Re: [Gimp-developer] Gimp on Steam

[Elle Stone <ellestone ninedegreesbelow com>]

On 03/08/2014 08:32 PM, Paka wrote:
> cannot see that this:
>    https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/gimp-on-rollapp/eodhmnkhmnkmimhckfpkgmbmcgjkaddo?hl=en
>
> is much different than what would result from involvement with steam.  For
> the record, I do not want to see steam support and believe google should
> take down the cited url.

RollApp explains how they make money:

*"Free" access to cloud-based applications, where the price is the 
forced viewing of a 15-30 second video ad every 15 minutes 
(https://www.rollapp.com/advertisers)

*"Pay" access to the same applications. Gimp can be rented ad-free for 
$1.99 a month (https://www.rollapp.com/pricing):

In either case, any user-produced content can't be saved to the user's 
hard drive, only to the cloud.

In addition to GIMP, RollApp offers OpenOffice, LibreOffice, Inkscape, 
MyPaint, Dia, DarkTable, a bunch of games, bluefish, Scribus, and a long 
list of other floss softwares (https://www.rollapp.com/apps).

At least some of the RollApp floss softwares are from the Ubuntu 
repository (http://blog.rollapp.com/2014/02/ubuntu-apps.html).

RollApp's eventual goal is to attract distributors of proprietary 
software (https://www.rollapp.com/developers).

RollApp's terms of service require that users submit to the usual 
electronic monitoring (https://www.rollapp.com/terms).

RollApp's privacy policy is the usual boilerplate: they collect, store, 
and share whatever suits their changing business model and/or whatever 
law enforcement agency might want access to personal data 
(https://www.rollapp.com/privacy).

Is there any conceivable benefit to GIMP (or any floss software) in 
being made available through RollApp?

Is there any way to persuade/force RollApp to remove GIMP from RollApp?


Elle Stone