On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 11:26:41PM +0300, Cristian Secară wrote:
> În data de Tue, 25 May 2021 11:19:43 -0700, Michael Richards via 
> gimp-user-list a scris:
> 
> > 
> > I formally request that the GIMP name be changed on the basis that it
> > violates the GNOME Code of Conduct. 
> > 
> > I make this request, not to cause trouble but to stand up against
> > unintentional - but no less harmful - discrimination.
> > 
> > [...]
> 
> In what language stands the name as discrimination ? In my language 
> (Romanian) the word "gimp" has no meaning whatsoever. The only possible 
> association is with the GNU Image Manipulation Program – and this only for 
> those who work with it or at least ever heard about it.
> 
> I wonder if in Italian or French or German etc. languages this word has any 
> meaning except for the GIMP program.

I can testify that in Italian (and Esperanto) the term GIMP is
meaningless except for the acronym "GNU Image Manipulation Program"...

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Saluton,
Marco Ciampa
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