95521-4884 + + grady@netcom.com + grady@northcoast.com + +The "UK English Wordlist With Frequency Classification" is also in the +Public Domain: + + Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 20:27:21 +0100 + From: Brian Kelk <Brian.Kelk@cl.cam.ac.uk> + + > I was wondering what the copyright status of your "UK English + > Wordlist With Frequency Classification" word list as it seems to + > be lacking any copyright notice. + + There were many many sources in total, but any text marked + "copyright" was avoided. Locally-written documentation was one + source. An earlier version of the list resided in a filespace called + PUBLIC on the University mainframe, because it was considered public + domain. + + Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 19:31:34 +0100 + + > So are you saying your word list is also in the public domain? + + That is the intention. + +The 20 level includes frequency classes 7-15 from Brian's word list. + +The 35 level includes frequency classes 2-6 and words appearing in at +least 11 of 12 dictionaries as indicated in the 12Dicts package. All +words from the 12Dicts package have had likely inflections added via +my inflection database. + +The 12Dicts package and Supplement is in the Public Domain. + +The WordNet database, which was used in the creation of the +Inflections database, is under the following copyright: + + This software and database is being provided to you, the LICENSEE, + by Princeton University under the following license. By obtaining, + using and/or copying this software and database, you agree that you + have read, understood, and will comply with these terms and + conditions.: + + 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 following 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. + + WordNet 1.6 Copyright 1997 by Princeton University. All rights + reserved. + + THIS SOFTWARE AND DATABASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND PRINCETON + UNIVERSITY MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR + IMPLIED. BY WAY OF EXAMPLE, BUT NOT LIMITATION, PRINCETON + UNIVERSITY MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF MERCHANT- + ABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR THAT THE USE OF THE + LICENSED SOFTWARE, DATABASE OR DOCUMENTATION WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY + THIRD PARTY PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS, TRADEMARKS OR OTHER RIGHTS. + + The name of Princeton University or Princeton may not be used in + advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the software + and/or database. Title to copyright in this software, database and + any associated documentation shall at all times remain with + Princeton University and LICENSEE agrees to preserve same. + +The 40 level includes words from Alan's 3esl list found in version 4.0 +of his 12dicts package. Like his other stuff the 3esl list is also in the +public domain. + +The 50 level includes Brian's frequency class 1, words appearing +in at least 5 of 12 of the dictionaries as indicated in the 12Dicts +package, and uppercase words in at least 4 of the previous 12 +dictionaries. A decent number of proper names is also included: The +top 1000 male, female, and Last names from the 1990 Census report; a +list of names sent to me by Alan Beale; and a few names that I added +myself. Finally a small list of abbreviations not commonly found in +other word lists is included. + +The name files form the Census report is a government document which I +don't think can be copyrighted. + +The file special-jargon.50 uses common.lst and word.lst from the +"Unofficial Jargon File Word Lists" which is derived from "The Jargon +File". All of which is in the Public Domain. This file also contain +a few extra UNIX terms which are found in the file "unix-terms" in the +special/ directory. + +The 55 level includes words from Alan's 2of4brif list found in version +4.0 of his 12dicts package. Like his other stuff the 2of4brif is also +in the public domain. + +The 60 level includes all words appearing in at least 2 of the 12 +dictionaries as indicated by the 12Dicts package. + +The 70 level includes Brian's frequency class 0 and the 74,550 common +dictionary words from the MWords package. The common dictionary words, +like those from the 12Dicts package, have had all likely inflections +added. The 70 level also included the 5desk list from version 4.0 of +the 12Dics package which is in the public domain. + +The 80 level includes the ENABLE word list, all the lists in the +ENABLE supplement package (except for ABLE), the "UK Advanced Cryptics +Dictionary" (UKACD), the list of signature words from the YAWL package, +and the 10,196 places list from the MWords package. + +The ENABLE package, mainted by M\Cooper <thegrendel@theriver.com>, +is in the Public Domain: + + The ENABLE master word list, WORD.LST, is herewith formally released + into the Public Domain. Anyone is free to use it or distribute it in + any manner they see fit. No fee or registration is required for its + use nor are "contributions" solicited (if you feel you absolutely + must contribute something for your own peace of mind, the authors of + the ENABLE list ask that you make a donation on their behalf to your + favorite charity). This word list is our gift to the Scrabble + community, as an alternate to "official" word lists. Game designers + may feel free to incorporate the WORD.LST into their games. Please + mention the source and credit us as originators of the list. Note + that if you, as a game designer, use the WORD.LST in your product, + you may still copyright and protect your product, but you may *not* + legally copyright or in any way restrict redistribution of the + WORD.LST portion of your product. This *may* under law restrict your + rights to restrict your users' rights, but that is only fair. + +UKACD, by J Ross Beresford <ross@bryson.demon.co.uk>, is under the +following copyright: + + 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. + +The 95 level includes the 354,984 single words, 256,772 compound +words, 4,946 female names and the 3,897 male names, and 21,986 names +from the MWords package, ABLE.LST from the ENABLE Supplement, and some +additional words found in my part-of-speech database that were not +found anywhere else. + +Accent information was taken from UKACD. + +The VarCon package was used to create the American, British, Canadian, +and Australian word list. It is under the following copyright: + + Copyright 2000-2016 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. + + Since the original words lists come from the Ispell distribution: + + 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. 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