I'm with you. I don't see the value of changing the name because a tiny minority of intolerant agitators threaten to bully the maintainers.
The name is self-deprecatory, like "less" as a response to "more." It's an ironic response to the hyperbolic, boastful names of many commercial programs. -rei On 04/03/2010 04:40 PM, Programmer In Training wrote: > On 04/03/10 15:40, Jogchum Reitsma wrote: > <snip> > >> Well, anyone... when there are only native English speakers left on the >> planet. Until then, to me - from the Netherlands - and many others it's >> not offensive at all. >> > I'm American by birth and see no offense in the name. If someone finds > it offensive when taken in context of how it was referred to, too bad > for them. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gimp-user mailing list > Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU > https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user > _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
