================================================== SimpleNLG: An API for Natural Language Generation ================================================== Copyright (c) 2007, the University of Aberdeen All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY, provided that the following conditions are met: 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 3. Neither the name of the University of Aberdeen nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. Redistribution and use for purposes other than research requires special permission by the copyright holders and contributors. Please contact Ehud Reiter (ereiter@csd.abdn.ac.uk) for more information. ================= Acknowledgements: ================= This library contains a re-implementation of some rules derived from the MorphG package by Guido Minnen, John Carroll and Darren Pearce. You can find more information about MorphG in the following reference: Minnen, G., Carroll, J., and Pearce, D. (2001). Applied Morphological Processing of English. Natural Language Engineering 7(3): 207--223. Thanks to John Carroll (University of Sussex) for permission to re-use the MorphG rules.