Hi folks, I checked 10 randomly selected words and I didn't find the same data in my Aryanpour CD (7 volume, Translators' version). It doesn't seem to me the same data; however, it may have used Aryanpour as one of its sources which is quite legal if it is mentioned in its sources. I also checked those words with Bateni and that was not Bateni either. There were some words in it that were not in Aryanpour and vice versa.
Good luck Peyman PS: Mr. Pournader didn't mention that he has also received a copy of that data ;) --- Behdad Esfahbod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi again list, > > I am forwarding response I got from Dr Pedram Safari > which seems > to be hosting Massoud Hashemi's dictionary. Please > CC him in > replies. > > I would reply in a few days with a conclusion on the > thread after > we read other peoples opinions. Perhaps those > friends in Iran > that have access to Aryanpour hardcopy can spend a > few minutes to > confirm that the dictionary at > http://www.math.columbia.edu/~safari/dictionary/ > contains the Aryanpour data. You can do this by > randomly > selecting a few words (10) and confirm that the > meaning matches > word by word in it's order and eveything. > > Roozbeh, can you please explain the Iranian > copyright laws one > more time? > > Thanks > behdad > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 04:53:31 -0500 > From: Pedram Safari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Behdad Esfahbod <behdad> > Subject: Re: English-Persian dictionary on your site > > Dear Behdad Esfahbod, > > Thank you for your interest in the English-Persian > dictionary on my > homepage. Let me first tell you that I am not aware > of the copyright > status of the dictionary, I am just hosting Masood's > program. I am also > not aware of the inquiry you are talking about. But > I can tell you a few > facts, if that helps. > > First, I know that Masood himself wrote the script > that runs the > dictionary -- I can testify to that. I do not know > how he has obtained the > database, if he has entered that himself manually or > he has received it > from other sources. I also think he had once told me > that the data is > based on Aryanpour's dictionary, but I was not in a > position to verify > that, so I preferred not to advertise the dictionary > using Aryanpours' > popularity. > > Next thing I can assure you of is that I personally > gave the source file > of Masood's program, including the database, to > people in the Computing > Center of Sharif University of Technology (either to > Majid Khanban or to > Rouzbeh Pournader). I gave the source files to them > based on Masood's > permission. They said they wanted to write a php > file to better suit their > website, which was OK with us. > > These are the facts. After a while they put up an > English-Persian > dictionary (on the schoolnet site, I suppose), > without giving Masood any > credit. I can think that they have used the database > as well, but I can > not be sure. > > In any case, I guess there is no copyright law being > enforced in our > country, but I am certainly not in favor of > plagiarism, so if you can > prove to me that there is a theft involved, I will > take necessary action. > I am also quite curious about the source of the > dictionary on schoolnet. > > You may circulate this e-mail to people who might be > interested, but on > two conditions. To avoid any abuse, no part of this > message should be > deleted during the circulation and it should go > around in its entirety. I > should also receive any reply or comment relate to > this issue. > > Best > Pedram > _______________________________________________ > PersianComputing mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.sharif.edu/mailman/listinfo/persiancomputing __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what you’re looking for faster http://search.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ PersianComputing mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.sharif.edu/mailman/listinfo/persiancomputing
