Re: [Gimp-developer] Gimp in private schools and educational institutions
On 04/18/2015 11:55 PM, Liam R. E. Quin wrote: On Wed, 2015-04-08 at 12:58 -0500, Sam Bagot wrote: A product called Gimp can't be used [in schools] Although GIMP can be used in at least some schools, I agree with your premise. These conversations always seem to run the same course: A: the name GIMP is offensive to me, or to people with whom I work. B: No. The name GIMP isL not offensive. A: yes it is. B: It doesnt offend me, and your opinion doesn't matter to me. A: We like the name. Bye. For my own part I have some hesitation - for example, I am not about to go to a meeting on making the Web accessible to people with special needs while wearing a GIMP tee-shirt, and obviously can't promote GIMP usage too openly at work. You make a good point. I never thought about the tee-shirt angle. Now that you mention it, I would happily wear a Krita tee-shirt anywhere it might be appropriate to wear a tee-shirt. But I wouldn't wear a GIMP tee-shirt anywhere (not even at home - what if the doorbell rang?) because the connotations of the word gimp are too offensive to too many people. The brand argument doesn't really cut much ice - plenty of other Free and proprietary applications have been renamed in the past, and the publicity can increase visibility. Another excellent point. Maybe instead of GIMP 3.0 we could have a Goat Rainbow 1.0 or something? But then you get into endless discussions about the name. How about a small committee to select 3-5 possible names for review? Liam Quin could be the Chair and Sam Bagot could represent potential GIMP users who are unwilling to deal with the unwanted connotations of the name GIMP. In the meantime, for school use, could you refer to the program as the GNU Image Manipulation Program, and if people comment on GIMP explain it's short for the longer name as that's too long to use everywhere? Best, Elle ___ gimp-developer-list mailing list List address:gimp-developer-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list
Re: [Gimp-developer] Gimp in private schools and educationalinstitutions
Are latin names of herbs or stars an option? -- From: Ofnuts ofn...@gmx.com Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2015 6:14 PM To: gimp-developer-list@gnome.org Subject: Re: [Gimp-developer] Gimp in private schools and educationalinstitutions On 26/04/15 17:06, Elle Stone wrote: How about a small committee to select 3-5 possible names for review? Liam Quin could be the Chair and Sam Bagot could represent potential GIMP users who are unwilling to deal with the unwanted connotations of the name GIMP. That committee couldn't be small, because its members should be sufficiently familiar with all languages of the world and their dialects and slangs to ensure that the chosen new name would not be offensive/ridicule for some other demographic? ___ gimp-developer-list mailing list List address:gimp-developer-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list ___ gimp-developer-list mailing list List address:gimp-developer-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list
Re: [Gimp-developer] Gimp in private schools and educational institutions
On 04/26/2015 05:06 PM, Elle Stone wrote: On 04/18/2015 11:55 PM, Liam R. E. Quin wrote: But then you get into endless discussions about the name. How about a small committee to select 3-5 possible names for review? Liam Quin could be the Chair and Sam Bagot could represent potential GIMP users who are unwilling to deal with the unwanted connotations of the name GIMP. There will be no name change. -- Regards, Michael GPG: 96A8 B38A 728A 577D 724D 60E5 F855 53EC B36D 4CDD ___ gimp-developer-list mailing list List address:gimp-developer-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list
