The file "webster2.dict" was produced from the word lists supplied as "web2"
and "web2a.gz" in the /usr/share/dict directory of the Debian "miscfiles"
package (GNU miscfiles version 1.2). The following commands were used to
produce this file:
zcat /usr/share/dict/web2a.gz | fgrep -v ' ' > temp.dict
cat /usr/share/dict/web2 temp.dict | tr '[A-Z]' [a-z]' | sort \
| uniq > webster2.dict
rm temp.dict
"webster2.dict" is to be considered "freely redistributable," and is not
subject to the MPL as with the rest of Venice code. Herewith is the original
README for the dictionary:
--- begin README ---
# $NetBSD: README,v 1.2 1997/03/26 07:14:32 mikel Exp $
# @(#)README 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
WEB ---- (introduction provided by jaw@riacs) -------------------------
Welcome to web2 (Webster's Second International) all 234,936 words worth.
The 1934 copyright has elapsed, according to the supplier. The
supplemental 'web2a' list contains hyphenated terms as well as assorted
noun and adverbial phrases. The wordlist makes a dandy 'grep' victim.
-- James A. Woods {ihnp4,hplabs}!ames!jaw (or jaw@riacs)
--- end README ---
