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/Archive 1: Feb 2003 - Jul 2006

[edit] .psp

The article says GIMP is compatible with the .psp format, but I get an error message saying "unsupported PSP file format version 5.0", so apparently it's not completely compatible. If anyone could say with what exactly it is compatible, that would be a nice improvement to the article. Ergbert 03:32, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pantone color matching system

Why has GIMP no support for the Pantone color matching system? --84.61.57.90 12:26, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Because it is proprietary. Pantone guards its colour matching system very closely and it would not allow it to be used in any free/open source software project. Doing so would be like giving away the crown jewels. --Imroy 16:32, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Why can the Pantone color matching system not used in free software? --84.61.3.0 08:52, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Because

1. the name is trademarked, so GIMP could not claim to support Pantone without Pantone's permission (which would cost money);
2. the list of Pantone numbers is copyrighted, so GIMP could not include it without Pantone's permission (which would also cost money); and
3. even if some rich benefactor were to offer to give the GIMP project enough money to pay Pantone's license fees, they would run into problems with the free software license, which requires anyone to be able to copy and modify the program and all its data -- Pantone would never agree to allow absolutely anyone to copy and modify their list of colours, because its only value comes from the fact that they control it completely themselves (so anyone requesting a specific Pantone number knows exactly which ink they will get).

— Haeleth Talk 18:13, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Plugin Interoperability

I found this interesting article about loading Photoshop plugins in the GIMP: http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/04/05/1828238

Does anyone know if the reverse is possible? Is there an adapter for loading GIMP plugins from Photoshop?

I think to list not being able to load your competitors plugins as a missing must need feature is a little unfair. Its not like they arn't implementing plugins what so ever, or thoose plugins follow some standardized plugin format (to my knowladge), so why would they implement them? Bawolff 23:45, 11 November 2006 (UTC)