[Clipart] OCAL identified by IBM as resource for Linux migrations

[Jon Phillips]

Bryce Harrington wrote:
> Very cool, thanks for pointing this out.  :-)
> 
> Yes, if he packages it up as a GPL's lib, that'd definitely be something
> we'd be interested incorporating into Inkscape.

I am going to try and meet with him in a few. But why not go ahead and ask him:

raph --AT-- acm --DOT-- org


Jon

> 
> On Wed, 29 Dec 2004, Jose Hevia wrote:
> 
>>>Wow, did he actually say he wanted it in _inkscape_?  I see on his
>>>gfonted page that he'd like to see it included in Gill, but the date on
>>>the comment was 1999, so I'm guessing he stopped work on it.  Do you
>>>happen to have a more current link?
>>>
>>>If anyone is working on an SVG font editor, I think room could easily be
>>>made for it in Inkscape.
>>>
>>
>>>From http://www.advogato.org/person/raph/
>>
>> 16 Nov 2004  »
>>
>>    Coins and stamps
>>
>>    Thanks to everyone who sent Alan coins, stamps, and emails in
>>response to my begging. He really appreciates it!
>>
>>    Spiro
>>
>>    I've tentatively chosen a name for my curve editor: Spiro. I posted
>>a "code escape" here and on the Typophile forums. So far, I've gotten
>>little or no response from my posting here, but lots of people checking
>>it out and sending feedback on the Typophile board. Interestingly, many
>>of the commenters are encouraging me to patent the idea and/or otherwise
>>try to make money off it.
>>
>>    I'll have a new code snapshot soon. In the meantime I've been
>>tracing the miniscules from 72pt metal Centaur (see screenshot). There's
>>nothing like trying to use the thing for real to point out what needs
>>improving :)
>>
>>    There's no rush, as I'm still tweaking the core algorithms, but
>>obviously this is something that should go into other free software
>>applications, most especially Inkscape. What I'm most inclined to do is
>>release all the core code as GPL, package up nice Win32 and MacOS
>>versions with refined GUI's (especially cut'n'paste with the dominant
>>apps on those platforms) as commercial apps, and also try to license the
>>code for inclusion in proprietary apps. We'll see how all that plays out.
>>
>>->I'd been reading his diary for long 
>> 17 Oct 2004  » 
>>[...]If I go this route, I'll need to factor the code into UI dependent
>>and UI independent parts. That's probably good discipline in any case,
>>especially if I'm hoping for the code to be adapted into other apps that
>>need curve editing (Gimp paths, inkscape, etc.).[...]
>>                                              Jose Hevia
>>
>>
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