Re: [Ql-Users] For 1 person only - or maybe just 2!
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
Re: [Ql-Users] For 1 person only - or maybe just 2!
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
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
Re: [Ql-Users] For 1 person only - or maybe just 2!
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>: > > I have always said that one of the strengths of the QL is that it caters > for minorities. > > For the one person - or maybe two people who are interested - the 2017 > version of my UK General Election analysis program is now available on the > downloads page of my website. > > www.gwicks.net/justwords.htm > > I am making some changes to the dictionaries page of the site. Currently I > am getting about 1,500 hits a month on the page and I have a feeling they > are not QL-ers. The search engines have discovered me and I have become an > established word list download site. > > In the circumstances I am currently modifying the plain text lists from > the QL to the PC character set, > > Best wishes, > > > Geoff > > > > > ___ > QL-Users Mailing List > ___ QL-Users Mailing List
[Ql-Users] For 1 person only - or maybe just 2!
I have always said that one of the strengths of the QL is that it caters for minorities. For the one person - or maybe two people who are interested - the 2017 version of my UK General Election analysis program is now available on the downloads page of my website. www.gwicks.net/justwords.htm I am making some changes to the dictionaries page of the site. Currently I am getting about 1,500 hits a month on the page and I have a feeling they are not QL-ers. The search engines have discovered me and I have become an established word list download site. In the circumstances I am currently modifying the plain text lists from the QL to the PC character set, Best wishes, Geoff ___ QL-Users Mailing List
