Is a decent alternative to Adobe's wildly successful (and insanely expensive) Photoshop. GIMP is currently available in Windows and OS X platforms. In accordance with the GNU General Public License the following programs are available free of use on the web.
The interace is pretty simple to use and feels like a barebones version of Photoshop. Best of all, it's free!
Researching the GNY General Public License (which appears on a bevy of free online applications, OpenOffice, Blender, and GIMP), I came across an interesting line of text.
"The GNU General Public License is a free, copyleft license for software and other kinds of works."
I appreciate the ideology (and labeling!) of these collectively created, internet-specific programs as a counter-cultural approach to the American notion of copyrights.
Check this bit out:
"When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not price. Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you have the freedom to distribute copies of free software (and charge for them if you wish), that you receive source code or can get it if you want it, that you can change the software or use pieces of it in new free programs, and that you know you can do these things.To protect your rights, we need to prevent others from denying you these rights or asking you to surrender the rights. Therefore, you have certain responsibilities if you distribute copies of the software, or if you modify it: responsibilities to respect the freedom of others."
I don't know about you, but this sounds like some serious anti-American, anti-imperialistic rhetoric...
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