> When an opensource application like GIMP, Blender, or even Manuksript for a lesser known example, are started, it's mainly because proponents of opensource wa

> When an opensource application like GIMP, Blender, or even Manuksript for a lesser known example, are started, it's mainly because proponents of opensource want to use such application but dislike closed source. Just for the record, Gimp was started as a student assignment project [1], and Blender started as proprietary software [2]. [1] https://www.gimp.org/about/ancient_history.html https://www.gimp.org/about/ancient_history.html [2] https://www.blender.org/about/history/ https://www.blender.org/about/history/