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[Pkg-fonts-devel] Bug#599059: merging Tuffy font fork



Yes.  If Károly agrees then I can update the Tuffy credits and do the merges.

-T

On Oct 7, 2010 3:40 AM, "Paul Wise" <pabs@debian.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Thatcher Ulrich (original author of the Tuffy font), meet Károly Barta,
> author of the Tuffy font fork available here:
>
> http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Tuffy+family?content=123829
> http://brtkr.blogspot.com/2010/10/tuffy-fontcsalad-valtozasi-jegyzek.html
> http://brtkr.blogspot.com/2010/09/tuffy-mintaivek.html
>
> Debian GNU/Linux distributes the Tuffy font, more info here:
>
> http://packages.debian.org/sid/ttf-tuffy
> http://packages.qa.debian.org/ttf-tuffy
>
> We would like to add Károly's work to Debian, but for that to happen, we
> need his changes merged into Thatcher's version:
>
> http://bugs.debian.org/599059
> http://tulrich.com/fonts/
>
> In order for that to happen, Károly needs to indicate that his changes
> are released to the public domain:
>
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=599059#15
>
> Once that is done, then Thatcher can merge them into his version, update
> the font metadata (README, LICENSE etc) and then release a new version
> which can be uploaded to Debian GNU/Linux.
>
> After that, Károly can send updates directly to Thatcher for merging
> into in-development versions.
>
> Is the above plan acceptable for everyone?
>
> --
> bye,
> pabs
>
> http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise

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