[tlug] Papillon: Licenses & SQL-DB

[Jim <jep200404@example.com>]

Michael Engel <mkengel@example.com> wrote:

> Interesting look at Papillon. 
> You're right, they don't seem to be very open. 

The GPL option may moot all their other license silliness. 

> There is no additional material after 2003 at their website.
> Dead-end ?

Uh-oh. That could be a much bigger issue. 
Maybe one should grab the data while one can. 
GPL could give their code and data a life beyond the project. 

> I am trying to combine a Japanese/German, a Chinese/German dictionary
> and the corresponding character dictionaries. Therefore, I first need
> to learn SQL/PHP/etc myself.

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