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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