Copyright notice

MONASH UNIVERSITY - SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND SOFTWARE ENGINEERING - ELECTRONIC DICTIONARY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT GROUP - GENERAL DICTIONARY LICENCE STATEMENT

Introduction

In March 2000, James William Breen assigned ownership of the copyright of the dictionary files assembled, coordinated and edited by him to the The Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University (hereafter "the Group"), on the understanding that the Group will foster the development of the dictionary files, and will utilize all monies received for commercial use of the files for the further development of the files, and for research into computer lexicographp?y and electronic dictionaries.

This document outlines the licence arrangement put in place by The Group for usage of the files. It replaces all previous copyright and licence statements applying to the files.

Application

This licence statement and copyright notice applies to the following dictionary files, the associated documentation files, and any data files which are derived from them.

JMDICT - Japanese-Multilingual Dictionary File (apart from the German translational equivalents)

EDICT - Japanese-English Electronic DICTionary File

ENAMDICT - Japanese Names File

COMPDIC - Japanese-English Computing and Telecommunications Terminology File

KANJIDIC - File of Information about the 6,355 Kanji in the JIS X 0208 Standard (special conditions apply)

KANJD212 - File of Information about the 5,801 Supplementary Kanji in the JIS X 0212 Standard

Copyright over the documents covered by this statement is held by James William BREEN and The Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University.

Usage, Copying and Distribution

a.General Permission

Any person or organization in possession of a copy of any of the files covered by this statement, whether they have received the copy via free distribution or purchase:

i.may use the file for personal purposes such as to assist with reading texts, research, translation services, etc.

ii.may, subject to the restriction detailed below, supply extracts or small portions of the files to other persons or organizations in the form of written documents, electronic mail, etc. Such an activity may result in a fee, e.g. in the case of professional translation services.

iii.must as part of the receiving of the copy undertake to be bound by all the conditions below relating to the distribution of the files.

b.Free-of-charge distribution (*)

Permission is granted:

i.to make and distribute verbatim copies of these files provided the full documentation of the files and this copyright notice and permission notice is distributed with all copies. Any distribution of the files must take place without a financial return, except a charge to cover the cost of the distribution medium.

ii.to place copies of these files on WWW and ftp servers for subsequent distribution under the same conditions listed above.

iii.to make and distribute extracts or subsets of the files, or files in other formats and codings containing material selected from the files, under the same conditions applying to verbatim copies. Where the coding or format is associated with a particular software package, the utility software which produces the distributed format must also be availabe freely for general use.

iv.to translate elements of the files into other languages, and to make and distribute copies of those translations under the same conditions applying to verbatim copies.

c.Incorporation into Free Software and Server Systems (*)

Permission is granted:

i.to use these files as part of software which is distributed free-of-charge, provided all the conditions associated with free-of-charge distribution as described above are met, and provided that full acknowledgement of the source of the files is made in the software documentation.

ii.to incorporate the files into any WWW or similar server system which operates without charge or commercial advertising, provided all the conditions associated with free-of-charge distribution as described above are met. In addition, full acknowledgement of the source of the files must be prominently displayed on the server, and links must be made available on the "front" page of the particular server to the full documentation and copyright statements of the files.

d.Shareware Software

Permission is granted to use these files as part of software which is distributed on a "shareware" basis, and for which a charge of no more than $US100 is levied, on the following conditions:

i.the distributors of the software notify the Group prior to the release of the package.

ii.the distributors undertake to remit to the Group 10% of the gross receipts for the software, or such other amount agreed by the Group prior to the release of the software. The remittance is to take place at least once each 3 months.

iii.the full documentation of the files and this copyright notice and permission notice is distributed with all copies.

iv.full acknowledgement of the source of the files is made in the software documentation.

e.Commercial WWW Servers

The contents of these file must not be made available via WWW services for which a charge is levied, or which make use of commercial advertising without the prior permission of the Group. Permission for such usage will normally be granted in return for a fee based on a small proportion of either the advertising revenue or the subscription charges. The other conditions applying to free WWW servers also apply to commercial WWW servers.

f.Linux Operating System (*)

Permission is granted for these files to be included free-of-charge in distributions of the GNU/Linux operating system and associated utilities and packages, e.g. the Red Hat, Debian, TurboLinux, etc. distributions, provided the conditions stated above under "Incorporation into Free Software and Server Systems" are met. In other words, commercial Linux distributions are regarded as meeting the "a charge to cover the cost of the distribution medium" criterion.

g.Commercial Software Packages

The contents of these files must not be incorporated into a software package(+) that is sold commercially or used exclusively within a company or organization without the prior permission of the Group. Permission will normally be granted for a non-exclusive licence to incorporate the files in return for either a one-off payment to The Group or a royalty on sales. The other conditions applying Shareware software apply.

(+) For the purposes of this section, "incorporated into a software package" is defined as having the software designed and developed to operate with the dictionary files, and typically has the file(s) distributed with the software. Where software has been designed and developed primarily to use other dictionary files, versions of the files covered by this licence may be adapted for use with such software and made available free-of-charge under the "Free-of-charge distribution" provisions above. Incorporation of these files into standard or optional for-fee distributions is deemed to be incorpration into the software, and will require a licence.

h.Published Dictionaries

The contents of these files must not be published on paper or other media such as CD-ROM without the prior permission of the Group.

(*) Persons or organizations distributing copies or extracts of the files in these categories may do so without requesting or receiving formal permission from the Group. Notification of the distribution would be appreciated.

Note that in all cases, the addition of material to the files or to extracts from the files does not remove or in any way diminish the Group's copyright over the files.

KANJIDIC LICENCE STATEMENT AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE

This licence statement and copyright notice applies to the KANJIDIC file, the associated documentation files (KANJIDIC.DOC), and any data files which are derived from them.

COPYING AND DISTRIBUTION

Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of these files provided this KANJIDIC.DOC file, the copyright notice and permission notice is distributed with all copies. Any distribution of the files must take place without a financial return, except a charge to cover the cost of the distribution medium.

Permission is granted to make and distribute extracts or subsets of the KANJIDIC files under the same conditions applying to verbatim copies.

Permission is granted to translate the English elements of the KANJIDIC file into other languages, and to make and distribute copies of those translations under the same conditions applying to verbatim copies.

KANJIDIC USAGE

These files may be freely used by individuals and small groups for reference and research purposes, and may be accessed by software belonging to, or operated by, such individuals and small groups.

The files, extracts from the files, and translations of the files must not be sold as part of any commercial software package, nor must they be incorporated in any published dictionary or other printed document without The specific permission of the copyright holders.