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Thinking back of all the times I've used the GIMP; I'm compelled to give it a little boost.

EDIT: I'm willing to give the GIMP a boost. I don't know this developer. Is someone knowledgable about this particular developer. Is it likely they are the right person to do it?

EDIT2: He's contributed a lot already for a long time and still keeps on going strong. It looks good to me.

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I have heard about Pippin before, and he and Mitch (another well known GIMP developer) confirmed on IRC that the campaign is legit.

The campaign is also listed here http://pippin.gimp.org/ - in the header.

Commit logs of GEGL show he's been an active developer for a long time: https://git.gnome.org/browse/gegl/log/?ofs=1050

Cool. I just went with the $8 tier. Go go GIMP!

Some references/credentials: * One of the main developers of GEGL (new backend-library of GIMP) https://git.gnome.org//browse/gegl/log/ * Won the Norwegian Unix Users Group's "prize for furthering Free Software" https://www.nuug.no/prisen/index-2009.shtml for his work on GIMP * Has held presentations at LibreGraphicsMeeting with core GIMP developer Michael Natterer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFDbSQk9Ba0 * Is mentioned in release notes of GIMP 2.9.2 https://www.gimp.org/news/2015/11/27/gimp-2-9-2-released/

So as long as the "pippin" user of https://www.patreon.com/pippin is the same as GIMP's pippin, it seems legit.

Also, straight from the horse's mouth: https://www.gimp.org/news/2017/01/16/pippin-patreon-fundrais...

Thinking back of all the times I rage quit GIMP; I'm compelled to read his proposal.

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