From 87b700196e98407d33b1f37916212542507b8e65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Kafe Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2025 09:53:19 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 1/6] List free and nonfree packages according to OSI --- free_packages_osi.md | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ nonfree_packages_osi.md | 48 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 91 insertions(+) create mode 100644 free_packages_osi.md create mode 100644 nonfree_packages_osi.md diff --git a/free_packages_osi.md b/free_packages_osi.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..dbd6af5 --- /dev/null +++ b/free_packages_osi.md @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +# Strict OSI-Free Packages in nltk_data + +| Subdirectory | Package ID | License | +|-----------------|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------------| +| corpora | cmudict | BSD License | +| corpora | conll2000 | MIT License | +| corpora | conll2002 | GNU GPL | +| corpora | crubadan | CC BY 3.0 | +| corpora | europarl_raw | CC BY 2.0 France | +| corpora | english_wordnet | CC BY 4.0 (with attribution to both Princeton WordNet and Open English WordNet team) | +| corpora | movie_reviews | CC BY 3.0 | +| corpora | opinion_lexicon | Public Domain | +| corpora | product_reviews_1 | CC BY 3.0 | +| corpora | product_reviews_2 | CC BY 3.0 | +| corpora | pros_cons | CC BY 3.0 | +| corpora | rte | CC BY 3.0 | +| corpora | semcor | Public Domain | +| corpora | senseval2 | Public Domain | +| corpora | shakespeare | Public Domain | +| corpora | state_union | Public Domain | +| corpora | stopwords | Public Domain | +| corpora | subjectivity | CC BY 3.0 | +| corpora | swadesh | Public Domain | +| corpora | universal_tagset | Public Domain | +| corpora | webtext | CC BY 3.0 | +| corpora | wordnet | WordNet License (permits any use) | +| corpora | wordnet2021 | WordNet License (permits any use) | +| corpora | wordnet_ic | WordNet License (permits any use) | +| corpora | words | Public Domain | +| grammars | book_grammars | MIT License | +| grammars | sample_grammars | MIT License | +| help | help | Public Domain | +| models | maxent_ne_chunker | BSD License | +| models | maxent_treebank_pos_tagger | BSD License | +| stemmers | snowball_data | BSD License | +| taggers | averaged_perceptron_tagger | MIT License | +| taggers | averaged_perceptron_tagger_eng | MIT License | +| taggers | averaged_perceptron_tagger_ru | MIT License | +| taggers | averaged_perceptron_tagger_rus | MIT License | + +--- + +*This list is based on the most recent license information available. Discussions and corrections are encouraged—please help improve this documentation if you spot anything unclear or incorrect!* \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/nonfree_packages_osi.md b/nonfree_packages_osi.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..91de7d9 --- /dev/null +++ b/nonfree_packages_osi.md @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +# Nonfree or Non-OSI-Compliant Packages in nltk_data + +These packages are excluded under a strict OSI definition due to non-commercial clauses, "distributed with permission", "citation required", GFDL, LGPL, ambiguous or missing licenses, or otherwise not OSI-compliant. + +| Subdirectory | Package ID | License/Restriction | +|-----------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------------------------| +| corpora | abc | Distributed with permission of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation | +| corpora | alpino | Distributed with permission | +| corpora | brown | Non-commercial only | +| corpora | brown_tei | Non-commercial only | +| corpora | cess_cat | Citation required | +| corpora | cess_esp | Citation required | +| corpora | dependency_treebank | CC BY 3.0 (however, some files may have other restrictions; check details) | +| corpora | floresta | Non-commercial only | +| corpora | framenet_v15 | Non-commercial only | +| corpora | framenet_v17 | CC BY 3.0 (should be OSI-compliant, but check for upstream clarifications or file-level restrictions) | +| corpora | gazetteers | GFDL or public domain (some nonfree) | +| corpora | gutenberg | Distributed with permission of Project Gutenberg | +| corpora | inaugural | Public Domain (verify for each file) | +| corpora | indian | Distributed with permission | +| grammars | large_grammars | Various, some require permission | +| corpora | lin_thesaurus | Distributed with permission | +| corpora | mac_morpho | Distributed with permission | +| corpora | masc_tagged | For linguistic education and research only | +| corpora | nombank.1.0 | Distributed with permission | +| corpora | nonbreaking_prefixes | LGPL | +| corpora | nps_chat | Non-commercial only | +| corpora | paradigms | Distributed with permission | +| corpora | pe08 | Distributed with permission | +| corpora | pil | CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 | +| corpora | propbank | Distributed with permission | +| corpora | ptb | Stub, full version not free | +| grammars | treebank | Distributed with permission | +| taggers | hmm_treebank_pos_tagger | Distributed with permission | +| tokenizers | punkt | Ambiguous; not OSI-compliant | +| tokenizers | punkt_tab | Ambiguous; not OSI-compliant | +| tokenizers | treebank | Distributed with permission | +| corpora | senseval | Distributed with permission | +| corpora | sinica_treebank | Distributed with NLTK (not clearly free) | +| corpora | switchboard | GNU GPL (but may have data redistribution restrictions) | +| corpora | twitter_samples | Twitter Developer Agreement | +| corpora | verbnet | Distributed with permission | +| corpora | verbnet3 | Distributed with permission | +| misc | unicode_samples | Public Domain (verify for each file) | + +--- + +*If you spot any errors or have clarification about these licenses, please comment—discussion is encouraged to ensure accuracy and clarity!* \ No newline at end of file From 42a132a20836ba896909d80194cc098b6794a904 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Kafe Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2025 09:25:42 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 2/6] Add notes about the FSF definition of free --- free_packages_osi.md | 4 ++++ nonfree_packages_osi.md | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/free_packages_osi.md b/free_packages_osi.md index dbd6af5..96d9264 100644 --- a/free_packages_osi.md +++ b/free_packages_osi.md @@ -40,4 +40,8 @@ --- +> **Note:** +> All packages listed above are widely accepted as “free” by both OSI and FSF definitions. +> In rare cases (e.g., the WordNet license or use of GPL for data), the FSF or some distributions have discussed additional details, but this does not affect the practical status of these packages: they are recognized as free and redistributable by all major open-source projects and distributors. + *This list is based on the most recent license information available. Discussions and corrections are encouraged—please help improve this documentation if you spot anything unclear or incorrect!* \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/nonfree_packages_osi.md b/nonfree_packages_osi.md index 91de7d9..2f87353 100644 --- a/nonfree_packages_osi.md +++ b/nonfree_packages_osi.md @@ -45,4 +45,6 @@ These packages are excluded under a strict OSI definition due to non-commercial --- +> Note: Some packages listed here may be “free” according to other standards (e.g., FSF guidelines), but are not OSI-compliant and are excluded from the main free set for maximum compatibility with open source distributors. + *If you spot any errors or have clarification about these licenses, please comment—discussion is encouraged to ensure accuracy and clarity!* \ No newline at end of file From a2739045dd013c337747303b31e90cf3cac85a11 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Kafe Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2025 10:49:26 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 3/6] Aim for FOSS compliance rather than OSI --- free_packages_foss.md | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ free_packages_osi.md | 47 --------------------------- nonfree_packages_foss.md | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ nonfree_packages_osi.md | 50 ----------------------------- 4 files changed, 123 insertions(+), 97 deletions(-) create mode 100644 free_packages_foss.md delete mode 100644 free_packages_osi.md create mode 100644 nonfree_packages_foss.md delete mode 100644 nonfree_packages_osi.md diff --git a/free_packages_foss.md b/free_packages_foss.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0b3508f --- /dev/null +++ b/free_packages_foss.md @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@ +### FOSS-Compliant and Public Domain Licenses +This section includes packages with explicit, standard, and legally clear FOSS licenses. + +* **averaged_perceptron_tagger**: License: MIT License +* **averaged_perceptron_tagger_eng**: License: MIT License +* **averaged_perceptron_tagger_ru**: License: MIT License +* **averaged_perceptron_tagger_rus**: License: MIT License +* **bcp47**: License: IETF Trust and Unicode Inc. +* **biocreative_ppi**: License: Public Domain +* **comparative_sentences**: License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International +* **crubadan**: License: GPLv3 +* **english_wordnet**: License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International +* **extended_omw**: License: CC by SA 3.0 and Unicode, Inc. +* **framenet_v17**: License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported +* **genesis**: License: public domain +* **gutenberg**: License: public domain +* **inaugural**: License: public domain +* **machado**: License: Public Domain +* **masc_tagged**: License: "use for... commercial development" (FOSS-compatible). +* **mock_corpus**: License: Public Domain +* **movie_reviews**: License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International +* **mwa_ppdb**: License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported +* **nonbreaking_prefixes**: License: Gnu LGPL +* **opinion_lexicon**: License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International +* **panlex_swadesh**: License: CC0 1.0 Universal +* **pl196x**: License: GNU General Public License +* **porter_test**: License: Unstated (Implicitly FOSS). +* **pros_cons**: License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International +* **product_reviews_1**: License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International +* **product_reviews_2**: License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International +* **semcor**: License: "Permission to use, copy, modify and distribute... without fee or royalty..." (FOSS-compatible). +* **sentence_polarity**: License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International +* **sentiwordnet**: License: Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 +* **shakespeare**: License: public domain +* **snowball_data**: License: Unstated (Implicitly FOSS). +* **state_union**: License: public domain +* **stopwords**: License: public domain +* **subjectivity**: License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International +* **swadesh**: License: GNU Free Documentation License (FOSS-compatible). +* **tagsets**: License: Unstated (Implicitly FOSS). +* **tagsets_json**: License: Unstated (Implicitly FOSS). +* **udhr**: License: public domain +* **udhr2**: License: public domain +* **unicode_samples**: License: Unstated (Implicitly FOSS). +* **universal_tagset**: License: CC-BY-SA-4.0 +* **vader_lexicon**: License: MIT License +* **webtext**: License: Unstated (Implicitly FOSS). +* **wmt15_eval**: License: Unstated (Implicitly FOSS). +* **word2vec_sample**: License: Unstated (Implicitly FOSS). +* **wordnet**: License: Princeton Open Source License +* **wordnet2021**: License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International +* **wordnet2022**: License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International +* **wordnet31**: License: Princeton Open Source License +* **wordnet_ic**: License: Unstated (Implicitly FOSS). +* **words**: License: public domain + +### Rescued Packages (Assumed Free) +This section includes packages that are widely used and have a clear intention of being free, but their license statement is unstated or ambiguous from a strict FOSS compliance standpoint. + +* **alpino**: License: "Distributed with permission." (FOSS-compatible, but non-standard). +* **cmudict**: License: "Unrestricted use." (FOSS-compatible, but non-standard). +* **omw**: License: "Please consult the LICENSE files... Note that all permit redistribution." (This is a known "license trap." While the project's intention is free, the ambiguous summary prevents simple redistribution. It is assumed free based on the community's trust.) +* **omw-1.4**: License: "Please consult the LICENSE files... Note that all permit redistribution." (Same as above, a known "license trap" assumed to be free based on community trust). +* **punkt**: License: Unstated (This package's license is a known issue. While widely assumed to be free, a formal FOSS-compliant license is needed for clarity). +* **punkt_tab**: License: Unstated (Same as above, assumed free based on community trust). +* **rslp**: License: Unstated (Implictly FOSS). +* **rte**: License: Unstated (Implictly FOSS). +* **smultron**: License: Unstated (Likely FOSS-compatible, but needs a clear license). diff --git a/free_packages_osi.md b/free_packages_osi.md deleted file mode 100644 index 96d9264..0000000 --- a/free_packages_osi.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,47 +0,0 @@ -# Strict OSI-Free Packages in nltk_data - -| Subdirectory | Package ID | License | -|-----------------|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------------| -| corpora | cmudict | BSD License | -| corpora | conll2000 | MIT License | -| corpora | conll2002 | GNU GPL | -| corpora | crubadan | CC BY 3.0 | -| corpora | europarl_raw | CC BY 2.0 France | -| corpora | english_wordnet | CC BY 4.0 (with attribution to both Princeton WordNet and Open English WordNet team) | -| corpora | movie_reviews | CC BY 3.0 | -| corpora | opinion_lexicon | Public Domain | -| corpora | product_reviews_1 | CC BY 3.0 | -| corpora | product_reviews_2 | CC BY 3.0 | -| corpora | pros_cons | CC BY 3.0 | -| corpora | rte | CC BY 3.0 | -| corpora | semcor | Public Domain | -| corpora | senseval2 | Public Domain | -| corpora | shakespeare | Public Domain | -| corpora | state_union | Public Domain | -| corpora | stopwords | Public Domain | -| corpora | subjectivity | CC BY 3.0 | -| corpora | swadesh | Public Domain | -| corpora | universal_tagset | Public Domain | -| corpora | webtext | CC BY 3.0 | -| corpora | wordnet | WordNet License (permits any use) | -| corpora | wordnet2021 | WordNet License (permits any use) | -| corpora | wordnet_ic | WordNet License (permits any use) | -| corpora | words | Public Domain | -| grammars | book_grammars | MIT License | -| grammars | sample_grammars | MIT License | -| help | help | Public Domain | -| models | maxent_ne_chunker | BSD License | -| models | maxent_treebank_pos_tagger | BSD License | -| stemmers | snowball_data | BSD License | -| taggers | averaged_perceptron_tagger | MIT License | -| taggers | averaged_perceptron_tagger_eng | MIT License | -| taggers | averaged_perceptron_tagger_ru | MIT License | -| taggers | averaged_perceptron_tagger_rus | MIT License | - ---- - -> **Note:** -> All packages listed above are widely accepted as “free” by both OSI and FSF definitions. -> In rare cases (e.g., the WordNet license or use of GPL for data), the FSF or some distributions have discussed additional details, but this does not affect the practical status of these packages: they are recognized as free and redistributable by all major open-source projects and distributors. - -*This list is based on the most recent license information available. Discussions and corrections are encouraged—please help improve this documentation if you spot anything unclear or incorrect!* \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/nonfree_packages_foss.md b/nonfree_packages_foss.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..edce0b0 --- /dev/null +++ b/nonfree_packages_foss.md @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +### Fundamentally Non-Compliant Licenses +This section lists packages with licenses that explicitly forbid commercial use, restrict distribution, or are otherwise incompatible with FOSS principles. + +* **brown**: License: "May be used for non-commercial purposes." +* **brown_tei**: License: "May be used for non-commercial purposes." +* **chat80**: License: "only for academic purposes" and forbids commercial use. +* **conll2007**: License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivativeWorks. +* **dependency_treebank**: License: "for non-commercial use only." +* **floresta**: License: "Non-commercial use only." +* **framenet_v15**: License: "May be used for non-commercial purposes." +* **mte_teip5**: License: Creative Commons - Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 (Non-Commercial clause). +* **nps_chat**: License: "solely for non-commercial, non-profit educational and research use." +* **reuters**: License: "for research purposes only." +* **sinica_treebank**: License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike. +* **timit**: License: Creative Commons Attribution, Non-Commercial, ShareAlike. +* **treebank**: License: "for non-commercial use only." +* **twitter_samples**: License: "Must be used subject to Twitter Developer Agreement." +* **universal_treebanks_v20**: License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike. + +### Restricted/Ambiguous Licenses +This section lists packages with licenses that are either non-standard, require special permission, or are too ambiguous to be considered FOSS-compliant for redistribution. + +* **basque_grammars**: License: Unstated (Ambiguous). +* **bllip_wsj_no_aux**: License: Unstated (Ambiguous). +* **book_grammars**: License: Unstated (Ambiguous). +* **conll2000**: License: Unstated (Ambiguous). +* **conll2002**: License: Unstated (Ambiguous). +* **europarl_raw**: License: Unstated (Ambiguous). +* **gazetteers**: License: "GNU Free Documentation License; or public domain (depending on the file)" (Ambiguous). +* **ieer**: License: Unstated (Ambiguous). +* **indian**: License: "Distributed with permission" (Ambiguous). +* **jeita**: License: "re-distributable under the same license as the original" (Ambiguous). +* **kimmo**: License: Unstated (Ambiguous). +* **knbc**: License: "re-distributable under the same license as the original" (Ambiguous). +* **large_grammars**: License: "See the individual grammar files" (Ambiguous). +* **lin_thesaurus**: License: "Distributed with permission of Dekang Lin" (Restricted). +* **mac_morpho**: License: "Distributed with permission" (Restricted). +* **moses_sample**: License: Unstated (Ambiguous). +* **names**: License: "I retain the copyright... but are freely redistributable." (Ambiguous). +* **nombank.1.0**: License: "Distributed with permission" (Restricted). +* **paradigms**: License: "Distributed with the permission of the author" (Restricted). +* **pe08**: License: "Distributed with permission" (Restricted). +* **perluniprops**: License: Unstated (Ambiguous). +* **pil**: License: "Distributed with permission" (Restricted). +* **propbank**: License: "Distributed with permission" (Restricted). +* **ppattach**: License: "Distributed with the permission of the author." (Restricted). +* **qc**: License: Unstated (Ambiguous). +* **sample_grammars**: License: Unstated (Ambiguous). +* **senseval**: License: "Distributed with permission." (Restricted). +* **spanish_grammars**: License: Unstated (Ambiguous). +* **switchboard**: License: Open Content License (not FOSS). +* **toolbox**: License: Unstated (Ambiguous). +* **verbnet**: License: "Distributed with permission of the author." (Restricted). +* **verbnet3**: License: "Distributed with permission of the author." (Restricted). +* **ycoe**: License: Unstated (Ambiguous). diff --git a/nonfree_packages_osi.md b/nonfree_packages_osi.md deleted file mode 100644 index 2f87353..0000000 --- a/nonfree_packages_osi.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,50 +0,0 @@ -# Nonfree or Non-OSI-Compliant Packages in nltk_data - -These packages are excluded under a strict OSI definition due to non-commercial clauses, "distributed with permission", "citation required", GFDL, LGPL, ambiguous or missing licenses, or otherwise not OSI-compliant. - -| Subdirectory | Package ID | License/Restriction | -|-----------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------------------------| -| corpora | abc | Distributed with permission of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation | -| corpora | alpino | Distributed with permission | -| corpora | brown | Non-commercial only | -| corpora | brown_tei | Non-commercial only | -| corpora | cess_cat | Citation required | -| corpora | cess_esp | Citation required | -| corpora | dependency_treebank | CC BY 3.0 (however, some files may have other restrictions; check details) | -| corpora | floresta | Non-commercial only | -| corpora | framenet_v15 | Non-commercial only | -| corpora | framenet_v17 | CC BY 3.0 (should be OSI-compliant, but check for upstream clarifications or file-level restrictions) | -| corpora | gazetteers | GFDL or public domain (some nonfree) | -| corpora | gutenberg | Distributed with permission of Project Gutenberg | -| corpora | inaugural | Public Domain (verify for each file) | -| corpora | indian | Distributed with permission | -| grammars | large_grammars | Various, some require permission | -| corpora | lin_thesaurus | Distributed with permission | -| corpora | mac_morpho | Distributed with permission | -| corpora | masc_tagged | For linguistic education and research only | -| corpora | nombank.1.0 | Distributed with permission | -| corpora | nonbreaking_prefixes | LGPL | -| corpora | nps_chat | Non-commercial only | -| corpora | paradigms | Distributed with permission | -| corpora | pe08 | Distributed with permission | -| corpora | pil | CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 | -| corpora | propbank | Distributed with permission | -| corpora | ptb | Stub, full version not free | -| grammars | treebank | Distributed with permission | -| taggers | hmm_treebank_pos_tagger | Distributed with permission | -| tokenizers | punkt | Ambiguous; not OSI-compliant | -| tokenizers | punkt_tab | Ambiguous; not OSI-compliant | -| tokenizers | treebank | Distributed with permission | -| corpora | senseval | Distributed with permission | -| corpora | sinica_treebank | Distributed with NLTK (not clearly free) | -| corpora | switchboard | GNU GPL (but may have data redistribution restrictions) | -| corpora | twitter_samples | Twitter Developer Agreement | -| corpora | verbnet | Distributed with permission | -| corpora | verbnet3 | Distributed with permission | -| misc | unicode_samples | Public Domain (verify for each file) | - ---- - -> Note: Some packages listed here may be “free” according to other standards (e.g., FSF guidelines), but are not OSI-compliant and are excluded from the main free set for maximum compatibility with open source distributors. - -*If you spot any errors or have clarification about these licenses, please comment—discussion is encouraged to ensure accuracy and clarity!* \ No newline at end of file From bed1ab46c3033207c927b0ad246c2dbbea444822 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Kafe Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2025 11:18:43 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 4/6] Update free_packages_foss.md Co-authored-by: Copilot <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> --- free_packages_foss.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/free_packages_foss.md b/free_packages_foss.md index 0b3508f..3642b11 100644 --- a/free_packages_foss.md +++ b/free_packages_foss.md @@ -63,6 +63,6 @@ This section includes packages that are widely used and have a clear intention o * **omw-1.4**: License: "Please consult the LICENSE files... Note that all permit redistribution." (Same as above, a known "license trap" assumed to be free based on community trust). * **punkt**: License: Unstated (This package's license is a known issue. While widely assumed to be free, a formal FOSS-compliant license is needed for clarity). * **punkt_tab**: License: Unstated (Same as above, assumed free based on community trust). -* **rslp**: License: Unstated (Implictly FOSS). -* **rte**: License: Unstated (Implictly FOSS). +* **rslp**: License: Unstated (Implicitly FOSS). +* **rte**: License: Unstated (Implicitly FOSS). * **smultron**: License: Unstated (Likely FOSS-compatible, but needs a clear license). From 06cabd59fe28779bf73016c68e25bf4c48264073 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Kafe Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2025 07:28:54 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 5/6] Update free_packages_foss.md with FOSS licenses --- free_packages_foss.md | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/free_packages_foss.md b/free_packages_foss.md index 3642b11..967b580 100644 --- a/free_packages_foss.md +++ b/free_packages_foss.md @@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ This section includes packages with explicit, standard, and legally clear FOSS l * **pros_cons**: License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International * **product_reviews_1**: License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International * **product_reviews_2**: License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International -* **semcor**: License: "Permission to use, copy, modify and distribute... without fee or royalty..." (FOSS-compatible). * **sentence_polarity**: License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International * **sentiwordnet**: License: Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 * **shakespeare**: License: public domain @@ -59,10 +58,10 @@ This section includes packages that are widely used and have a clear intention o * **alpino**: License: "Distributed with permission." (FOSS-compatible, but non-standard). * **cmudict**: License: "Unrestricted use." (FOSS-compatible, but non-standard). -* **omw**: License: "Please consult the LICENSE files... Note that all permit redistribution." (This is a known "license trap." While the project's intention is free, the ambiguous summary prevents simple redistribution. It is assumed free based on the community's trust.) +* **omw**: License: "Please consult the LICENSE files... Note that all permit redistribution." (This is a known "license trap." While the project's intention is free, the ambiguous summary prevents simple redistribution.) * **omw-1.4**: License: "Please consult the LICENSE files... Note that all permit redistribution." (Same as above, a known "license trap" assumed to be free based on community trust). * **punkt**: License: Unstated (This package's license is a known issue. While widely assumed to be free, a formal FOSS-compliant license is needed for clarity). * **punkt_tab**: License: Unstated (Same as above, assumed free based on community trust). * **rslp**: License: Unstated (Implicitly FOSS). * **rte**: License: Unstated (Implicitly FOSS). -* **smultron**: License: Unstated (Likely FOSS-compatible, but needs a clear license). +* **smultron**: License: Unstated (Likely FOSS-compatible, but needs a clear license). \ No newline at end of file From f036b97e28f0d4ec15933db93371fcab44eb0e49 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Kafe Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2025 08:31:58 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 6/6] Update nonfree_packages_foss.md with new content --- nonfree_packages_foss.md | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/nonfree_packages_foss.md b/nonfree_packages_foss.md index edce0b0..6e6d45b 100644 --- a/nonfree_packages_foss.md +++ b/nonfree_packages_foss.md @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ ### Fundamentally Non-Compliant Licenses This section lists packages with licenses that explicitly forbid commercial use, restrict distribution, or are otherwise incompatible with FOSS principles. -* **brown**: License: "May be used for non-commercial purposes." +* **brown**: License: LDC - non-commercial use only. +* **semcor**: License: LDC - non-commercial use only (annotations by Princeton). * **brown_tei**: License: "May be used for non-commercial purposes." * **chat80**: License: "only for academic purposes" and forbids commercial use. * **conll2007**: License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivativeWorks. @@ -52,4 +53,4 @@ This section lists packages with licenses that are either non-standard, require * **toolbox**: License: Unstated (Ambiguous). * **verbnet**: License: "Distributed with permission of the author." (Restricted). * **verbnet3**: License: "Distributed with permission of the author." (Restricted). -* **ycoe**: License: Unstated (Ambiguous). +* **ycoe**: License: Unstated (Ambiguous). \ No newline at end of file