Caliga, could you modify the web form such that it lets the writer specify a subject line? It looks like people are starting to use this form for things beyond what it was intended, and it would be worthwhile to have useful subject lines on the posts. :-)

Bryce

On Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 01:52:13AM +0200, Cory Sytsma wrote:

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Not sure if this is where I should make this offer, but I just created a Gimp .gpl Pantone PMS swatch. Let me know if you want it to include in future releases. Not sure of the legality, but thought I'd offer it.

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Bryce Harrington wrote:

Thanks, although to our knowledge the Pantone colors are not legally redistributable, so I don't think we can include them in Inkscape. You might want to doublecheck this fact though, just in case...

but is not possible to use the swatch is some way, like change the name of individual colors and the name of the set and use it like that? maybe change the order of colors? but i'm not sure how useful would be the swatch then.

anyway, i think it would be useful to include more swatches in the default install: he have now 3 swatches, maybe a couple more would be an useful addition (one candidate could be the Gnome HIG swatch i made some time ago)

On Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 01:52:13AM +0200, Cory Sytsma wrote:

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Not sure if this is where I should make this offer, but I just created a Gimp .gpl Pantone PMS swatch. Let me know if you want it to include in future releases. Not sure of the legality, but thought I'd offer it.

On Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 09:04:53AM +0300, Nicu Buculei wrote:

Bryce Harrington wrote:

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Thanks, although to our knowledge the Pantone colors are not legally redistributable, so I don't think we can include them in Inkscape. You might want to doublecheck this fact though, just in case...

but is not possible to use the swatch is some way, like change the name of individual colors and the name of the set and use it like that? maybe change the order of colors? but i'm not sure how useful would be the swatch then.

anyway, i think it would be useful to include more swatches in the default install: he have now 3 swatches, maybe a couple more would be an useful addition (one candidate could be the Gnome HIG swatch i made some time ago)

Well, as far as I know, we as Inkscape cannot solve this Pantone issue ourselves, due to the legal issues, patent fees & enforcements, etc.

However, I know that users doing print work really want Pantone support, so this puts us in a pretty impossible spot. Damned if we do, damned if we don't.

The only solution I can think of is if we had some sort of commercial arm that could distribute a commercialized version of Inkscape that could take care of adding the pantone licensing/support, paying lawyers to talk shark-ese, and so forth. I don't know how the rest of the Inkscape developers would feel about such an arrangement, but at a minimum I'd expect such a company to show a substantial commitment to open source first.

Anyway, maybe there's other solutions, but I'm with mental; we need to avoid running afoul of the Pantone patent/copyright/etc. issues.

Bryce