Carol, > one of the news things i read about Film Gimp was that only half of the > funding was gotten so only half of the proposal would be achieved.(?) The Newsforge story didn't quite get the details right. Linux Fund asked me to cut the proposal in half, and to complete the first half before asking for the second half. > what i have found to be The GIMP's most charming quality is the lack of > funding. GIMP hasn't always lacked funding. The original Film Gimp sponsors (before it became Film Gimp) funded two GIMP developers for a year. That is, paid them full salaries to work on GIMP. > i don't even believe in money. That's interesting. Cheers, Robin --------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.FilmGimp.org www.LinuxMovies.org www.OpenSourceProgrammers.org