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Original source files are 
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	/pub/nihongo/kanjidic.doc

Upstream Author(s): Jim Breen <jwb@csse.monash.edu.au>

Copyright: from kanjidic.doc

Copyright (C) 1997, 1998, 1999 James William Breen 

readily agreed to the inclusion of thecodes.

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. 

COPYRIGHT

Copyright  over  the  documents  covered  by  this statement is held by James 
William BREEN, subject to the exceptions outlined below. 

The following people have granted permission for material for which they hold 
copyright to be included in  the  files,  and  distributed  under  the  above 
conditions, while retaining their copyright over that material: 

Jack HALPERN: The SKIP codes and Frequency codes in the KANJIDIC file. 

With regard to the Frequency codes, Mr Halpern stated as follows:

        "The commercial utilization of the frequency  numbers  is  prohibited 
        without written permission from Jack Halpern.  Use by individuals and 
        small  groups  for  reference and research purposes is permitted,  on 
        condition that acknowledgment of the  source  and  this  notice  are 
        included."                                                

With regard to the SKIP codes, Mr Halpern draws your attention to the 
statement he has prepared on the matter, which is included at Appendix F.

Christian WITTERN and Koichi YASUOKA: The Pinyin information in the KANJIDIC 
        file. 

Urs APP:  the Four Corner codes and the Morohashi information in the KANJIDIC 
        file. 

Mark SPAHN and Wolfgang HADAMITZKY: the kanji descriptors from their 
        dictionary.
        
Charles MULLER: the Korean readings.

Joseph DE ROOO: the De Roo codes.

APPENDIX F. CONDITIONS FOR USING SKIP DATA (by Jack Halpern)
============================================================

Ever since my New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (NJECD) came
out (Kenkyusha 1990, NTC 1993), I have been getting inquiries asking for
permission to use SKIP (System of Kanji Indexing by Patterns) data in 
software products and electronic dictionaries. Below I explain the 
policy of the Kanji Dictionary Publishing Society (KDPS) on how to use 
copyright issues when distributing SKIP data or using it in software 
product or electronic dictionary.

WHAT IS SKIP?

Briefly, SKIP is an indexing system that enables the user to locate 
kanji quickly and accurately. The system is extremely convenient because
it can be learned in a very short time, is easy to use, and requires very 
little prior knowledge of kanji. 

The central idea of SKIP is the classification of characters into four
major categories on the basis of easy-to-identify geometrical <patterns>:  

               1. Left-right
               2. Up-down
               3. Enclosure
               4. Solid

Characters belonging to the first three categories are arranged in 
ascending order of hyphenated numerals that represent the number of 
strokes in the <shaded part,> and the number of strokes in the <blank 
part.> See kanji.org (or www.win.or.jp/~jhalpern if not accessible)
and NJECD form matter for details.

To distribute SKIP data within a group or use it in a commercial 
or non-commercial product, please confirm that you agree to the following 
conditions:


 1. COPYRIGHT AND DISTRIBuTION
    
   SKIP data is protected by copyright, copyleft and patent laws. The
   copyright holder is Jack Halpern, chief editor  of KDPS (the Kanji 
   Dictionary Publishing Society). Efforts should be made to ensure that
   SKIP data is not illegally copied and distributed, as for example by 
   converting it to an encrypted format if possible. The data, or extracts
   from it, must not be distributed to a third party, must not be sold as
   part of any commercial software package, and must not be incorporated 
   in any published dictionary or other printed document without the 
   specific  permission of the copyright holder. 


 2. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF SOURCE

   The source of SKIP data shall be acknowledged in the information 
   screens of the product, and the following disclaimer should appear
   in the documentation and/or help screens:
 
   "SKIP (System of Kanji Indexing by Patterns) numbers are derived from 
   the New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Kenkyusha 1990, NTC 
   1993) and The Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary (Kodansha 
   International, 1998). SKIP is protected by copyright, copyleft and 
   patent laws. The  commercial or non-commercial utilization of SKIP in 
   any form is  strictly forbidden without the written permission of 
   Jack Halpern, the copyright holder. Such permission is normally 
   granted. Please contact Jhalpern@kanji.org and/or http://kanji.org 
   (or www.win.or.jp/~jhalpern if not accessible)

3. ROYALTIES
    
   SKIP is a product of seven years of computer-assisted research and 
   experimentation on how kanji elements are intuitively perceived in 
   terms of their parts. Development work was financed by private funds
   and research grants. To enable us to continue to develop useful data
   and products, we ask for you cooperation by paying KDPS (the Kanji 
   Dictionary Publishing Society) a royalty 0.5% (negotiable) if you are
   using the data for a commercial product. Depending on the circumstances,
   it is also possible to use SKIP data free of charge or at a lower 
   royalty.

