Ask Slashdot: GIMP and CMYK

Steve Moore asks: "...any idea what the status of working in a four color (i.e. CMYK) space is within gimp? is it that the algorithms used to go from RGB to CMYK is too complex, or is it a copyright issue (on the algorithms) that's preventing gimp from getting into the prepress realm?" I've seen this issue come up a lot when discussing GIMP, and its ability to compare with other paint programs, so I figured a lot of you out there might want to see this one.