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+<head>
+<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label uploads</title>
+</head><body>
+<h3>Contributing a file to the archives</h3>
+<p>You have something to submit to the archive - great! Before we even
+start, here's a check-list of things to sort out:
+<ol>
+<li> Licence: in the spirit of TeX, we hope for free software; in
+ the spirit of today's lawyer-enthralled society, CTAN
+ provides a
+ <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/licenses.html">list of "standard" licence statements</a>.
+<li> Documentation: it's good for users to be able to browse
+ documentation before downloading a package. You need at least a
+ plain text <i>README</i> file (exactly that name); best is a
+ PDF file of the package documentation, prepared for screen
+ reading.
+<li> Name: endless confusion is caused by name clashes. If your
+ package has the same name as one already on CTAN, or if your
+ package installation generates files of the same name as something
+ in a "normal" distribution, the CTAN team will delay
+ installation while they check that you're doing the right thing:
+ they may nag you to change the name, or to negotiate a take-over
+ with the author of the original package.
+ <a href="FAQ-findfiles.html">Browse the archive</a> to ensure uniqueness.
+<p> The name you choose should also (as far as possible) be somewhat
+ descriptive of what your submission actually <em>does</em>; while
+ "descriptiveness" is to some extent in the eye of the beholder,
+ it's clear that names such as <i>mypackage</i> or <i>jiffy</i>
+ aren't suitable.
+</ol>
+<p>If you are able to use anonymous <i>ftp</i>, get yourself a copy of
+the file <i>README.uploads</i> from any
+<a href="FAQ-archives.html">CTAN archive</a>. The file tells you
+where to upload, what to upload, and how to notify the CTAN
+management about what you want doing with your upload.
+<p>You may also upload via the Web: each of the principle CTAN
+sites offers an upload page - choose from
+<a href="http://www.ctan.org/upload.html">http://www.ctan.org/upload.html</a>,
+<a href="http://www.dante.de/CTAN/upload.html">http://www.dante.de/CTAN/upload.html</a> or
+<a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/upload.html">http://www.tex.ac.uk/upload.html</a>; the pages lead you through the
+process, showing you the information you need to supply.
+<p>If you can use neither of these methods, ask advice of the
+
+ <a href="mailto:ctan@dante.de">CTAN management</a>:
+if the worst comes to the worst, it may be possible to mail a contribution.
+<p>If it's appropriate (if your package is large, or regularly updated),
+the CTAN management can arrange to <i>mirror</i> your
+contribution direct into the archive. At present this may only be
+done if your contribution is available via <code>ftp</code>, and of course the
+directory structure on your archive must 'fit'.
+<dl>
+<dt><tt><i>README.uploads</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.uploads">README.uploads</a>
+</dl>
+<p><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=uploads">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=uploads</a>
+</body>