Re: [ft-devel] MS BASIC version of FreeType v1 (I wrote this, will FreeType.org host?)

[Werner LEMBERG]

> I develop DOS based software using MASM and Microsoft BASIC 7.
> Lately I've needed TrueType smoothed fonts for my latest project,
> and so I have begun translating the Pascal version of FreeType v1 to
> Microsoft BASIC 7.

Nice!  Note, however, that FreeType 1 is no longer supported in any
way.  I strongly suggest that you move on to FreeType 2, since in the
last 15 years or so there were zillions of bug fixes.

> My ultimate intention is to translate it to assembler, but first I'm
> doing it in MS BASIC because I'm comfortable with that language.

Sounds sensible.

> Would freetype.org host this source code after I have something
> finished?

freetype.org itself only hosts web pages.  The git repository of
FreeType is located on savannah.nongnu.org, and you can register your
project there in case your license fits – given that you are deriving
your code from FreeType, it definitely should :-) It's then easy to
add a link to the freetype.org web site.

In case Savannah is not the right place for you, you might try
`repo.or.cz'.  Finally, there is github and similar hosts, in case you
like this kind of workflow (which I don't).


    Werner