On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 10:37 PM, Oskar Jungell <oskar.jungell@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Hello! > > I would very much appreciate if one of the core developers of gimp could > answer a few questions! > I am writing a bachelor thesis on using an all open source environment > when producing 3D graphics for movies and visualizations. > It would be great if I could use your own words in the final discussion of > my findings. So I would be glad if someone could answer the following > questions: > > 1. For who is Gimp being developed? > GIMP is it's own entitiy; and is being pushed forward by it's community of contributors, in guiding their direction some a short summarized vision of the project was put together some years back http://gui.gimp.org/index.php/Vision_briefing , this vision is not exhaustive; but it tells you something about what people in one particular meeting thought was the reason they were interested in contributing to GIMP. > 2. What commercial softwares are you aiming to provide an alternative for? > The developers of GIMP do not extensively use whichever these alternatives might be, they do not need to as they have GIMP - GIMP is sufficient for many tasks; and when it is not it often can be made to be - given enough time and resources. One does not need to chase tail-lights or any particular product when creating tools for creating graphics; thus there is no percentage complete; nor a desire to make GIMP evolve within the constraints of the feature list of some proprietary product. > 3. What is your motivations for developing gimp? > Again, that depends a lot on the particular individual contributing time or code to the project. Quite a lot of it happens because it is possible. Both technically and socially to provide tools like GIMP to the world, your thank you's are welcome. /Ø _______________________________________________ gimp-developer-list mailing list gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list
