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Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 02:20:33 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Jacob Sparre Andersen <sparre@alf.nbi.dk>
To: Linux Weekly News <lwn@lwn.net>
Subject: Free Danish word list for spell checking programs


    Free Danish word list for spell checking programs

Today Skåne Sjælland Linux User Group (SSLUG) is proud to
present a new and updated version of "The Big Danish Word
List", which can be used by spell checking programs for e.g.
Linux, UNIX, and Windows.

The word list contains 325,000 words, which corresponds to
approximately 55,000 roots. During the last half year
members of SSLUG, the Danish company "Dansk System Industri"
(DSI), and other interested people - all in all more than
150 persons - have done a huge job in order to correct and
extend the word list. This new version contains 54,000
words, which were not included in the previous version.

"The Big Danish Word List" is issued under the General
Public License (GPL), which means that anyone can freely use
it and is able to improve it.

Skåne Sjælland Linux User Group (SSLUG) is a joint Swedish
and Danish Linux User Group with a very high activity level.
It is free (gratis) to join SSLUG. SSLUG was founded in
1996.

DSI was founded i 1984 and is now both a software
development compary and acts as consultants. DSI are very
skilled in developing and adapting overall IT-solutions.


Contacts:

 - SSLUG can be contacted through
   Jacob Sparre Andersen <sparre@sslug.dk> (+45 21 49 08 04)

 - DSI can be contacted through
   Chief marketing officer Morten Axelsen
   Dansk System Industri A/S
   Kokkedal Industripark 2,  2980 Kokkedal
   Email: ma@dsias.dk


List of references:

 - The Big Danish Word List:
     http://www.sslug.dk/locale/dsdo/
 - Skåne Sjælland Linux User Group:
     http://www.sslug.dk/
 - Dansk System Industri A/S:
     http://www.dsias.dk/
 - Open Source spell checkers:
     http://aspell.sourceforge.net/
     http://fmg-www.cs.ucla.edu/geoff/ispell.html
 - About Open Source:
     http://www.opensource.org/
 - The GPL:
     http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html

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