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JFAULKEN™
Joe

@jfaulken @georgebaily @GIMP Yes, it's long overdue. The least disruptive name change would be to call it GNU IMP.

6 November at 22:54 | Open on sfba.social
0xThylacine

@not2b @jfaulken @georgebaily @GIMP 💯 this.

When they change the name, I'll boost everything with that new name. (I've - I suspect like many - used this software for well over 2 decades and it is my goto image editing app - until I switched from CaptureOne to DarkTable, I used it to add the copyright to every one of my posted photos).

Until then, they will only hear radio silence from this account.

The ball is in their court.

7 November at 4:15 | Open on photog.social
techpengu
Joe
techpengu

@not2b @georgebaily @GIMP But a word can have different meaning right?

Even the dictionary listed four different meaning.
As long not being used for a context of insulting, that should be okay, right?

As an Indonesian, I don't get your mindset. People in SEAsia can simply accept that an exact word can have bad meaning while others interprete it neutral or even positive, mitigating any unnecessary cultural clash.

I guess that's typical weird Western mindset of cultural purity ┐⁠(⁠￣⁠ヘ⁠￣⁠)⁠┌

@not2b @georgebaily @GIMP But a word can have different meaning right?

Even the dictionary listed four different meaning.
As long not being used for a context of insulting, that should be okay, right?

As an Indonesian, I don't get your mindset. People in SEAsia can simply accept that an exact word can have bad meaning while others interprete it neutral or even positive, mitigating any unnecessary cultural clash.

7 November at 0:14 | Open on mastodon.social
Joe

@techpengu @georgebaily @GIMP Notice the order. The most common meaning is listed first. I have a lot of respect for the project and the program, but the name is not the best. I suggested GNU IMP as it then still expands to GNU Image Manipulation Program. There are other possibilities.

7 November at 0:55 | Open on sfba.social
techpengu

@not2b @georgebaily @GIMP The order is still biased on region, right?

English these days becomes such a global language to the point each region makes it own rules and meaning.

In English Asia, Singaporean English, or Malaysian English, gimp as a slur is simply irrelevant.

Forcing American or British English as the default is racist.

7 November at 1:04 | Open on mastodon.social
Ryan Dormanesh

@techpengu @not2b @georgebaily @GIMP Forget the order, NONE of the definitions have anything relevant to the program. Also please watch the film Pulp Fiction, it was a major release in the 90s with viewers across the globe, and anyone who has seen it has a horrible horrible character brought to mind by this name.

7 November at 2:53 | Open on mastodon.gamedev.place
Alma

@techpengu maksudnya si George, Joe itu sama aja kaya pakai kata "lonte" terus itu dijadiin nama aplikasi 😂. Banyak native english-speaker gak suka nama "GIMP" karena itu emang culturally gak enak didengar dan bermakna negatif.

Kalau kamu mikir "artiin suatu kata dalam english = rasis" itu gak benar. Rasis darimana? Toh kalau misalkan ada app buatan bule yang pakai nama "kont*l", kamu sebagai orang indo mungkin gak bakalan suka karena bagimu culturally itu bermakna jelek.

7 November at 7:10 | Open on social.vivaldi.net
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