GIMP should fork babl and GEGL
Not to mention the extra work created for localizers if they have to
maintain two forks... it would be like the OpenOffice / LibreOffice mess.
I must admit I understand very little about the technical arguments put
forth in this debate but from the localizer (and to a certain extent
end-user) perspective, forking should be a very very very very last
resort if a project is dead in the water but somehow under someone's
deathgrip. Most 'normal' end users glaze over when I try to explain the
difference between OpenO and LibreO... I wouldn't want to have to do
that with Gimp too.
Michael
05/11/2014 12:00, sgrìobh gimp-developer-list-request@gnome.org:
Another advantage to forking babl and GEGL for GIMP is that GIMP's fork
of babl and GEGL could be GPLed, thus freeing the GIMP devs to add FFTW
(Fourier transforms,http://www.fftw.org/) and other new functionality
to GIMP. FFTW is GPLed. At present, GIMP is somewhat hobbled as to what
GPL code can be used for new editing functions because the babl/GEGL
code is LGPLed.
With kindest regards,
Elle Stone
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