[Gimp-user] commercial use
Hello. I would like to be able to use Gimp to alter designs for commercial use - is this allowed? Thanks for your time. -- Matthew Corrie Wade Seducing the Count Breathing Geometry Dance www.seducingthecount.com 0401096079 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] commercial use
On Fri, 14 Jan 2011 12:32:31 pm Matthew Corrie Wade wrote: Hello. I would like to be able to use Gimp to alter designs for commercial use - is this allowed? I several others in Australia use GIMP for this have never run into a problem. Unlike certain other commercial enterprises, Open Source licenses typically do not have specific exceptions for commercial use. The one near-exception I know of is the Creative Commons ShareAlike license which _can_ have exceptions like this sample one I drummed up: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ Thanks for your time. Like everything else I have or am, happy to put it to a good purpose. Cheers; Leon ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] commercial use
On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 3:02 PM, Matthew Corrie Wade mr.ograp...@gmail.com wrote: Hello. I would like to be able to use Gimp to alter designs for commercial use - is this allowed? Thanks for your time. -- Matthew Corrie Wade Seducing the Count Breathing Geometry Dance www.seducingthecount.com 0401096079 Hi, the license of GIMP (GPL) makes no comment on works created via use of the software, so it is unrestricted. The term derivative works in the GPL has confused some people at various times -- it means a derived software, though, not any manner of thing which is created *by* the software. For example, there are commercial software packages for Linux compiled with GCC; The compilation result is 'program output', not a derivative work. Hope that clarifies things. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] commercial use
Matthew Corrie Wade wrote, Hello. I would like to be able to use Gimp to alter designs for commercial use - is this allowed? Thanks for your time. Well, GIMP can be used to produce designs for commercial use; that is, GIMP can be used in a commercial environment. Whether you have the rights to modify someone else's existing design is another matter unrelated to GIMP itself. -- Bob Long ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Commercial Use of GIMP
Michael J. Hammel wrote: GIMP is free to use to create commercial artwork. There is no cost to use it. Some vendors might attempt to sell you a CD with GIMP on it. I'd like to add that being allowed to sell GIMP if you do it under the terms of the GNU GPL is actually one of the advantages of Free Software - just try selling copies of any software with a more restrictive license and you will soon notice the difference. Regards, Michael -- GIMP http://www.gimp.org | IRC: irc://irc.gimp.org/gimp Wiki http://wiki.gimp.org | .de: http://gimpforum.de Plug-ins http://registry.gimp.org | ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Commercial Use of GIMP
Hello, Is GIMP available for commercial use? If so, is there a cost to use it? Thanks. Best Regards, Erika Cilengir Regional Technology Analyst AXA-Equitable / Information Technology 11845 W. Olympic Blvd., Suite 1100 Los Angeles, CA 90064 Office: 310.231.7714 Email: erika.cilen...@axa-equitable.com AXA redefining / standardshttp://comload.axa.com/logo_gauche.jpg P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. ** Confidentiality Note: This message and any attachments may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. Any unauthorized disclosure, use or dissemination of this e-mail message or its contents, either in whole or in part, is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail message, kindly notify the sender and then destroy it. ** ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Commercial Use of GIMP
On Mon, 2009-06-01 at 11:57 -0400, Cilengir, Erika wrote: Is GIMP available for commercial use? If so, is there a cost to use it? Thanks. GIMP is free to use to create commercial artwork. There is no cost to use it. Some vendors might attempt to sell you a CD with GIMP on it. This is not illegal, technically, but there is no reason you should pay for it. You can get GIMP free for use on Linux/Unix, Windows and Macs. If you're not sure where to get it, feel free to ask here. Please mention the operating system you will use with GIMP. The GIMP license (known as the GPL) is more importantly attached to the program itself and how it can be redistributed. The license is designed to make sure everyone has free access to the actual source code if they want it. -- Michael J. HammelPrincipal Software Engineer mjham...@graphics-muse.org http://graphics-muse.org -- This employee is depriving a village somewhere of an idiot. -- From a real employee performance evaluation. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Commercial Use of GIMP
Thanks, Michael! Best Regards, Erika Cilengir Regional Technology Analyst AXA-Equitable / Information Technology 11845 W. Olympic Blvd., Suite 1100 Los Angeles, CA 90064 Office: 310.231.7714 Email: erika.cilen...@axa-equitable.com AXA redefining / standards P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. -Original Message- From: Michael J. Hammel [mailto:mjham...@graphics-muse.org] Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 9:22 AM To: Cilengir, Erika Cc: gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Commercial Use of GIMP On Mon, 2009-06-01 at 11:57 -0400, Cilengir, Erika wrote: Is GIMP available for commercial use? If so, is there a cost to use it? Thanks. GIMP is free to use to create commercial artwork. There is no cost to use it. Some vendors might attempt to sell you a CD with GIMP on it. This is not illegal, technically, but there is no reason you should pay for it. You can get GIMP free for use on Linux/Unix, Windows and Macs. If you're not sure where to get it, feel free to ask here. Please mention the operating system you will use with GIMP. The GIMP license (known as the GPL) is more importantly attached to the program itself and how it can be redistributed. The license is designed to make sure everyone has free access to the actual source code if they want it. -- Michael J. HammelPrincipal Software Engineer mjham...@graphics-muse.org http://graphics-muse.org -- This employee is depriving a village somewhere of an idiot. -- From a real employee performance evaluation. ** Confidentiality Note: This message and any attachments may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. Any unauthorized disclosure, use or dissemination of this e-mail message or its contents, either in whole or in part, is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail message, kindly notify the sender and then destroy it. ** ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Commercial Use of GIMP
On Monday 01 June 2009 23:57:48 Cilengir, Erika wrote: Is GIMP available for commercial use? Erika, GIMP is available for practically any use. Free as in $. Unlike (for example) PhotoShop, you can change GIMP if you like so that it looks or acts more usefully for your purposes. Free as in not imprisoned. GIMP doesn't mind if you frown or lie to it. It isn't subject to control-freaks (immune to Passive-Aggressive Personality Disorder). Free as in freedom of choice. Cheers; Leon ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] commercial use
Hi, can I use the GIMP in my company (as an substitute for Photoshop) for creating newspaper design? The newspaper is not free but daily sold. Does GPL allows it or must I purchase Photoshop? Thanks, -- ##=#==# I Michal Adamec alias emsy (( )) I I emsy at matfyz.cz o^o I I http://emsy.matfyz.cz/ ` ` I #=# ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] commercial use
On Tuesday 26 October 2004 11:29, Michal Adamec wrote: Hi, can I use the GIMP in my company (as an substitute for Photoshop) for creating newspaper design? The newspaper is not free but daily sold. Does GPL allows it or must I purchase Photoshop? Thanks, Yes, you can. The GPL clearly states that you can use GPLed programs anyway you like This includes using content generated by such a program anyway \you like. This is just a non-issue. Go on. JS -- ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Commercial Use?
The GIMP is licensed under the GPL. The GPL does not affect anything you create with the software. Yes, the only exception are programs like bison (a C-code generator), who copy part of its source into the output. So you have to apply the software licence to its output. But it's a very peculiar case, and these applications, like Bison itself, are often released under less restricitive licences to allow people to use their output anyway. The problem with the Gimp is that some image formats can be patented so you may still break some law, but gimp developers surely knows more about this issue so wait for their more authoritative answers. Please note that these problems are not related to the commercial nature of your site. You have to be careful with image format patents even if you create no-profit sites for charities! -- andrea http://www.g-cows.org Yahoo! Companion - Scarica gratis la toolbar di Ricerca di Yahoo! http://companion.yahoo.it ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Commercial Use?
Hi, Quoting moonchaser [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I just want to make sure I'm not running into legal or licencing issues using this software. Thank you for your time and reply. None at all. The GIMP product is Free (with a big F) meaning that if you distribute a modified version of the GIMP, you must make your modifications available to your distribuees with no conditions applied. However, one of the key freedoms that comes with the GIMP is to use it for whatever you like. Your worry is a little like worrying whether you can use emacs to edit commercial source code. Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Neary Lyon, France ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Commercial Use?
I'm going to sample the Gimp software later, but I'm wondering... despite that the program is free (the source anyway), if I create or doctor images using the program which will be put up on a website, in my case, they are cartoon images on a comic site, is it legal? The images themselves will not be sold - they are free. But, on the sites I will be selling merchandice. I just want to make sure I'm not running into legal or licencing issues using this software. Thank you for your time and reply. --Moonchaser. __ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Commercial Use?
moonchaser wrote: I'm going to sample the Gimp software later, but I'm wondering... despite that the program is free (the source anyway), if I create or doctor images using the program which will be put up on a website, in my case, they are cartoon images on a comic site, is it legal? The images themselves will not be sold - they are free. But, on the sites I will be selling merchandice. I just want to make sure I'm not running into legal or licencing issues using this software. Thank you for your time and reply. To start, I have no idea what I'm talking about, so you can probably ignore me. The GIMP is licensed under the GPL. The GPL does not affect anything you create with the software. As long as the images you are working with aren't copyrighted by someone else, you are free to do with them as you please. -- Andrew Gaffney Network Administrator Skyline Aeronautics, LLC. 636-357-1548 ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Commercial Use?
hi, On Sun, Jun 13, 2004 at 11:40:18PM -0400, moonchaser wrote: I'm going to sample the Gimp software later, but I'm wondering... despite that the program is free (the source anyway), if I create or doctor images using the program which will be put up on a website, in my case, they are cartoon images on a comic site, is it legal? The images themselves will not be sold - they are free. But, on the sites I will be selling merchandice. I just want to make sure I'm not running into legal or licencing issues using this software. Thank you for your time and reply. these are two separate issues. it is like owning your own car. you do not have to ask permission to drive your car. this does not allow you the right to drive it anywhere you want however. when the gimp developers are worried about licenses, they are worried about using copyrighted mathematical processes. one of these was the lz compression stuff. just an example. you, a gimp user, needs to be mindful of what you use the gimp for. just because it is yours and free to have and keep does not mean that this allows you to violate artists wishes because you own it. buying photoshop does not give you this priveledge either. check to see what the comic artists says on his/her web site. they all have an opinion about what you can do with their artwork. carol ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
