Re: [ossig] BM word list - release under what license?

[Ditesh Kumar <ditesh@ameba6.com>]

> As part of MIMOS's assistance with translating OpenOffice
> into BM, we are compiling a BM wordlist for use in the
> spellchecker.

Hi Imran,

Just wondering - will the collection of the words be manual (eg typed in
by some person) or via some automated system?

As for the licensing - it depends on what sort of software do you want
to encourage in Malaysia - proprietary or open source or both? The
licensing should then reflect the sort of software you wish to see. 

My opinion is to allow it to be used in both open and closed source
software but ask that any additions to the dictionary must also be
contributed back or be made available publicly (perhaps to Mimos?) In
other words - the wordlist cannot be kept secret but the source of the
software that uses it can.

-- 
Ditesh Kumar
Ameba6 Solutions Sdn. Bhd.

"Anyone who considers arithmetical methods of producing random digits
is, of course, in a state of sin." 	- John Von Neumann


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