On Wednesday 24 June 2015 01:11:05 Dora Smith wrote: > Actually I think the information Ms. Hunter wants, such as it is, is > on this page: > > http://www.gimp.org/about/ > > I can see she's going to have to call Legal on this one. Grin. > TCEQ has a staff of lawyers one calls about anything. ;) Some of > them even have common sense. > > Dora
Humm, I thought that was grounds for disbarment. ;-) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Skaggs > Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 9:11 AM > To: Sarah Hunter > Cc: gimp-user-list@gnome.org ; gimp-docs-l...@gnome.org > Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] [Gimp-docs] Accessibility documentation > request > > Dear Ms. Hunter, > > GIMP is open source software, available for download by anybody at no > charge, subject to a specific licensing agreement. That licensing > agreement does not make any warranty of accessibility. If the state of > Texas purchased this software, it was obtained from a third party, not > directly from the GIMP project. Any responsibility for documenting > accessibility would lie with that third party. > > See http://www.gimp.org for more information about the project. > > Best regards, Bill Skaggs > > (This email is purely informative. I do not have the right to speak > for the GIMP project.) > > On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 2:12 PM, Sarah Hunter > <sarah.hun...@tceq.texas.gov> > > wrote: > > This email is to request appropriate accessibility documentation > > for purchases from your company. > > > > Federal and state laws require Texas state agencies to purchase only > > accessible electronic and information resources from our vendors. We > > (the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality) are currently > > reviewing all of our software purchases and have been unable to > > locate the required accessibility documentation for *GIMP.* > > > > Per Texas Administrative Code, appropriate accessibility > > documentation may be in the form of a Voluntary Product > > Accessibility Template (VPAT) or an accessible electronic document > > that addresses the same accessibility criteria in substantially the > > same format as a VPAT or equivalent reporting > > template. > > > > I have attached an industry-standard VPAT for your convenience. You > > may also > > find the Even Grounds website > > <http://evengrounds.com/articles/creating-an-effective-vpat> to be > > helpful. > > > > Please provide the requested information by *June 15th, 2015*. If I > > can be of assistance, or if you need additional information, please > > let me know. > > > > Thank you, > > > > > > > > > > > > *Sarah Hunter* > > > > *Accessibility Intern | Information Resources Department * > > > > *sarah.hun...@tceq.texas.gov* <sarah.hun...@tceq.texas.gov> > > > > *512-239-4773 <512-239-4773>* > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gimp-docs-list mailing list > > gimp-docs-l...@gnome.org > > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-docs-list > > _______________________________________________ > gimp-user-list mailing list > List address: gimp-user-list@gnome.org > List membership: > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: > https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > http://www.avast.com > > _______________________________________________ > gimp-user-list mailing list > List address: gimp-user-list@gnome.org > List membership: > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: > https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
