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Say I have written an awesome package called "worldpeace.sty" and uploaded it to CTAN. What can I do to get the package in to texlive?

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There's some tips on Tug.org: tug.org/texlive/pkgcontrib.html – Torbjørn T. Aug 1 '12 at 19:18
You already have some packages on TL. :-) – Martin Schröder Aug 2 '12 at 18:19
@MartinSchröder The tl2012 was missing my latest and greatest contribution ;-) (Now it's in there automatically) – topskip Aug 2 '12 at 18:44

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TUG has a page with information about contributing packages to TeX Live:

(From the TeX Live page, click How can you help then advice and requests for contributing packages.)

Most important, upload to CTAN with a free license (e.g. LPPL or GPL). In addition, include source code for any documentation, don't have @ in filenames, and watch for name conflicts.

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Nice answer, but perhaps a few key points might go in here (basically 'upload to CTAN with a free license')? – Joseph Wright♦ Aug 1 '12 at 19:25
@JosephWright Yeah, you're right. I'll update in a bit. – Torbjørn T. Aug 1 '12 at 19:26
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As an Official Package Author with a 100% record at getting my packages into TeXLive, I can confirm that the "upload to CTAN with a suitable licence" is the key step as it's all that I did for those (two!) packages. – Andrew Stacey Aug 2 '12 at 11:39

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