Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: 3 new very large English dictionaries are now online

2012-11-24 Thread MR
On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 10:23 PM, Larry Gusaas larry.gus...@gmail.com wrote: On 2012-11-24 12:04 AM MR wrote: Can you take this personal argument off the list, please? It is not a personal argument. It is a matter of principal The way you are presenting this and attacking the author and the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: 3 new very large English dictionaries are now online

2012-11-24 Thread Jay Lozier
On 11/24/2012 02:41 AM, Larry Gusaas wrote: On 2012-11-24 1:14 AM Jay Lozier wrote: On 11/24/2012 01:23 AM, Larry Gusaas wrote: It is not a personal argument. It is a matter of principal What principal? Principle. Stupid typo. Taking someone's work without giving attribution for it is

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: 3 new very large English dictionaries are now online

2012-11-24 Thread Tom Davies
:)  From: MR mrzen...@gmail.com To: Larry Gusaas larry.gus...@gmail.com Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Saturday, 24 November 2012, 17:40 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: 3 new very large English dictionaries are now online On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 10:23 PM, Larry

[libreoffice-users] Re: 3 new very large English dictionaries are now online

2012-11-23 Thread Marc Paré
FYI, I think Tom has also indicated that these are also available on the extensions site. Tom: Thanks for this as well as the work you do on the EN DVD. Awesome! Cheers, Marc Le 2012-11-23 11:56, webmaster-Kracked_P_P a écrit : I just finished uploading the new dictionaries and edited the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: 3 new very large English dictionaries are now online

2012-11-23 Thread Tom Davies
...@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Friday, 23 November 2012, 19:33 Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: 3 new very large English dictionaries are now online FYI, I think Tom has also indicated that these are also available on the extensions site. Tom: Thanks for this as well as the work you do on the EN DVD. Awesome

[libreoffice-users] Re: 3 new very large English dictionaries are now online

2012-11-23 Thread Larry Gusaas
This is useless as a spell checker. It has both US and Canadian spelling for many words. o vs. ou, -ise vs. -ize. Double l vs. single l when adding suffixes. Use of s or c in spelling. Absolutely useless for checking the spelling of documents. A Canadian English dictionary should have only

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: 3 new very large English dictionaries are now online

2012-11-23 Thread webmaster-Kracked_P_P
-users] Re: 3 new very large English dictionaries are now online FYI, I think Tom has also indicated that these are also available on the extensions site. Tom: Thanks for this as well as the work you do on the EN DVD. Awesome! Cheers, Marc Le 2012-11-23 11:56, webmaster-Kracked_P_P a écrit

[libreoffice-users] Re: 3 new very large English dictionaries are now online

2012-11-23 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2012-11-23 3:07 PM webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote: A poster has stated that there may be problems with the Canadian dictionary. Something about some specific word spellings that they do not think is pure Canadian words, but American word spellings. For my part, I did not choose the words in

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: 3 new very large English dictionaries are now online

2012-11-23 Thread Mirosław Zalewski
On 23/11/2012 at 22:27, Larry Gusaas larry.gus...@gmail.com wrote: Since you do not give credit to your sources you are guilty of plagiarism. I believe that you really can't plagiarize language. These are just words. They are common good (or public domain, if you prefer more strict term). But

[libreoffice-users] Re: 3 new very large English dictionaries are now online

2012-11-23 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2012-11-23 4:01 PM Mirosław Zalewski wrote: On 23/11/2012 at 22:27, Larry Gusaas larry.gus...@gmail.com wrote: Since you do not give credit to your sources you are guilty of plagiarism. I believe that you really can't plagiarize language. These are just words. They are common good (or

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: 3 new very large English dictionaries are now online

2012-11-23 Thread webmaster-Kracked_P_P
You cannot own a copyright on words or your language. You copyright the order they are used in a document. The published definition type of dictionaries copyright the text of their definitions, and not the words themselves. You copyright War and Peace but not the words used in that very

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: 3 new very large English dictionaries are now online

2012-11-23 Thread Mirosław Zalewski
On 24/11/2012 at 00:01, Larry Gusaas larry.gus...@gmail.com wrote: Every book, essay, article, etc. written is just words. Copyrighted are not words per se, but very specific order of these that creates unique work. And, going further, ideas submitted in these words. Or ideas in general, since

[libreoffice-users] Re: 3 new very large English dictionaries are now online

2012-11-23 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2012-11-23 5:20 PM webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote: Now please do not call someone guilty of plagiarism unless you have proof of that act and not just opinions. You have admitted taking word lists from multiple sources without giving attribution to the sources. That is plagiarism. Your

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: 3 new very large English dictionaries are now online

2012-11-23 Thread MR
Can you take this personal argument off the list, please? You are wrong about what constitutes plagiarism, and this is now completely off topic. Thank you. On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 4:05 PM, Larry Gusaas larry.gus...@gmail.com wrote: On 2012-11-23 5:20 PM webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote: Now

[libreoffice-users] Re: 3 new very large English dictionaries are now online

2012-11-23 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2012-11-24 12:04 AM MR wrote: Can you take this personal argument off the list, please? It is not a personal argument. It is a matter of principal You are wrong about what constitutes plagiarism, and this is now completely off topic. Taking someone's work without giving attribution for

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: 3 new very large English dictionaries are now online

2012-11-23 Thread Jay Lozier
On 11/24/2012 01:23 AM, Larry Gusaas wrote: On 2012-11-24 12:04 AM MR wrote: Can you take this personal argument off the list, please? It is not a personal argument. It is a matter of principal What principal? You are wrong about what constitutes plagiarism, and this is now completely off

[libreoffice-users] Re: 3 new very large English dictionaries are now online

2012-11-23 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2012-11-24 1:14 AM Jay Lozier wrote: On 11/24/2012 01:23 AM, Larry Gusaas wrote: It is not a personal argument. It is a matter of principal What principal? Principle. Stupid typo. Taking someone's work without giving attribution for it is plagiarism. Period I think you do not what