[CREATE] [LGF] A name !

[Jon Phillips]

Create Foundation.

On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Boudewijn Rempt <boud at valdyas.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 31 May 2010, John Haltiwanger wrote:
>
>> I guess I have an overbroad idea of what "design" means then... sorry for
>> that. Is the Gimp a design tool? Is Inkscape? If not, then what is an
>> example of a design tool?
>
> Gimp maybe, Inkscape definitely. Nodebox without a doubt. But I wouldn't consider
>  making concept art, drawing comics, matte painting or making textures design.
>
>>
>> Graphics doesn't include type.. And artists includes everyone.. So where do
>> we find the best fit?
>>
>> On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 2:19 PM, Boudewijn Rempt <boud at valdyas.org> wrote:
>>
>> > On Monday 31 May 2010, John Haltiwanger wrote:
>> > > "artists" seems to me overbroad. Our tools are very much "design" tools.
>> >
>> > Erm, no. Apps like Krita and Mypaint are not design tools.
>> >
>> > > Perhaps it is not the best fit, but it is better than "graphics," (due to
>> > > including typesetting/typography) while Libre Artists Foundation sounds
>> > to
>> > > me more like a foundation to support the artists themselves rather than
>> > > also supporting the tools (not saying that the foundation is not meant to
>> > > support the community, just that the name should not point to one side
>> > > over the other imo).
>> > >
>> >
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