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[Jussi Pakkanen <jpakkane@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 10:56 AM, Speedy Chair <speedychair@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Vinux might be interested in providing a cuneiform 1.0 package on the Vinux
> LaunchPad until it is picked up by Ubuntu repositories.

As far as Cuneiform packaging goes, there is a 0.9 version for Debian
Unstable but it needs either a sponsor or a maintainer to go to Debian
proper. From there it will go on to derivatives such as Ubuntu.

Here's the info page on that. Just don't try to install it on anything
else than Debian. Doing so may very well break stuff.

http://mentors.debian.net/cgi-bin/sponsor-pkglist?action=details;package=cuneiform

Thanks to Dmitrijs Ledkovs for this package.

> What is the state of cuneiform in regards to Open Source?  Vinux has a
> segment who are purists.  There is even a Libra edition.  Personally, I load
> up as much functionality as possible, including low cost solutions like
> IBM's Text to Speech, Voxin.

Cuneiform is 100% BSD licensed. The reason that it is in Debian's
non-free section is that there is no original source for some of the
data files it uses. The files themselves are part of the original
release which was (and is) BSD.

Whether or not you consider Cuneiform Free depends on whether your
view on "original source" is similar to Debian's.