Gentlemen,
My apologies.
I didn't realize that the request Matt sent was to your development list.
That explains the ambiguity...
I'll pop over to Matts desk and smack him one with the proverbial cluebat.<g>
<NEVER disturb programmers with spam...>
I, and many others at Chilliware have been Gimp fans for years, so by NO
means do we intend harm...you guys do some excellent work, and the community
needs you...we just want to make sure that mom & pop, shopping at CompUSA ,
get a chance to see you also.
Thanks Austin for the gracious response btw.
Sorry to disturb you guys, and please, if you're at LWE in NYC next week,
stop by and say hi.
Yours,
Scott
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Scott McDaniel
Technical Development Manager
Chilliware, Inc.
www.Chilliware.net
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
phn:213.365.8700
icq:440404
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On Wednesday 24 January 2001 11:05, Austin Donnelly wrote:
> On Wednesday, 24 Jan 2001, Scott McDaniel wrote:
> > 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?"
>
> The Gimp is developed co-operatively, so there's no single person in
> charge. Yosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> is the person who decides when to make
> releases, and so is probably the closest we have to an official
> spokesman.
>
> I apologise for the second message you quote: I don't think it is
> representative of the majority view of the developers.
>
> You are most welcome to distribute The Gimp on your CD, so long as you
> abide by the terms of the GNU Public Licence (GPL). In brief, this
> means ensuring that the source code is available, either directly on
> the CD or by giving a URL for where the code can be found. See the
> file "COPYING" at the top of the Gimp source code distribution for the
> full details.
>
> Thank you for being courteous in letting us know you intend to
> distribute The Gimp.
>
> Austin
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