[CREATE] gbr brush format bumped

[Joao S. O. Bueno Calligaris]

On Wednesday 14 March 2007 08:53, Daniel James wrote:
> Hi Sven,
>
> > The GIMP Brush format (GBR) has never been free for extension by
> > other projects.
>
> Is it not available under a free software licence?
>
Yes it is.

> If it is, I can see great benefits for users if a custom brush
> created in one program is available in another.
It already is - brushes created in GIMp are availabke to cienpaint, 
and up to this day, brushes created in cinepaint are available to 
GIMP.

What you are seeing here, is "we are keeping the file name and 
signature, and unilateraly, withouth ever discussing a word about the 
capabilities with other projects taht use teh same file format, 
changing the file to something ottehr apps won't support. Catch us if 
you want to"

And here on, .gbr files made available with cinepaint, will look just 
like other .gbr files, but will not load in GIMP.

Everything we ask is that cinepaint names their incompatible brushes 
with another extension (and anotehr magic number, so that a conflct 
int he version number itself is irrelevant). 

Regards,

	js
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>
> Cheers!
>
> Daniel