Digital BW, The Print

OK, Keith, you don't use the GUI.... point is, how do you separate 
out the 'printing part'? Either you use the provided curves, which 
where after all generated using the 'curve creation' part, or you 
use the curve creation yourself to make your own custom curves. 
Either way you are making use of Roy's hard work and ingenuity, and 
taking advantage of his good will (and poor business accumen-sorry 
Roy)to peddle someone else's product. Sorry if that sounds harsh, 
but that's the way I see it.

Steven Karafyllakis

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "kcooper666" 
<yahoogroups@n...> wrote:
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Steven 
Karafyllakis" <steve@s...> 
> wrote:
> > Keith;
> > 
> > I think Roy needs to update his policy; that statement dates 
back to 
> > the earliest releases, and doesn't take into account a lot of 
work 
> > done since then, such as the installer, the several dozen curves 
> > that Roy and others have added that make QTR useable 'out of the 
> > box', on-goin work to support new printers, and Steve Billiard's 
GUI 
> > which now comes integrated, and without which most of us 
wouldn't be 
> > using QTR at all.
> > It may be a fact that under the hood there is some publicly-
licensed 
> > code being used, (Microsoft uses some too, when was the last 
time 
> > you heard them say any part of their programs are free?) but how 
do 
> > you actually use QTR without using some or all of the above? Try 
> > downloading Gimp-Print and making it do what QTR does-it ain't 
gonna 
> > happen, so let's be fair: at $50.00 it's the cheapest RIP on the 
> > market, and worth much more. 
> > In fairness to Roy, Steve, and all; the other fine folks who 
have 
> > contributed, please consider changing your article.
> >  
> > Steve Karafyllakis
> 
> Sorry but no...
> if the terms on the web site say what is what, then it is not for 
me to interpret or second 
> guess them. If you wish to donate $50 (or more) for the printing 
part, then that is purely 
> for you to decide.
> 
> As to the QTR GUI - it's a windows thing and I've not got a PC so 
I've never used it. I 
> believe it is included in the PC download. If you go to the site 
referenced you will find this 
> statement:
> "QTRgui is a front end to Roy Harrington's Quad Tone RIP for 
Windows. It is also 
> FreeWare."
> 
> If Roy changes the terms on the site then I would happily change 
the wording. The terms 
> happen to be quite clearly stated on his site to anyone who 
downloads the software.
> 
> I am not saying it isn't worth the money and isn't a great piece 
of software, but that's really 
> not the point.
> 
> Keith