[846] in SIPB bug reports
webster dictionary program
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Sat Jan 13 23:26:15 1990
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 90 23:26:16 -0500
From: Jonathan I. Kamens <jik@PIT-MANAGER.MIT.EDU>
To: scho@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Cc: bug-sipb@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: scho@ATHENA.MIT.EDU's message of Mon, 08 Jan 90 16:03:03 EST <9001082103.AA04993@M11-111-2.MIT.EDU>
From: scho@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 90 16:03:03 EST
I wonder whether it is possible to get the
source code and the webster dictionary files itself on tape.
We are running the CONVEX computer (4.3BSD unix) and I want
to install webster program on our machine.
If the webster programs and dictionary are public domain,
I want to get the codes from sipb.
We can give you the source code to the webster software that we use;
it is in the sipbsrc locker, in the directory /mit/sipbsrc/src/webster
(you have to "attach sipbsrc" first to get to it).
However, we are not authorized to distribute the dictionary data
files; we have been specifically instructed by the people who gave us
the dictionary files not to release them to anyone. Therefore, I am
afraid that we cannot give you those data files.
If you want to put the source code for the programs we use on tape,
I can help you to arrange to have it copied onto any number of
different media, including 9-track tapes, TK-50 tapes, IBM Streaming
Tapes, and high density floppy disks. Feel free to contact me
personally if you want to pursue this further.
--> Jonathan Kamens
Project Athena Watchmaker and User Consultant
Student Information Processing Board (SIPB) member
jik@Athena.MIT.EDU
