[Debian-in-workers] Re: Fwd: debian-in-workers@lists.alioth.debian.org; pravi.a@gmail.com; anivar@hackemail.com; vimaljoseph@gmail.com

[Vivek Varghese Cherian]

On 12/19/06, Christian Perrier <bubulle at debian.org> wrote:
>
> Hussain KH a écrit :
> > Respected Christian Perrier
> >
> > I'm here by forwarding the mail I sent to Mr. Saumya Pradeep regarding
> > the inclusion of Rachana font in the Debian distribution. As a reply I
> > received mail from Saumya that he is now fully convinced of the
> > Technical and historical importance of Rachana font as well its
> > GNU-GPL status.
> >
> > As I put in the following mail I would like to repeat "*we here by
> > declare that any one can use/modify/distribute it under GNU GPL."*
> > *
> > *Please go through the attached article by Dr. Mammen Chundamannil
> > that fully explains our stands and aspirations towards free software
> > movement and GNU-GPL
> >
> > Expecting necessary actions to be taken in order to make use of
> > Rachana font in the Malayalam localisation of Debian,
> >
> > Thanking in anticipation
> >
> > Yours faithfully
> >
> > Hussain KH
> > (Rachana Font Designer and Project Co-ordinator)
> >
> >
>
> OK. That seems to definitely clarify the situation, thanks for taking
> time to get and write the answer.
>
> Indeed, I already included the new Rachana_w01.otf font in the
> ttf-malayalam-fonts package on behalf of Soumyadip, the real maintainer
> of the package.
>
> One last step that would be interesting is getting a reliable location
> for new releases downloads so that the maintainer(s) of the package
> which includes these fonts can update them regularly as long as they're
> enhanced.
>
> I'm still incredibly amazed by the progress of the free software
> movement all around India, in all its language communities. Seeing this
> from very far and even with my very limited knowledge of many parts of
> the socio-economical (and political...) situation in your country, I'm
> incredibly impressed. All this confirms that the personal investment I
> put into a better support for South-Asia languages in Debian and
> Debian-derived distributions has not been done in vain. This is
> incredibly motivating, indeed.
>
>
>

I am pleased to see that the allegations raised by a certain individual some
time back that modifications to the Rachana font which were under orginally
released under the GNU GPL were subsequently prohibited by the Rachana
Akshara Kala Vedi has proved to be false by the mail from Mr. Hussain KH
(Rachana Font Designer and Project Co-ordinator).

Thanks also to everyone especially to Christian, Jaldhar, Pravi and
Soumyadip for all the support rendered thus far towards the Malayalam
localisation of Debian.


The Debian-IN Malayalam localisation team has always supported the use of
Rachana fonts. We also wish the Rachana Akshara Kala Vedi all the very best
in the noble fight they are undertaking to protect the traditional malayalam
orthography.

-- 
Vivek Varghese Cherian
Co-ordinator,
Debian Installer Malayalam  localisation.
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