Re: [Gimp-user] Is GIMP a knockoff of Photoshop?

[Ross Martinek <triarius12 gmail com>]

There is one thing of which you may be ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN: Adobe is a very large corporation with a team of 
copyright lawyers on call, if not on staff. If GIMP was, in any way, a copy, those working on it would get a 
“cease and desist” order faster than you can type “copyright.” They have not.

And as a former Photoshop user who now uses GIMP exclusively, I can testify under oath that it is not a copy, 
by any so-called "definition.” Such definitions are entirely specious—or you can use the short form: 

Horse feathers! 

Sorry for the rant, but this sort of thing pisses me off.

Ross


> On Mar 6, 2020, at 5:05 PM, Alexandre Prokoudine via gimp-user-list <gimp-user-list gnome org> wrote:
>
> Hello there,
>
> We have a few entries in the FAQ that cover this topic starting here:
>
> https://www.gimp.org/docs/userfaq.html#are-you-trying-to-develop-a-photoshop-killer-app
>
> Given how many people complain that we "don't just copy Photoshop", I
> dare say the suggested definition of a Photoshop knock-off falls flat
> on its face :)
>
> Alex
>
> On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 2:01 AM TheComputerGuy via gimp-user-list
> <gimp-user-list gnome org> wrote:
> > I'm being told GIMP is a knockoff of Photoshop rather than an alternative because "it fits the 
> > definition". Is this true or not?
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