Re: Accessibility documentation request

Bill Skaggs <weskaggs@xxxxxxxxx> · Tue, 23 Jun 2015 09:11:02 -0500

Dear Ms. Hunter,

GIMP is open source software, available for download by anybody at no charge, subject to a specific licensing agreement.  That licensing agreement does not make any warranty of accessibility. If the state of Texas purchased this software, it was obtained from a third party, not directly from the GIMP project.  Any responsibility for documenting accessibility would lie with that third party.

See http://www.gimp.org for more information about the project.

Best regards, Bill Skaggs

(This email is purely informative.  I do not have the right to speak for the GIMP project.)

On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 2:12 PM, Sarah Hunter <Sarah.Hunter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

This email is to request appropriate accessibility documentation for purchases from your company.
Federal and state laws require Texas state agencies to purchase only accessible electronic and information resources from our vendors. We (the Texas
 Commission on Environmental Quality) are currently reviewing all of our software purchases and have been unable to locate the required accessibility documentation for
GIMP.
Per Texas Administrative Code, appropriate accessibility documentation may be in the form of a Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) or an
 accessible electronic document that addresses the same accessibility criteria in substantially the same format as a VPAT or equivalent reporting template.
I have attached an industry-standard VPAT for your convenience.
You may also find the 
Even Grounds website to be helpful.

Please provide the requested information by
June 15^th, 2015. If I can be of assistance, or if you need additional information, please let me know.
Thank you,

Sarah Hunter
Accessibility Intern |
Information Resources Department 
Sarah.Hunter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
512-239-4773

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