[ITP] words - Dictionary file

[David Stacey]

On 14/07/16 15:56, Warren Young wrote:
> On Jul 13, 2016, at 7:30 AM, Marco Atzeri wrote:
>>
>>> This needs to be coordinated with Warren's proposal:
>>>
>>>   https://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2016-07/msg00015.html
>>>
>> the two packages seem to provide different word lists.
> Yes.  The ‘words’ package’s source is the Moby Project, released into the public domain in the mid-1990s:
>
>    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moby_Project
>
> The words file in my package comes from an out-of-copyright edition of the Merriam-Webster dictionary from the 1920s.
>
> Therefore, the words package is more likely to be useful for any modern purpose.


So are you happy for me to upload the 'words' package as it is at the 
moment?

Dave.