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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!nerd.apk.net!sed.psrw.com!psinntp !psinntp!psinntp!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!sgigate.sgi.com!uhog.mit.edu!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.inc.net!cs.uwp.edu!nelson From: nelson@cs.uwp.edu (Jeremy Nelson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc Subject: Re: webster/thesaurus daemons Date: 26 Jun 1996 02:59:41 GMT Organization: University of Wisconsin - Parkside Lines: 19 Message-ID: <4qq92t$5ge@news.inc.net> References: <01bb624b.6d8f55c0$0c7847c7@rudyamid> NNTP-Posting-Host: 131.210.1.4 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:4144 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:22130 comp.unix.bsd.misc:1162 Rudy Amid <rudy@hcl.com> wrote: >I've been looking for a webster or thesaurus type of server for BSD based OS >for a long time now. Apparently, it's only available for the NeXT. Has >anyone manage to port it onto a different platform, complete with dictionary >files, etc? I dont think the dictionary is public domain: The server wouldnt do you much good without it... To show the utter absurtity of this, it is technically a violation of the dictionary copyright to run a daemon that allows unrestricted access to the daemon (*sigh*). Someone i know from indiana uni. said that next threated action against the school if they didnt shut down webster.cs.indiana.edu to outside access, which they did.. *sigh*. Of course, if you do know of a webster server that is open to global access, it is not advisable to advertise it, lest it go away quickly... -hop