The wider implications are indirect of changes in industry standards and ends users regards robert
On Tue, 27 May 2025, 09:34 Till Wegmüller, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello > > A Quick search relvealed [0] And there seems to be a clause that > excluded small companies > > Quote: > >The requirements and obligations of this Directive do not apply to > microenterprises providing services within the scope of this Directive – > whereby ‘microenterprise’ means an enterprise which employs fewer than > 10 persons and which has an annual turnover not exceeding €2 million or > an annual balance sheet total not exceeding €2 million.[8] > > Since we are below this line even with the Association goals in mind, > this will not target us. What I am not clear about is where the line is > drawn who makes a product in an open source setting. In the case of GIMP > it would be the GIMP developers that make the GIMP "Product" and not us. > Same for Thunderbird. Thunderbird being the currently best funded OSS > project to my knowledge only scratches the 8.6 Million mark. So we will > be ok for quite some time :) [1] > > Hope this clarifies things > -Till > > [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Accessibility_Act > [1] > https://blog.thunderbird.net/2024/10/thunderbird-annual-report-2023-2024/ > > > On 27.05.25 10:00, Private Mail wrote: > > Dear Reginald, > > > > The European Accessibility legislation is enacted from 28th June > 2025...it > > cover a wide spread of digital access issues including development of > > software and operating systems.it will initially effect the EU.However > it's > > effects will touch upon changes required in the USA and the UK in both > > government and private sector supply chain.This is a reference to > awareness > > not any legal advice.A web search of European Accessibility Act 2025 > should > > provide answers to initial questions. Regards Robert > > > > On Mon, 26 May 2025, 22:36 Reginald Beardsley via openindiana-discuss, < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Robert, > >> > >> WTF? > >> > >> A bit of explanation would be useful. Link to the legislation perhaps? > >> Some explanation beside merely a change of subject line. > >> > >> There is nothing in your reply or subject line that has logical > continuity > >> with the quoted posts about GIMP not working. > >> > >> I did not receive anything following Apostolos' post but yours. Nothing > in > >> the SPAM bin. So there is absolutely no continuity of thought between > his > >> and Marc's posts and yours. > >> > >> Has the EU decided that GIMP must be usable by the blind? It certainly > >> looks like the sort of thing > >> someone in Brussels would demand. > >> > >> Reg > >> > >> On Monday, May 26, 2025 at 02:21:05 PM CDT, Private Mail < > >> [email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Dear All, > >> This is new legislation which may effect users developers and companies > >> going forward.It is advisable to be aware how it will effect the whole > >> industry. Regards Robert > >> > >> On Mon, 26 May 2025, 20:07 Apostolos Syropoulos via > openindiana-discuss, < > >> [email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> Hello, > >>> I am using GIMP version 2.10.38 and on illumos-12e5728106, April > 2025,and > >>> there is no problem. However, previous versions of GIMP had thisproblem > >> and > >>> I had to use some online tools for even basic things.Have you tried to > >>> upgrade your system(s)? > >>> Regards,Apostolos > >>> ----------------------Apostolos Syropoulos > >>> Xanthi, Greece > >>> On Monday, May 26, 2025 at 03:58:33 PM GMT, Marc Lobelle via > >>> openindiana-discuss <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> Hello, > >>> > >>> For quite a long time, I cannot anymore use gimp on openindiana: > >>> apparently recent versions(2.1) on openindiana cannot load files in > >>> common image formats such as jpg or png > >>> > >>> When I try, I get a message window saying (sorry, in French): > >>> > >>> Le greffon s’est arrêté brutalement : « file-png » > >>> (/usr/lib/amd64/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/file-png/file-png) > >>> > >>> Le greffon a peut-être endommagé l’état interne de GIMP. Vous devriez > >>> enregistrer vos images et redémarrer GIMP pour être certain de sa > >>> stabilité. > >>> > >>> L’ouverture de « /home/ml/Desktop/CIML_r.png » a échoué : La procédure > >>> « file-png-load » n’a renvoyé aucune valeur. > >>> > >>> I hoped that it would be solved but apparently it did not. > >>> > >>> Did anybody else suffer of this problem ? Is there a workaround (other > >>> than starting a windows machine where gimp works) > >>> > >>> Thanks > >>> > >>> Marc > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> openindiana-discuss mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> openindiana-discuss mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > >>> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> openindiana-discuss mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> openindiana-discuss mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > openindiana-discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > > _______________________________________________ > openindiana-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > _______________________________________________ openindiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
