The spell files included here are in Vim's special format.  You can't edit
them.  See ":help spell" for more information.


COPYRIGHT

The files used as input for the spell files come from the OpenOffice.org spell
files.  Most of them go under the LGPL or a similar license.

Copyright notices for specific languages are in README_??.txt.  Note that the
files for different regions are merged, both to save space and to make it
possible to highlight words for another region different from bad words.

Most of the soundslike mappings come from Aspell ??_phonet.dat files:
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/aspell/dict/.  Most go under the GPL or LGPL copyright.


GENERATING .SPL FILES

This involves downloading the files from the OpenOffice.org server, applying a
patch and running Vim to generate the .spl file.  To do this all in one go use
the Aap program (www.a-a-p.org).  It's simple to install, it only requires
Python.

Before generating spell files, verify your system has the required locale
support.  Source the check_locales.vim script to find out.  If something is
missing, see LOCALE below.


You can also do it manually:
1. Fetch the right spell file from:
   http://ftp.services.openoffice.org/pub/OpenOffice.org/contrib/dictionaries

2. Unzip the archive:
	unzip LL_RR.zip

3. Apply the patch:
	patch < LL_RR.diff

4. If the language has multiple regions do the above for each region.  E.g.,
   for English there are five regions: US, CA, AU, NZ and GB.

5. Run Vim and execute ":mkspell".  Make sure you do this with the correct
   locale, that influences the upper/lower case letters and word characters.
   On Unix it's something like:
   	env LANG=en_US.UTF-8 vim
	mkspell! en en_US en_AU en_CA en_GB en_NZ

6. Repeat step 5 for other locales.  For English you could generate a spell
   file for latin1, utf-8 and ASCII.  ASCII only makes sense for languages
   that have very few words with non-ASCII letters.

Now you understand why I prefer using the Aap recipe :-).


MAINTAINING A LANGUAGE

Every language should have a maintainer.  His tasks are to track the changes
in the OpenOffice.org spell files and make updated patches.  Words that
haven't been added/removed from the OpenOffice lists can also be handled by
the patches.

It is important to keep the version of the .dic and .aff files that you
started with.  When OpenOffice brings out new versions of these files you can
find out what changed and take over these changes in your patch.  When there
are very many changes you can do it the other way around: re-apply the changes
for Vim to the new versions of the .dic and .aff files.

This procedure should work well:

1. Obtain the zip archive with the .aff and .dic files.  Unpack it as
   explained above and copy (don't rename!) the .aff and .dic files to
   .orig.aff and .orig.dic.  Using the Aap recipe should work, it will make
   the copies for you.

2. Tweak the .aff and .dic files to generate the perfect .spl file.  Don't
   change too much, the OpenOffice people are not stupid.  However, you may
   want to remove obvious mistakes.  And remove single-letter words that
   aren't really words, they mess up the suggestions (English has this
   problem).  You can use the "fixdup.vim" Vim script to find duplicate words.

3. Make the diff file.  "aap diff" will do this for you.  If a diff would be
   too big you might consider writing a Vim script to do systematic changes.
   Do check that someone else can reproduce building the spell file.  Send the
   result to Bram for inclusion in the distribution.  Bram will generate the
   .spl file and upload it to the ftp server (if he can't generate it you will
   have to send him the .spl file too).

4. When OpenOffice makes a new zip file available you need to update the
   patch.  "aap check" should do most of the work for you: if there are
   changes the .new.dic and .new.aff files will appear.  You can now figure
   out the differences with .orig.dic and .orig.aff, adjust the .dic and .aff
   files and finally move the .new.dic to .orig.dic and .new.aff to .orig.aff.

5. Repeat step 4. regularly.


LOCALE

For proper spell file generation the required locale must be installed.
Otherwise Vim doesn't know what are letters and upper-lower case differences.
Modern systems use UTF-8, but we also generate spell files for 8-bit locales
for users with older systems.

On Ubuntu the default is to only support locales for your own language.  To
add others you need to do this:
	sudo vim /var/lib/locales/supported.d/local
	    Add needed lines from /usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED
	sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales

When using the check_locales.vim script, you need to exit Vim and restart it
to pickup the newly installed locales.

en_US
20040623 release.
--
This dictionary is based on a subset of the original
English wordlist created by Kevin Atkinson for Pspell 
and  Aspell and thus is covered by his original 
LGPL license.  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.

Thanks to both authors for there wonderful work.


===================================================
en_AU:
This dictionary was based on the en_GB Myspell dictionary 
which in turn was initially based on a subset of the 
original English wordlist created by Kevin Atkinson for 
Pspell and  Aspell and thus is covered by his original 
LGPL licence. 

The credit for this en_AU dictionary goes to:

Kelvin Eldridge (maintainer)
Jean Hollis Weber
David Wilson

- Words incorrect in Australian English removed
- a list from the previously removed words with corrected spelling was added
- a list of major rivers was added
- a list of place names was added
- a list of Australian mammals was added 
- a list of Aboriginal/Koori words commonly used was added

A total of 119,267 words are now recognized 
by the dictionary.

Of course, special thanks go to the editors of the 
en_GB dictionary (David Bartlett, Brian Kelk and 
Andrew Brown) which provided the starting point
for this dictionary.

The affix file is currently a duplicate of the en_AU.aff
created completely from scratch by David Bartlett and 
Andrew Brown, based on the published 
rules for MySpell and is also provided under the LGPL.

If you find omissions or bugs or have new words to 
add to the dictionary, please contact the en_AU 
maintainer at:

 "Kelvin" <audictionary@onlineconnections.com.au>



===================================================
en_CA:
The dictionary file was created using the "final" English and Canadian SCOWL (Spell Checker Oriented Word Lists) wordlists available at Kevin's Word Lists Page (http://wordlist.sourceforge.net). Lists with the suffixes 10, 20, 35, 50, 65 and 65 were used. Lists with the suffixes 70, 80 and 95 were excluded. Copyright information for SCOWL and the wordlists used in creating it is reproduced below.

The affix file is identical to the MySpell English (United States) affix file. It 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.

---

COPYRIGHT, SOURCES, and CREDITS from SCOWL readme file:

The collective work is Copyright 2000 by Kevin Atkinson as well as any
of the copyrights mentioned below:

  Copyright 2000 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
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  Permission to use, copy, modify and distribute this software and
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  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.

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  any associated documentation shall at all times remain with
  Princeton University and LICENSEE agrees to preserve same.

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 name list from Alan Beale is also derived from the linux words
list, which is derived from the DEC list.  He also added a bunch of
miscellaneous names to the list, which he released to the Public Domain.

The DEC Word list doesn't have a formal name.  It is labeled as "FILE:
english.words; VERSION: DEC-SRC-92-04-05" and was put together by Jorge
Stolfi <stolfi@src.dec.com> DEC Systems Research Center.  The DEC Word
list has the following copyright statement:

  (NON-)COPYRIGHT STATUS

  To the best of my knowledge, all the files I used to build these
  wordlists were available for public distribution and use, at least
  for non-commercial purposes.  I have confirmed this assumption with
  the authors of the lists, whenever they were known.

  Therefore, it is safe to assume that the wordlists in this package
  can also be freely copied, distributed, modified, and used for
  personal, educational, and research purposes.  (Use of these files in
  commercial products may require written permission from DEC and/or
  the authors of the original lists.)

  Whenever you distribute any of these wordlists, please distribute
  also the accompanying README file.  If you distribute a modified
  copy of one of these wordlists, please include the original README
  file with a note explaining your modifications.  Your users will
  surely appreciate that.

  (NO-)WARRANTY DISCLAIMER

  These files, like the original wordlists on which they are based,
  are still very incomplete, uneven, and inconsistent, and probably
  contain many errors.  They are offered "as is" without any warranty
  of correctness or fitness for any particular purpose.  Neither I nor
  my employer can be held responsible for any losses or damages that
  may result from their use.

However since this Word List is used in the linux.words package which
the author claims is free of any copyright I assume it is OK to use
for most purposes.  If you want to use this in a commercial project
and this concerns you the information from the DEC word list can
easily be removed without much sacrifice in quality as only the name
lists were used.

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 60 level includes Brian's frequency class 0 and all words
appearing in at least 2 of the 12 dictionaries as indicated by the
12Dicts package.  A large number of names are also included: The 4,946
female names and 3,897 male names from the MWords package and the
files "computer.names", "misc.names", and "org.names" from the DEC
package.

The 65 level includes words found in the Ispell "medium" word list.
The Ispell word lists are under the same copyright of Ispell itself
which is:

  Copyright 1993, Geoff Kuenning, Granada Hills, CA
  All rights reserved.

  Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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  1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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  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.
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     must be clearly marked as modified versions in the documentation
     and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
  4. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
     must display the following acknowledgment:
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     other unpaid contributors.
  5. The name of Geoff Kuenning may not be used to endorse or promote
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  LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
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  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.

The 70 level includes the 74,550 common dictionary words and the 21,986 names
list from the MWords package.  The common dictionary words, like those
from the 12Dicts package, have had all likely inflections added.

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 in from 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 and 256,772 compound
words 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.

My VARCON package was used to create the American, British, and
Canadian word list. 

Since the original word lists used in the VARCON package came from 
the Ispell distribution they are under the Ispell copyright.

The variant word lists were created from a list of variants found in
the 12dicts supplement package as well as a list of variants I created
myself.




===================================================
en_GB:
This dictionary was initially based on a subset of the 
original English wordlist created by Kevin Atkinson for 
Pspell and  Aspell and thus is covered by his original 
LGPL licence. 

It has been extensively updated by David Bartlett, Brian Kelk
and Andrew Brown:
- numerous Americanism have been removed
- numerous American spellings have been corrected
- missing words have been added
- many errors have been corrected
- compound hyphenated words have been added where appropriate

Valuable inputs to this process were received from many other 
people - far too numerous to name. Serious thanks to you all
for your greatly appreciated help.

This word list is intended to be a good representation of
current modern British English and thus it should be a good 
basis for Commonwealth English in most countries of the world 
outside North America.

The affix file has been created completely from scratch
by David Bartlett and Andrew Brown, based on the published 
rules for MySpell and is also provided under the LGPL.

In creating the affix rules an attempt has been made to 
reproduce the most general rules for English word
formation, rather than merely use it as a means to
compress the size of the dictionary. It is hoped that this
will facilitate future localisation to other variants of
English.

Please let David Bartlett <dwb@openoffice.org> know of any 
errors that you find.

The current release is R 1.18, 11/04/05
===================================================
en_NZ:
I. Copyright
II. Copying (Licence)
----------------------------

I. Copyright

NZ English Dictionary v0.9 beta - Build 06SEP03
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NB This is an initial version, please check:
http://lingucomponent.openoffice.org/download_dictionary.html
or
http://www.girlza.com/dictionary/download.html
for a final version, after a little while (no hurry).

This dictionary is based on the en_GB Myspell dictionary 
which in turn was initially based on a subset of the 
original English wordlist created by Kevin Atkinson for 
Pspell and  Aspell and thus is covered by his original 
LGPL licence. 


Introduction
~~~~~~~~~~~~
en_NZ.dic has been altered to include New Zealand places,
including major cities and towns, and major suburbs. It
also contains NZ words, organisations and expressions.

en_NZ.aff has had a few REPlace strings added, but is
basically unchanged.


Acknowledgements
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thanks must go to the original creators of the British
dictionary, David Bartlett, Brian Kelk and Andrew Brown.

I wouldn't have started this without seeing the Australian
dictionary, thanks Kelvin Eldridge, Jean Hollis Weber and
David Wilson.

And thank you to all who've contributed to OpenOffice.org.


License
~~~~~~~
This dictionary is covered by the GNU Lesser General Public
License, viewable at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html


Issues
~~~~~~
Many of the proper nouns already in the dictionary do not have
an affix for 's.
All my new words start after the z's of the original dictionary.


Contact
~~~~~~~
Contact Tristan Burtenshaw (hooty@slingshot.co.nz) with any words,
places or other suggestions for the dictionary.



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