Copyright, disclaimers, etc.
At the moment HDICT is not a translation (of part) of EDICT. It is likely to change in the future,
though, so it's appropriate to include here the EDICT Licence Statement and
Copyright Notices.
The HDICT Licence Statement and Copyright Notice derive from EDICT's, so most of the passages are
taken from there.
HDICT Licence Statement and Copyright
Notice
COPYRIGHT
Dictionary copyright is a difficult point, because clearly the first lexicographer who published "inu means
dog" could not claim a copyright violation over all subsequent Japanese dictionaries. While it is usual to
consult other dictionaries for "accurate lexicographic information", as Nelson put it, wholesale copying is,
of course, not permissable. What makes each dictionary unique (and copyrightable) is the particular
selection of words, the phrasing of the meanings, the presentation of the contents (a very important point
in the case of HDICT), and the means of publication. Of course, the fact that for the most part the kanji
and kana of each entry are coming from public sources, and the structure and layout of the entries
themselves are quite unlike those in any published dictionary, adds a degree of protection to HDICT.
Please do not contribute entries to HDICT which have come directly from copyrightable sources. It is hard
to check these, and you may be jeopardizing HDICT's status.
USAGE
HDICT can be used, with acknowledgement, for any purpose whatever, EXCEPT for incorporation in
commercial products. It cannot be sold, except at a nominal charge for the distribution medium.
With regard to commercial products, if the developer of such a product wishes to make use of HDICT, an
acceptable approach is to provide for users to obtain a copy of the HDICT file themselves and access it via
the product, either with or without a provided utility program. It must not be "locked up" through a
formatting or indexing system. These simple precautions avoid violation of the provisions of HDICT's
Licence Statement.
DISCLAIMER
Because this file is free software, it 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. This means that if you lose millions of dollars because you used the
program (hard to imagine, though), too bad.
APPENDIX A: HDICT LICENCE
STATEMENT
Copyright (C) 1996 Szabolcs Varga
This licence statement and copyright notice applies to the HDICT Japanese/Hungarian Dictionary file, the
associated documentation file HDICT.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 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 HDICT file under the same
conditions applying to verbatim copies.
USAGE
These files may be freely used by individuals, and may be accessed by software belonging to, or operated
by, such individuals.
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 holder.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright over the documents covered by this statement is held by Szabolcs VARGA.