Re: [Gimp-user] Orientations, Copyright Notices, metadata, and resized layers

[Øyvind Kolås <pippin gimp org>]

On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 7:04 PM Ruben Safir <ruben mrbrklyn com> wrote:
> Hello
>
> I've been using the GIMP for decades at this point.  It has been bothing
> me that of late (and I am old so late can mean years :) ) that I rotate
> the image 90% and it doesn't prent in the correct orientation on my
> websites.  This is getting to be a real PIA.  With JPGs, you can't just
> remove the EXIF data without reprocessing the entire image.  I have
> resorted to trying to edit the files in VIM and removing the EXIF data.
>
> But that has lead me another issue, and this is ration serious.  It is
> easier to so than tell:
>
> identify -verbose bike.jpg
> Image:
>   Filename: bike.jpg
>   Format: JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group JFIF format)
..
>   Profiles:
>     Profile-exif: 19590 bytes
>     Profile-icc: 672 bytes
>     Profile-xmp: 3712 bytes
>   Properties:
..
>     exif:Model: Canon EOS REBEL T3
>     exif:PhotographicSensitivity: 125
>     exif:PixelXDimension: 4272
>     exif:Software: GIMP 2.10.20
>     icc:copyright: Public Domain
>     icc:description: GIMP built-in sRGB
>     icc:manufacturer: GIMP
>     icc:model: sRGB
>
> Is the GIMP declaring my images and Public Domain copyright?  That would
> be not cool.

You seem to be spooked by identify's line reported as "icc:copyright:
Public Domain", this is the copyright on the 672byte ICC profile
embedded as part of the exif data (as indicated by the icc: prefix for
the key).

/pippin