Is this a thin wrapper over http://wordnet.princeton.edu/wordnet/ or does it/wil...

andreyf · on Jan 5, 2015

> Princeton University makes WordNet available to research and commercial users free of charge provided the terms of our license are followed, and proper reference is made to the project using an appropriate citation. [1]

Interesting! I never realized this.

1. http://wordnet.princeton.edu/wordnet/download/

logn · on Jan 6, 2015

That's nearly the BSD license. Though if I recall, some of the data files have unique licenses.

impostervt · on Jan 5, 2015

For now, that's the source of most data. I'll be adding more as time goes on. First up is pronunciation.

zo1 · on Jan 5, 2015

Then I'd suggest you properly attribute them for the data, especially if you're going to charge people for access (in my opinion, IANAL). See their site on the matter:

http://wordnet.princeton.edu/wordnet/citing-wordnet/

impostervt · on Jan 5, 2015

You're right, of course. I turned the "about" page on. Was holding off until I could spruce it up a bit, but I guess it's ok for now. Wasn't expecting hackernews to really jump on this.

bbcbasic · on Jan 5, 2015

On their site it says: "Due to funding and staffing issues, we are no longer able to accept comment and suggestions."

What if you give a % of your revenue to them to help them, in return you could be the recommended API on their site?

DeepakShah · on Jan 5, 2015

aren't we supposed to cite the use of WordNet?