Thanks for the information, Dilwyn I share your thoughts. 2017-08-29 15:02 GMT+02:00 Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users < ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com>:
> To clarify: yes, the QTYP software itself is still copyrighted software > and not available to distribute as freeware. > > It would be great if it could be made freeware though - the range of > dictionaries available for it, thanks largely to Geoff, is quite extensive. > Which is why I am pleased to hear of what Geoff is doing with the > dictionaries. There are quite a few dictionaries available on my page at > http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/diction/index.html along with routines to extract > the word list from the QTYP dictionaries if you want to port them or adapt > them for word puzzles or other QL software. See how many times you can spot > Geoff's name on that page :-) > > Dilwyn > > -----Original Message----- From: Geoff Wicks via Ql-Users > Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2017 1:44 PM > To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com > Cc: Geoff Wicks > Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] For 1 person only - or maybe just 2! > > > On 28/08/2017 19:51, Giorgio Garabello via Ql-Users wrote: > >> Hi Geoff, About your dictionaries ,, Qtyp is still a commercial program? >> >> Giorgio >> >> 2017-08-28 20:41 GMT+02:00 Geoff Wicks via Ql-Users < >> ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com>: >> >> Thanks for the email. It's a good point, but as it happens the > dictionaries and word lists are all technically my copyright. > > Frankly the quality of the non-english dictionaries supplied with QTYP > and otherwise available to QL-ers was very low. I spent a good deal of > time updating and correcting, splitting the english dictionaries into UK > and USA spellings and adding new words. In fact the Dutch and English > dictionaries I supply were largely my own work, but sometimes I had to > call on help from native speakers of the other languages. > > I am happy that I can make them freely available to others outside the > QL community, > > Best wishes, > > > Geoff > > > _______________________________________________ > QL-Users Mailing List > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > http://www.avg.com > _______________________________________________ > QL-Users Mailing List > _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List
