Good morning Gimp guys... My name is Scott McDaniel and I am with Chilliware Inc. We are a software firm that is doing retail Linux apps. Our goal is to bring Linux into the home and small office by offering everyday, useful desktop software. Recently, we were discussing what other software we could add to our CDROMs that would add value for our customers...one of the first programs mentioned was, indeed, Gimp. After we compiled our list, Matt Mantelli, our sales manager, sent out email to the maintainers of the software we wanted to use...again including Gimp. We have had positive responses from nearly a dozen authors so far, unequivocable 'YES' responses. However, this morning we have gotten some interesting answers from you guys. Unfortunately, one of the responses was a tad over the top, and I felt I needed to reconfirm our request... Yes, we understand the license; yes, we also understand that Gimp CAN be distributed freely, however, we chose to be courteous and ask the developers also, as some folks like to know where there software is showing up. Attached below are the 3 different responses we garnered from our request to you guys...if there is someone in charge there, I would like to offer the same courteous question: "Do you mind if we include Gimp and its sources on our CDROMs?" Thanks for your assistance, and we hope to see you at LWE. Yours, Scott -- Scott McDaniel Technical Development Manager Chilliware, Inc. www.Chilliware.net s.mcdaniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx phn:213.365.8700 icq:440404 Message One======================================= -----Original Message----- From: egger@xxxxxxx [mailto:egger@xxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 7:02 PM To: m.mantelli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Chilliware/Gimp Sure, just add it to your products. There's no problem as long as you provide the source as well. -- Servus, Daniel ================================================ Message Two====================================== ----Original Message----- From: gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 7:03 PM To: Matt Mantelli Subject: Re: Chilliware/Gimp Gimp already has tremendous exposure, more exposure than any of your products have. I believe what you really mean to say is that you want to put something of value on your CDs to make them worth something. I've tried your software and it feels and crashes like it was written by clueless amateur programmers. Why don't you guys put your 100 or so programmers on a single project so that maybe, just maybe, you could write a half-way-decent application? Oh, you might also want to send them back to college (or did you grab them out of highschool?) so that they can actually learn how to program. Thanks for listening. PS: Using Microsoft Outlook is extremely insulting. ================================================== Message Three======================================= -----Original Message----- From: xach@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xach@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Zachary Beane Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 6:37 PM To: Matt Mantelli Subject: Re: Chilliware/Gimp Contact you about what? The license for GIMP is explicit. If you comply with the license, you may distribute it on your CD. Do you have questions about the license? Zach -- xach@xxxxxxxx Zachary Beane http://www.xach.com/
