Updating the vision

[Thorsten Wilms]

On 12.08.2017 11:24, Boudewijn Rempt wrote:

> "Free Software" vs  "a free and open source program" -- the reason I put program
> in here is that to be precise: we're not making software that can be used from other
> application, but an application itself.

That was meant to be "Free Software" in the FSF sense, capitalized, to 
avoid having to say "free and open source" and to point to the 4 
freedoms instead of the vague openness. Writing out "Free Software 
application" would be fine, but of course I don't even know if you want 
to take such a position. Due to the problematic terminology, it would be 
lost on some readers, anyway.


> What:
> 
> Krita is a free and open source cross-platform application that offers an
> end-to-end solution for creating digital art from scratch. Krita is optimized
> for or frequent, prolonged and focused use.

Minus the "or" after "for", but I guess you saw that after sending 
already ;)

> For whom:
> 
> Explicitly supported fields are illustrations, concept art, matte painting,
> textures, comics and animations.
> 
> What is the value:
> 
> Working together with artist, Krita is an application that supports
> their actual needs and workflow.
> 
> I'm wondering, given all the work we're doing on psd integration and
> svg integration: should we mention interoperability and open standards
> here? Something like:
> 
> What is the value:
> 
> Developed together with artists, Krita is an application that supports
> their actual needs and workflow. Krita supports open standards and
> interoperates with other applications.

If "application" appears in the first sentence, it has no need to appear 
here again. I think it should be plural – workflows. One "Krita" could 
be replaced with "it" and the second "supports" could be "implements".

"
Developed together with artists, Krita supports their actual needs and 
workflows. It implements open standards and interoperates with other 
applications.
"

Hmm, maybe, _if_ it's mainly about file im- and export, it should say so?


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Thorsten Wilms

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