The image editing software 'GIMP' used to produce the first Google logo receives a contribution of over 10 million yen

GNOME , part of the GNU project, received a $ 400,000 donation from Handshake, which develops a distributed unauthorized naming protocol aimed at replacing existing certificate authorities . And we reveal that we transferred 100,000 dollars (about 11 million yen) of this donation to the account of image editing software " GIMP " which is part of the same GNU project.

GIMP receiving a $ 100 K donation - GIMP
https://www.gimp.org/news/2018/08/30/handshake-gnome-donation/

Handshake that donated to GNOME is a distributed unauthorized naming protocol in which all peers verify root zone management and are compatible with the DNS in charge. It is intended to create an alternative certificate authority alternative, not to replace the DNS protocol, but to replace the root zone file and root server with public commons.

Handshake

GNOME, which provided part of the donation from Handshake to GIMP, is a desktop environment designed to be elegant, efficient and easy to use. It is released for free as part of the GNU project.

GNOME - An easy and elegant way to use your computer, GNOME 3 is designed to put you in control and get

And GIMP that GNOME gave us a donation of 100,000 dollars is an open source image editing software that you can use for free. It is distributed as part of the same GNU project as GNOME, and Google's first logo is known to have been created with this GIMP .

GIMP - GNU Image Manipulation Program

GIMP thanked Handshake who made the donation and GNOME for providing a part of the donation to GIMP, and the donation helped to upgrade the hardware used by the development team core members and open source It is used as an expense to participate in Libre Graphics Meeting which is an international conference on image editing software.

Libre Graphics Meeting - Seville - April 26th to 30th 2018