On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Viktor Kojouharov wrote:

I'm not trying to beat a dead horse here or anything like that. I'm just wondering whether during the great discussions of old about changing the name of the program, the name 'Wilber' was considered? Wilber sounds like a good name not just for a mascot, but for gimp as well. No acronyms, no play on words, no hidden meanings (that I know of).

Not this again... :(

Anyone who is offended by the acronym GIMP (or words in general) ought to step back and take a long look at atrocities commited every day: humans killing each other (often in the name of religion), humans allowing others to starve, and the list goes on... This world faces far larger problems than a bit of wordplay. So many people suffered horribly at the hands of the Spanish Inquisition that I am offended by any symbol depicting the Roman Catholic Church - but I hardly go around asking every church to take down their crucifixes - life's too short ;)

Here we have humans working together for free to deliver a free - as in freedom - photo editor. I believe nothing short of a fork is going to change the name, and I respect that decision. Those who are "offended" should lighten up a bit - they'll live longer ;)

These are only my own opinions of course, and do not reflect the positions of GIMP or Gnome in any way...

Chris

On Wed, 2009-01-21 at 21:41 +0100, Viktor Kojouharov wrote:

I'm not trying to beat a dead horse here or anything like that. I'm just wondering whether during the great discussions of old about changing the name of the program, the name 'Wilber' was considered? Wilber sounds like a good name not just for a mascot, but for gimp as well. No acronyms, no play on words, no hidden meanings (that I know of).

There will be no name change.

We love all the hidden meanings, and we know some you have no idea of ;)

ciao, --mitch