On Sun, 12 Dec 2004, David [iso-8859-15] Gómez wrote:
Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 17:19:26 +0100
From: David [iso-8859-15] Gómez [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Alan Horkan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Gimp-developer] Why not allow the name to be configurable?
On Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 06:11:39PM +, Alan Horkan wrote:
I do not know if you are a native English speaker but the term gimp is has
a very similar meaning to cripple. If you look at the bug report I
point to some comments where people other than me say they have
encountered
Alan Horkan wrote:
Some people have difficulty dealing with the connotations of the term The
GIMP. I wont go into details again about why some people have issues
with the name, some even finding it offensive.
I still find it baffling that people would get upset about something
so lighthearted
Hi Alan,
I don't think it is a good idea to change the project name.
So you kind of answered to yourself...
It is a good sign that the gimp has improved so much that people are only
left with the name to complain about :)
I don't complain about the name.
I think it would be a fair
i have a question for you; you don't need to answer it to anyone but
yourself. what does the word gimp mean to you and where ever could you
have come up with this meaning?
when i hear the word gimp, i get a chuckle from a media image that some
pack of film geniuses inbedded into our collective
