jiho wrote:
Hello everyone,
As I mentioned earlier, I updated Inkscape description at Apple downloads. The description was taken from the text on the main page of the site and now that I played a bit with it and compared it to other software, I tend to find it quite verbose and technical. This text is what people will copy paste to describe Inkscape (as I did) and does not look to appealing to me. For example I don't think there is enough emphasis on the UI which is one of Inkscape greatest strengths while some very basic things (shapes, paths, etc) are mentioned while they can be considered self evident. Would a rework of this text be acceptable or has it already been reworked many times and this is considered final? How do you want Inkscape to be perceived: as a UI on top of SVG or as a vector editor that happens to use SVG as its format?
As a user and lurker and lover of Inkscape, I think that description is too "techy". I note also that the license description is not really correct.
To me, "freeware" means that the application is free (as in "beer") but that the code and it's use is restricted or closed.
On the Inkscape FAQ it says it is released under the GPL v2.:
"GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2, June 1991 [2]. In short, this means you are free to use and distribute Inkscape for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, without any restrictions. You are also free to modify the program as you wish, but with the only restriction that if you distribute the modified version, you must provide access to the source code of the distributed version."
The description on Apple's page should be either "Open Source" or more specifically "GPL".
Just my tuppence worth.
Alan