Steve Matteson is the author, not publisher

fonts-free/fonts-free.txt

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
   o Font:      Liberation
     Homepage:  https://www.redhat.com/promo/fonts/
                https://fedorahosted.org/liberation-fonts/
-    Publisher: Steve Matteson, Red Hat
-    Author:    Ascender
+    Publisher: Red Hat
+    Author:    Ascender, Steve Matteson
 
   o Font:      Vera
     Homepage:  http://www.gnome.org/fonts/