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% Webster utilities for NeXT computers and others.                           %
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% COPYRIGHT (C) MARCH 1944, BENOIT GRANGE. ben@fizz.fdn.org                  %
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Here is the fifth alpha release of the webster access library and
associated server & clients.  This library allows to search words in
the webster dictionary and thesaurus on NeXT computers. It works for
NeXTStep version 3.0 and greater. Today, it has been tested with 3.0
and 3.2 on black hardware, but it should also work under NS/I.

The clients under the Clients directory may be used or compiled under
other Unix systems. Except the CommandLine one... which requires this
library.

This work was started some months ago, after updating to version 3.0
and looking at the old (pre 3.0) servers. The old servers are made to
use some kind of flat Webster dictionary file. The new Webster files
(since 3.0) use the Indexing Kit. It was of course inspired by the
work of Steve Hayman, one of the previous writers of the Webster server.

To install, read the INSTALL file.

Please note :
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1. Work still in progress. Some BUGS are expected to show up. All the
   functions are not written yet and the interface may change. Little
   documentation has been written.  See the STATUS file for
   information about what I am writing.

2. READ the copyright for the dictionary and the thesaurus below. I am
   still searching to see who is allowed to use the dictionary, how
   can it be used remotely, etc. Currently I am writing this for my
   own use, and as is has been asked for in the news, I am publishing
   the sources to some people. You may want to browse the news
   articles in the file 'About Webster Servers'.

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

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* Webster dictionary & thesaurus Copyright (C) 1983-1989 Merriam-Webster Inc.*
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  Therefore, you are not allowed to copy or make available by any mean
  the webster dictionary to people not having a license to it.

  Because of this copyright, by compiling and using this piece of
  software, you take the full responsability of it.

  Being more precise, by making a server available (on your network,
  or maybe netwide), YOU! take the full responsability of it.

3) This program is distributed under the GNU General Public License.
   Read the file COPYING for more information.

Benoit Grange
ben@fizz.fdn.org