This is a decades-old comment, but many would like for its name to be changed.
Do you genuinely think this change would help the project? I don’t see how it does anything other than confuse potential users and cause a lot of discussion about something that doesn’t actually improve the functionality itself.
I'm pretty sure that the biggest threat to the adoption of GIMP isn't the name GIMP, it's Adobe doing regular Adobe things.
google: define gimp
> / (ɡɪmp) / noun. US and Canadian offensive, slang a physically disabled person, esp one who is lame. slang a sexual fetishist who likes to be dominated and who dresses in a leather or rubber body suit with mask, zips, and chains.
(probably from urban dictionary)
see also a real dictionary
I do not think I have a point, you just made me remember some fun and dreadful moments.
I’m not sure a name change would do that much. The tool itself is behind photoshop from 2010 and the gap is growing.
Companies adopted Git. They'll adopt Gimp if it's better than Photoshop.
On the other hand, in the US, "gimp" is always either an insult, a derogatory verb, or the open source project.
Or by its full name.