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johannes1234321
35 days ago
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GIMP Development Update
It's a term often interpreted as derogatory for a group of people. (Disabled people)
ShadowOfThePit
35 days ago
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What? How? GIMP is just some latex thing, what does it have to do with disabled people?
em-bee
35 days ago
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you haven't heard about it because it's no longer commonly used (for good reason), but it's there:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimp#Other_uses
BlackRing
34 days ago
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If it's no longer (commonly) used, then the project has outlasted the name's so-called derogatory status and should be free from concern.
em-bee
33 days ago
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that would ideally be true, but it takes a lifetime for that to happen. (basically until all people who have experienced gimp as an insult are no longer alive)
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