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Where are people getting that this is a rebrand?
It's just an environment variable you can set that changes the name if it offends you.
For now. It seems like obvious water-testing.
And even if it isn't, giving "users" (read: corporate middle managers never actually using the app) the "option" of the "name" "not being" "naughty".
These all "these" are "concepts" GIMP can do without.
The name is what it is. You didn't make the app, you don't set the name. Simple as.
And to the makers/maintainers:
Is throwing old and loyal users under the bus worth it?
The conspiracy theorist in me can see this being the start of the end of GIMP. It wouldn't be the first or the last FOSS project to "fall from grace".
I'm not saying it will - I don't want to do a detailed study of GIMP lore and current politics, but the simple act of potentially enabling a rename in the future is a GIANT FUCKING RED FLAG in my book.
Even with good intentions, it "enables" a "later" "usurpation".
It's like deliberately cutting yourself in the middle of pirrhana-infested pool.
The wound's not deep. It isn't dangerous. Nor do the pirrhanas notice right away.
But when they do... You'll be lucky to just lose the leg you cut.
u still use blender right click select
Also tbh, if it does the same things as before, they could call it POOP, and I'd still use it. The name has no bearing on how it functions.
Who is really out here getting bent out of shape over a name?
That sounds like an argument against the name change…
No, I vote they change it to be just an unpronounceable symbol. You know, kind of like the artist formerly known as Prince.
It's a lot harder to complain about a name change if it's not a name!
Software needs users to fund development and most users find the software via word of mouth and there's no way I'm telling a friend that they should try POOP for their next art project
How you gonna make the good shit without POOP?
Do you tell them to try GIMP?
First time on Lemmy?
Nope, but it's a nicer way to say, "Y'all are fucking stupid for caring this much about a name change for software that's free."
I'd rather let people read between the lines on their own!
Lmao, imagine being so fragile that a name offends you.
As a gimp myself, I agree that being offended is pretty far-fetched. But I can definitely envision a scenario in which someone would rather not be reminded of that word every time they open their image editor. Disability is traumatic and people can be absolutely horrible.
GTA SA was my only knowledge of what a gimp is
it has been used as a slur for disabled people.
I've literally never heard that before. Is that common in your experience?
Yes, also say something is "GIMPed" if it's broken or disabled/restricted in some way.
well not in modern parlance but yeah I'm aware it's an olde timey word
It's more commonly associated with the movie Gimp
I have heard it used that way in the last decade I think
At this point everything has been used as as slur
That's for sure 10-ply. There isn't a word or phrase that can't be used as a slur.