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Commercial Use of GIMP

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Commercial Use of GIMP Cilengir, Erika 01 Jun 17:57
  Commercial Use of GIMP Michael J. Hammel 01 Jun 18:21
   Commercial Use of GIMP Cilengir, Erika 01 Jun 18:26
   Commercial Use of GIMP Michael Schumacher 02 Jun 23:32
  Commercial Use of GIMP Leon Brooks 02 Jun 01:36
Cilengir, Erika
2009-06-01 17:57:48 UTC (over 15 years ago)

Commercial Use of GIMP

Hello,

Is GIMP available for commercial use? If so, is there a cost to use it? Thanks.

Best Regards,

Erika Cilengir
Regional Technology Analyst
AXA-Equitable / Information Technology 11845 W. Olympic Blvd., Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Office: 310.231.7714
Email: erika.cilengir@axa-equitable.com
AXA redefining / standards

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Michael J. Hammel
2009-06-01 18:21:50 UTC (over 15 years ago)

Commercial Use of GIMP

On Mon, 2009-06-01 at 11:57 -0400, Cilengir, Erika wrote:

Is GIMP available for commercial use? If so, is there a cost to use it? Thanks.

GIMP is free to use to create commercial artwork. There is no cost to use it. Some vendors might attempt to sell you a CD with GIMP on it. This is not illegal, technically, but there is no reason you should pay for it. You can get GIMP free for use on Linux/Unix, Windows and Macs. If you're not sure where to get it, feel free to ask here. Please mention the operating system you will use with GIMP.

The GIMP license (known as the GPL) is more importantly attached to the program itself and how it can be redistributed. The license is designed to make sure everyone has free access to the actual source code if they want it.

Cilengir, Erika
2009-06-01 18:26:48 UTC (over 15 years ago)

Commercial Use of GIMP

Thanks, Michael!

Best Regards,
Erika Cilengir
Regional Technology Analyst
AXA-Equitable / Information Technology 11845 W. Olympic Blvd., Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Office: 310.231.7714
Email: erika.cilengir@axa-equitable.com
AXA redefining / standards

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-----Original Message----- From: Michael J. Hammel [mailto:mjhammel@graphics-muse.org] Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 9:22 AM
To: Cilengir, Erika
Cc: gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Commercial Use of GIMP

On Mon, 2009-06-01 at 11:57 -0400, Cilengir, Erika wrote:

Is GIMP available for commercial use? If so, is there a cost to use it? Thanks.

GIMP is free to use to create commercial artwork. There is no cost to use it. Some vendors might attempt to sell you a CD with GIMP on it. This is not illegal, technically, but there is no reason you should pay for it. You can get GIMP free for use on Linux/Unix, Windows and Macs. If you're not sure where to get it, feel free to ask here. Please mention the operating system you will use with GIMP.

The GIMP license (known as the GPL) is more importantly attached to the program itself and how it can be redistributed. The license is designed to make sure everyone has free access to the actual source code if they want it.

Leon Brooks
2009-06-02 01:36:27 UTC (over 15 years ago)

Commercial Use of GIMP

On Monday 01 June 2009 23:57:48 Cilengir, Erika wrote:

Is GIMP available for commercial use?

Erika, GIMP is available for practically any use. Free as in $.

Unlike (for example) PhotoShop, you can change GIMP if you like so that it looks or acts more usefully for your purposes. Free as in not imprisoned.

GIMP doesn't mind if you frown or lie to it. It isn't subject to control-freaks (immune to Passive-Aggressive Personality Disorder). Free as in freedom of choice.

Cheers; Leon

Michael Schumacher
2009-06-02 23:32:03 UTC (over 15 years ago)

Commercial Use of GIMP

Michael J. Hammel wrote:

GIMP is free to use to create commercial artwork. There is no cost to use it. Some vendors might attempt to sell you a CD with GIMP on it.

I'd like to add that being allowed to sell GIMP if you do it under the terms of the GNU GPL is actually one of the advantages of Free Software - just try selling copies of any software with a more restrictive license and you will soon notice the difference.

Regards, Michael