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- % Webster utilities for NeXT computers and others. %
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- % COPYRIGHT (C) MARCH 1944, BENOIT GRANGE. ben@fizz.fdn.org %
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- Here is the fifth alpha release of the webster access library and
- associated server & clients. This library allows to search words in
- the webster dictionary and thesaurus on NeXT computers. It works for
- NeXTStep version 3.0 and greater. Today, it has been tested with 3.0
- and 3.2 on black hardware, but it should also work under NS/I.
-
- The clients under the Clients directory may be used or compiled under
- other Unix systems. Except the CommandLine one... which requires this
- library.
-
- This work was started some months ago, after updating to version 3.0
- and looking at the old (pre 3.0) servers. The old servers are made to
- use some kind of flat Webster dictionary file. The new Webster files
- (since 3.0) use the Indexing Kit. It was of course inspired by the
- work of Steve Hayman, one of the previous writers of the Webster server.
-
- To install, read the INSTALL file.
-
- Please note :
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-
- 1. Work still in progress. Some BUGS are expected to show up. All the
- functions are not written yet and the interface may change. Little
- documentation has been written. See the STATUS file for
- information about what I am writing.
-
- 2. READ the copyright for the dictionary and the thesaurus below. I am
- still searching to see who is allowed to use the dictionary, how
- can it be used remotely, etc. Currently I am writing this for my
- own use, and as is has been asked for in the news, I am publishing
- the sources to some people. You may want to browse the news
- articles in the file 'About Webster Servers'.
-
- This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
- GNU General Public License for more details.
-
- ******************************************************************************
- * Webster dictionary & thesaurus Copyright (C) 1983-1989 Merriam-Webster Inc.*
- ******************************************************************************
-
- Therefore, you are not allowed to copy or make available by any mean
- the webster dictionary to people not having a license to it.
-
- Because of this copyright, by compiling and using this piece of
- software, you take the full responsability of it.
-
- Being more precise, by making a server available (on your network,
- or maybe netwide), YOU! take the full responsability of it.
-
- 3) This program is distributed under the GNU General Public License.
- Read the file COPYING for more information.
-
- Benoit Grange
- ben@fizz.fdn.org