Re: [Mt-list] Public release of Haitian Creole language data by Carnegie Mellon

2010-01-22 Thread Robert Frederking
I'm not a lawyer, but let me start by stating that out intent was simply that re-use included acknowledgement. This was not intended to be a splash-screen on every start-up, or making the software pronounce our names at the start of every sentence. :-) It only has to be clearly visible in

[Mt-list] Public release of Haitian Creole language data by Carnegie Mellon

2010-01-21 Thread Robert Frederking
The Language Technologies Institute (LTI) of Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science (CMU SCS) is making publicly available the Haitian Creole spoken and text data that we have collected or produced. We are providing this data with minimal restrictions in order to allow others to

Re: [Mt-list] Public release of Haitian Creole language data by Carnegie Mellon

2010-01-21 Thread Francis Tyers
El dj 21 de 01 de 2010 a les 14:49 -0500, en/na Robert Frederking va escriure: The Language Technologies Institute (LTI) of Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science (CMU SCS) is making publicly available the Haitian Creole spoken and text data that we have collected or produced.

Re: [Mt-list] Public release of Haitian Creole language data by Carnegie Mellon

2010-01-21 Thread Alon Lavie
Hi Francis, Thanks for the suggestion, but we were advised to leave the licensing language as is. Our licensing language is effectively equivalent to the MIT license.and is unambiguous with respect to releasing the data for any use (commercial or non-commercial). Best regards, - *Alon*

Re: [Mt-list] Public release of Haitian Creole language data by Carnegie Mellon

2010-01-21 Thread Mikel L. Forcada
Hi Alon, Fran, and everyone, I warmly welcome the release of the Haitian data by the LTI, but I share Fran's worries about licensing. Alon writes: Thanks for the suggestion, but we were advised to leave the licensing language as is. Our licensing language is effectively equivalent to the

Re: [Mt-list] Public release of Haitian Creole language data by Carnegie Mellon

2010-01-21 Thread Glenn Akers
Everyone, Let's not inhibit folks from doing good by making it hard to do so! Use what is provided to help, if you can, and help others who can. Best wishes. Glenn A. Akers, Ph.D. Language Engineering Company, LLC 215 Washington Street Belmont, Massachusetts 02478 USA www.lec.com mobile +1