Good morning Gimp guys...
My name is Scott McDaniel and I am with Chilliware Inc.
We are a software firm that is doing retail Linux apps. Our goal is to bring
Linux into the home and small office by offering everyday, useful desktop
software.
Recently, we were discussing what other software we could add to our CDROMs
that would add value for our customers...one of the first programs mentioned
was, indeed, Gimp.
After we compiled our list, Matt Mantelli, our sales manager, sent out email
to the maintainers of the software we wanted to use...again including Gimp.
We have had positive responses from nearly a dozen authors so far,
unequivocable 'YES' responses. However, this morning we have gotten some
interesting answers from you guys. Unfortunately, one of the responses was a
tad over the top, and I felt I needed to reconfirm our request...
Yes, we understand the license; yes, we also understand that Gimp CAN be
distributed freely, however, we chose to be courteous and ask the developers
also, as some folks like to know where there software is showing up.
Attached below are the 3 different responses we garnered from our request to
you guys...if there is someone in charge there, I would like to offer the
same courteous question: "Do you mind if we include Gimp and its sources on
our CDROMs?"
Thanks for your assistance, and we hope to see you at LWE.
Yours,
Scott
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Scott McDaniel
Technical Development Manager
Chilliware, Inc.
www.Chilliware.net
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Message One=======================================
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 7:02 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Chilliware/Gimp
Sure, just add it to your products. There's no problem as long as you
provide the source as well.
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Servus,
Daniel
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Message Two======================================
----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 7:03 PM
To: Matt Mantelli
Subject: Re: Chilliware/Gimp
Gimp already has tremendous exposure, more exposure than any of your
products have. I believe what you really mean to say is that you want to
put something of value on your CDs to make them worth something. I've tried
your software and it feels and crashes like it was written by clueless
amateur programmers.
Why don't you guys put your 100 or so programmers on a single project so
that maybe, just maybe, you could write a half-way-decent application?
Oh, you might also want to send them back to college (or did you grab them
out of highschool?) so that they can actually learn how to program.
Thanks for listening.
PS: Using Microsoft Outlook is extremely insulting.
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Message Three=======================================
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Zachary
Beane
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 6:37 PM
To: Matt Mantelli
Subject: Re: Chilliware/Gimp
Contact you about what? The license for GIMP is explicit. If you
comply with the license, you may distribute it on your CD. Do you have
questions about the license?
Zach
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] Zachary Beane http://www.xach.com/
