>If the name was changed to something with less of an ick factor, contributors would double. No they wouldn't. Most users of free and open source software don'

>If the name was changed to something with less of an ick factor, contributors would double. No they wouldn't. Most users of free and open source software don't contribute anything, regardless of the name or critical nature of the software they use, much less enough for developers to take a full time income for their work. And most users of GIMP couldn't care less about the name either way.