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install some personal Gimp files in your home directory. The dialog box also describes the Gimp license and what kinds of files Gimp will install. It’s advisable to read it, but we will discuss these topics importantly, it’s not freeware. Gimp is an OSS (Open Source Software) program covered by the GPL license, which gives you the freedom to access and also to change the source code that makes up the program you to do the same. If you create your own plug-in, submit it to the Gimp community under the GPL license. Your plug- in will make Gimp even better. In these chapters, we will discuss the Filters menu.

critical aspect of the GIMP is that it is free software. It is released under the General Public License of the Free Software Foundation. That means that you can always obtain the source to the program