Re: [Gimp-user] Commercial Use of GIMP?

[Simos Xenitellis]

On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 6:12 PM, Kevin Redona  wrote:
>  Hello all.  May someone please tell me if the terms of use of GIMP allow me 
> to use it for commercial purposes?  May I, for example, use gimp to make or 
> edit images for videos that I monetize for YouTube?  May I also make a logo 
> or trademark for my monetized YouTube channel using GIMP?  Please provide 
> proof or confirmation of your answer (link to terms of use, link to a 
> webpage, etc.).  I would appreciate your responses and I thank you all in 
> advance.

Hi Kevin,

The GIMP program (technically, the "source code") is distributed under
the GPLv3 license.
You can read the text of the license in the Help→About menu, or have a
look at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
In a nutshell, you will find no restrictions in using GIMP over the
artwork that you created.

GIMP is "free and open-source software", so what applies to all other
such software, applies to GIMP as well.
There is even an FAQ about your question at http://opensource.org/faq

"- Can Open Source software be used for commercial purposes?"

"- Absolutely. All Open Source software can be used for commercial
purpose; the Open Source Definition guarantees this. You can even sell
Open Source software.

However, note that commercial is not the same as proprietary. If you
receive software under an Open Source license, you can always use that
software for commercial purposes, but that doesn't always mean you can
place further restrictions on people who receive the software from
you. In particular, so-called copyleft-style Open Source licenses
require that when you distribute the software, you do so under the
same license you received it under."


Simos
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Re: [Gimp-user] Commercial Use of GIMP?

[Alexandre Prokoudine]

29 янв. 2015 г. 3:29 пользователь "Mike Williams" 
написал:

> I've never heard of a piece of software that prohibits you from using that
> software to make money. Does anyone else know of software that restricts
> people from using the program to make money?

The vast mahority of proprietary software with academic discounts is not
for commercial use.

And yes, GIMP has no such restrictions.

Alex
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Re: [Gimp-user] Commercial Use of GIMP?

[Mike Williams]

Kevin,

Hi there. No problem. You may use Gimp for whatever you like. If you make
money from your use use of Gimp, that is fine.

You can probably find something on gimp.org to back that up. It may be
covered in the license.

I'm sure what I've said is correct, but I'm not going fishing for links.

I've never heard of a piece of software that prohibits you from using that
software to make money. Does anyone else know of software that restricts
people from using the program to make money?

Mike

On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 11:12 AM, Kevin Redona 
wrote:

>  Hello all.  May someone please tell me if the terms of use of GIMP allow
> me to use it for commercial purposes?  May I, for example, use gimp to make
> or edit images for videos that I monetize for YouTube?  May I also make a
> logo or trademark for my monetized YouTube channel using GIMP?  Please
> provide proof or confirmation of your answer (link to terms of use, link to
> a webpage, etc.).  I would appreciate your responses and I thank you all in
> advance.
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[Gimp-user] Commercial Use of GIMP?

[Kevin Redona]

 Hello all.  May someone please tell me if the terms of use of GIMP allow me to 
use it for commercial purposes?  May I, for example, use gimp to make or edit 
images for videos that I monetize for YouTube?  May I also make a logo or 
trademark for my monetized YouTube channel using GIMP?  Please provide proof or 
confirmation of your answer (link to terms of use, link to a webpage, etc.).  I 
would appreciate your responses and I thank you all in advance.
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Re: [Gimp-user] Commercial use of GIMP

[Matthew Miller]

On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 09:42:31PM -0700, B. Jack wrote:
> The main exception might be if a company provides a paid-subscription-only
> network service that communicates with a GIMP plugin released under AFERO
> license then said company would need to provide all subscribers with the
> source code that implements the paid service being used. If the plugin is
> integrated tightly enough derivative work copyright rules come into play
> and the whole integrated system source may need to be released to satisfy
> the license. AFERO is more restrictive than plain GPL.

But this is still not an exception to commercial use.


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Re: [Gimp-user] Commercial use of GIMP

[B. Jack]

The main exception might be if a company provides a paid-subscription-only 
network service that communicates with a GIMP plugin released under AFERO 
license then said company would need to provide all subscribers with the source 
code that implements the paid service being used.  If the plugin is integrated 
tightly enough derivative work copyright rules come into play and the whole 
integrated system source may need to be released to satisfy the license.  AFERO 
is more restrictive than plain GPL.

> From: l...@holoweb.net
> To: krzysiek.o...@gmail.com
> Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:24:30 -0400
> CC: gimp-user-list@gnome.org
> Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Commercial use of GIMP
> 
> On Sat, 2013-03-09 at 21:31 +0100, Krzysiek Olak wrote:
> > Dear support GIMP,
> > 
> > Can I use GIMP commercially? 
> 
> To make sure you get a clear answer...
> 
> 
> GIMP can be used commercially, yes.
> 
> Liam
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Re: [Gimp-user] Commercial use of GIMP

[Liam R E Quin]

On Sat, 2013-03-09 at 21:31 +0100, Krzysiek Olak wrote:
> Dear support GIMP,
> 
> Can I use GIMP commercially? 

To make sure you get a clear answer...


GIMP can be used commercially, yes.

Liam

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Re: [Gimp-user] Commercial use of GIMP

[B. Jack]

I see more work needs to be done to counter the lies spread by big business 
about what free software is (and is NOT).

> Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:37:24 -0400
> From: mat...@mattdm.org
> To: krzysiek.o...@gmail.com
> CC: gimp-user-list@gnome.org
> Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Commercial use of GIMP
> 
> On Sat, Mar 09, 2013 at 09:31:18PM +0100, Krzysiek Olak wrote:
> > Dear support GIMP,
> > Can I use GIMP commercially? Thanks in advance for your reply.
> 
> Gimp is Free Software, in the larger sense of the word free. One of the
> freedoms _any_ free software license follows is the freedom to run the
> program for any purpose.
> 
> https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
> 
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Re: [Gimp-user] Commercial use of GIMP

[Matthew Miller]

On Sat, Mar 09, 2013 at 09:31:18PM +0100, Krzysiek Olak wrote:
> Dear support GIMP,
> Can I use GIMP commercially? Thanks in advance for your reply.

Gimp is Free Software, in the larger sense of the word free. One of the
freedoms _any_ free software license follows is the freedom to run the
program for any purpose.

https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html

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[Gimp-user] Commercial use of GIMP

[Krzysiek Olak]

Dear support GIMP,

Can I use GIMP commercially? Thanks in advance for your reply.

 

Best regards,

Krzysztof Olak

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