Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP License/Copyright Question

[Liam R E Quin <liam holoweb net>]

On Tue, 2018-02-06 at 20:31 +0000, Eric Sarver wrote:
> I would like to know if files that I create with GIMP [...] will
> remain under my property or ownership and that I can distribute
> these characters/images under a copyrighted license to prohibit
> others from using my work, in other words when I distribute these
> images online or somewhere, do the images remain my intellectual
> property?

Yes, the images remain your intellectual property, including Moral
Rights and Copyright.

A "derivative work" of GIMP would be for example another image editor -
that part of the GPL doesn't apply to things made _with_ GIMP, but only
to things made _out of_ GIMP, using Gimp's parts.

Liam


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