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Post #1990399
2026-03-14 16:47 UTC
@zbrown @only_ohm @dallo @Khrys
> "...it is ridiculous that the name persists, it's just not a good name and many people have perfectly reasonable objections, time to move on."
Absolutely nailed it.👌💯
There is nothing uniquely special about the name "GNU Image Manipulation Program" that makes it necessary or irreplaceable.
It could just as easily be called "Visual Media Adjustment Tool", or "FLOSS Resource for Altering Image Files".🫤
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@dallo@pouet.chapril.org 2026-03-14 17:31
@GoodNewsGreyShoes @zbrown @only_ohm @Khrys To talk to librist we have to use the right template. Here we go: > I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're refering to as GIMP, is in fact, GNU Image Manipulation Program, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU+IMP or GnuIMP.