Re: [Gimp-developer] urgent

2014-05-31 Thread C R
Some off list concern was raised about the GPL being primarily applied to restrictions for selling and redistributing the GIMP software, however, the GPL v3 does speak about program output as well: *2. Basic Permissions.* All rights granted under this License are granted for the term of

Re: [Gimp-developer] Getting contributors via OpenHatch

2014-05-31 Thread Ofnuts
On 29/05/14 22:27, Ed . wrote: There aren't any formal barriers to contributing to GIMP. There are definitely some formidable (ha!) barriers in the practical sense. Until we provide a clear step-by-step guide (on say Debian) to getting GIMP compiled from git, only the most highly-motivated and

Re: [Gimp-developer] urgent

2014-05-31 Thread Michael Henning
On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 11:06 AM, C R caj...@gmail.com wrote: Some off list concern was raised about the GPL being primarily applied to restrictions for selling and redistributing the GIMP software, however, the GPL v3 does speak about program output as well: *2. Basic Permissions.* All

Re: [Gimp-developer] urgent

2014-05-31 Thread C R
I don't believe I said it *needed* to be covered under the GPL, only that it is, according to the GPL. Intellectual property rights are such that unless you've explicitly waived the rights to your own work, you own whatever you make regardless of what tools you've made it with. Some software

Re: [Gimp-developer] urgent

2014-05-31 Thread Christopher Curtis
On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 7:13 PM, Michael Henning dra...@darkrefraction.com wrote: On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 11:06 AM, C R caj...@gmail.com wrote: Applied to GIMP, this essentially means that as long as you own the (c) to the materials used in your logo/image, your work is protected under the