Re: [Gimp-developer] Selling GIMP Creations

[Dima Ursu <dimaursu16 gmail com>]

On 11/22/2012 04:14 PM, Caitlin wrote:
> Hi there,
> I was just wondering whether it would be okay for me to sell images and
> any products (which materials created in GIMP have been incorporated
> into) that I’ve made using GIMP? The images etc used would originally be
> my own, however, there may also be some circumstances where the entire
> “image” is created in GIMP (i.e. without a photograph or anything used
> as a base/template).

I think there are any problems with that. Heck, you can even take money 
for distributing GIMP, and that's all legal .

  " All rights granted under this License are granted for the term of
 copyright on the Program, and are irrevocable provided the stated
conditions are met.  This License explicitly affirms your unlimited
permission to run the unmodified Program.  *The output from running a
covered work is covered by this License only if the output, given its
 content, constitutes a covered work*.  This License acknowledges your
rights of fair use or other equivalent, as provided by copyright law."

http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#WhatCaseIsOutputGPL

So you are ok here


If your are interested in more deeper aspects of the license, you can 
read the whole license (GPL v3)

http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html