GIMP 2.2 splash screen contest

[Bill McGonigle]

On Dec 4, 2004, at 20:07, Fred wrote:

> Of course, someone *could*, if they wanted to burn the energy, create a
> Photoshop-looking front-end for Gimp. But I don't see the cost/benefit
> advantage here.

That's a pretty good idea, in theory.  You could sell a boxed-set of of 
The Gimp with "your familiar interface" for a hundred bucks, I bet.  
Photoshop is up to a grand IIRC.

Now I say, "in theory", because Adobe has patented so many elements of 
the Photoshop interface you'll land straight in court if you dare try.

Mozilla doesn't have draggable tabs between windows because, you 
guessed it, draggable tabs are patented by Adobe.

I still don't get why you can patent an idea if it's on a computer but 
not if it's in the real world.

-Bill
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