Re: names of programs

On Sun, 11 Apr 2004, Glenn Randers-Pehrson wrote:

> All the same, I'm not in favor of usurping the names, because of possible
> confusion on the part of casual users, and the possibility of a casual
> user inadvertently replacing IM with the GM aliases.  "power" users should
> be capable of modifying their scripts, to add (perhaps optionally) the "gm "
> prefix to each commandline.

Usurp is a bad word to use:-)

"1 a : to seize and hold (as office, place, or powers) in possession
by force or without right <usurp a throne> b : to take or make use of
without right <usurped the rights to her life story>"

Since GraphicsMagick is based on ImageMagick, and the ImageMagick
license allows re-distribution of modified versions under a new
license, it seems like it technically has the right to use the names.

There are not many casual users out there who install from source
code.

As far as modifying scripts goes, a lot of programs which invoke
ImageMagick under the covers are written in C and C++ and are
inherently more difficult to modify than scripts.

Bob
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