[semi-OT] Re: [Gimp-developer] Why not allow the name to be configurable?

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> The word itself is inappropriate for software if you're trying
to feed it to the unwashed masses. I said this when GIMP was chosen as
a name back when it moved from Motif to GTK

A correction... GIMP was called GIMP long before the move from Motif to GTK. The first public release (0.53 IIRC) was called GIMP. It's always been GIMP. The only naming change that happened during the time of which you speak is that the 'G' started to stand for 'GNU' instead of 'General'.

--Adam
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