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Raw Therapee 3 Is Now Free Software

Posted by kdawson on from the eye-altering-alters-all dept.

kantier writes "The only (as far as I know) usable and free (as in beer) program for processing RAW photos outside Windows or OS X is now also free as in freedom. From version 3 onwards, the code is licensed under the GPL v3. The main developer's reasons for opening up the program are a lack of time/resources for full dedication, and a lack of interest in some parts of the program (likes to fiddle with image-processing algorithms, not so much the GUI part) — so the F/OSS model seems to be a perfect fit for this project."

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  1. Oh sweet Jesus no by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    He opened up the code so other people could work on the GUI? This will end badly.

  2. Re:Hey, Libertarians! by selven · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah, the free software troll generator is still inferior to the proprietary solutions. Sorry about that.

  3. Re:Command line experts by Eudial · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yes the difference is blatantly obvious. 10 people on earth can use Unix and Windows has engulfed the world.

    So you're saying because a million lemmings run off a cliff, that's the best thing to do?

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