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Re:Writing a Gimp 3.0 Plugin – Resources and Notes by alexey-salmin on Sunday February 16, 2025 @03:57PM (#43071624)
You can fork it, rename to something like "Glimpse" and see the adoption skyrocket. Surely the success is just around the corner. Oh wait a minute
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Re:Writing a Gimp 3.0 Plugin – Resources and Notes by gkbrk on Sunday February 16, 2025 @04:08PM (#43071725)
Hey don't be unfair to them, they also tried to collect donations for changing the name.
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Re:Writing a Gimp 3.0 Plugin – Resources and Notes by CharlesW on Sunday February 16, 2025 @05:59PM (#43072657)
Point taken — the name is just one of many issues between GIMP and Blender-like success. But there are also open source projects like Inkscape, which enjoyed success in part because of a rechristening that eliminated the headwinds of previous bad names.
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