The dictionary's index file has been updated for AlphaSpell VI.

        This AlphaSpell dictionary is based on the French dictionary that
comes with the Unix version of a program called "Le Dico." This version was
already in Latin ISO. I forget where I found it, but there is another
version of the dictionary at the same site as I've found most of the other
lexicons. Based on my poor knowledge of French, Le Dico seems to do some
dictionary maintenence and pattern matching. I don't know whether it does
anything else.

        Le Dico came with a file called "copying.doc". I asked someone who
knows French to tell me what it said, and then I looked up words in a
French-English dictionary to bolster my understanding of it. As I
understand it, I am free to use the dictionary as I wish. If I were
modifying the source code to Le Dico or to its utility programs, I would
have to include the complete sources. But I am not doing that. AlphaSpell
may do some of the same things as Le Dico, but it is not based on it in any
way. All I'm doing is making Le Dico's lexicon available for AlphaSpell to
use.

        For those who know French, (and why would you want this dictionary
if you don't?), here is the French text on distributing Le Dico:

   +--------------------[ Distribution De ]-----------------------+
   |                                                              |
   |    LL       EEEEEEE        DDDDDD   IIII   CCCCC    OOOOO    |
   |    LL       EE             DD   DD   II   CC   CC  OO   OO   |
   |    LL       EEEE           DD   DD   II   CC       OO   OO   |
   |    LL       EE             DD   DD   II   CC       OO   OO   |
   |    LL       EE             DD   DD   II   CC   CC  OO   OO   |
   |    LLLLLLL  EEEEEEE        DDDDDD   IIII   CCCCC    OOOOO    |
   |                                                              |
   +--------------------------------------------------------------+

         Le Dico n'est pas domaine public, il est "Freeware".

         Considerez  que  Le  Dico  et  les  fichiers  le  composant   sont
         distribues pratiquement avec un "CopyLeft" similaire à  celui  des
         programmes GNU, parceque c'est un exemple du genre. (Mais Le  Dico
         n'a rien a voir avec GNU bien entendu).

         En resume, vous etes libres de diffuser gratuitement Le Dico a qui
         vous voulez. Vous  etes  libres  d'utiliser  tout  ou  partie  des
         sources et  fichiers  le  composant  pour  toute  realisation,  le
         lexique est d'ailleurs fait pour cela !

Distribution:

         Vous devez  fournir  l'archive  originale  complete,  sans  jamais
         dissocier les fichiers la composant. La version d' origine est  la
         version  Unix,  faites  circuler  cette  version  universelle   de
         preference a l'adaptation DOS chaque fois que c'est possible.

         Si vous faites des modifications ou ameliorations, ou realisez des
         utilitaires a distribuer avec Le Dico, vous devez le signaler dans
         la documentation, et fournir les SOURCES COMPLETES  (et  portables
         dans la mesure du possible) de tout ce que vous implementez, ou du
         moins laisser ces sources disponibles  a  tous  gratuitement,  sur
         simple demande.

         Ceci est  indispensable  pour  le  developpement  de  ce  type  de
         programme 'ouvert' et gratuit, devant etre accessible a  toute  la
         communaute.

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[generic]                 1507    3623  41.6% -lh5- dafc Apr 25  1996 French.readme
[generic]                  323     852  37.9% -lh5- 1fe0 May  1  1996 Install
[generic]                 1160    1554  74.6% -lh5- 1d3d May  1  1996 Install.info
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