Is forking the "GNU Image Manipulation Program" in order to give it a "less offensive name" a good idea or bad idea?
Context:
https://getglimpse.app/about/
@lunduke make it like all ridiculously named open source software and just say it's a soft G and the other letters are silent
@lunduke My spidey sense, and also their about page, tells me that there's more to this than just the name.
I'm sure it'll all be fine.
@lunduke If I'm around the overly sensitive, I just call it: GNU Image Manipulation Program, instead of GIMP
Really don't see what the fuss is about...
Another idea:
The English dictionary should rename the word "gimp" so that it doesn't conflict with a software project.
@lunduke
Holy #snowflake, Batman!
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In all seriousness, I do think it's super lame idea.
@lunduke the beauty of FLOSS is that you can rename it for your own purpose as you see fit
@lunduke I think it's a bad idea.
Don't get me wrong: GIMP is an awful name. And the overall "marketing" behind it is bad. It's the norm with FLOSS software...
But forking is retarded. They should have asked the devteam for a complete rework of the "marketing" of the project
@umbertotozzato @lunduke They said that's been tried before on their homepage, but the proposal always has been buried. So yeah, forking is the only thing left in that case
@posweg @lunduke
Maybe... Developers wants to develop, not "waste time" with marketing.
So - for sure - if they went all in with a caustic SJW attitude because the name hurts their fragile hearts then it's comprehensible that they said NO.
Had they went there with a constructive / non-autistic proposal, maybe it could have worked... I mean, Gimp sucks at marketing and should be use by marketeers for their job ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@umbertotozzato @lunduke Yeah, FLOSS developers are known for being insensitive folk like you who will call SJW and autistic to anyone that brings conciousness to a topic that may hurt others but they didn't know. That's not new
Either way, I don't think they would accept. I'm hoping to this fork to bring new things to the table because GIMP is kinda clunky
@lunduke I don't think GIMP is bad, but I think Glimpse is good. Kinda aggresive poll
@lunduke A good idea, as long as it's not Proprietary Image Manipulation Program