Jeie (Java Easy Image Editor) is a copyleft project which is aimed at making a small and simple image editing UI. Whilst the project is easily extensible, you should make sure that you understand our goal before adding anything. Therefore, our goal is outlined within this document. Copyleft Jeie is built under the realization that because it can be easily redistributed to hundreds of people with the simple click of a button, unlike a finite resource such as a chair or food, and because its use does not limit others' uses of it, it does not make sense to make it proprietary, and likewise, Intellectual Property Rights do not make sense. Therefore, in order to ensure that it, and all other software that uses it, remains free, it has been placed under a viral copyleft license, GPL. Note: We do not condone violation of Intellectual Property Rights or copyright law. Please work within the law to see it changed. Simplicity We aim for a simple and non-bulky interface. Unlike GIMP, which is extremely bulky with hundreds of menus, we wish to keep this down to a few commonly used buttons, more like MS Paint, so as to appeal to the novice user. Multiple layers, fancy palettes, and vector graphics are all beyond the scope of this project, and if you feel so inclined, you are absolutely welcome to create a branch. That said, we also realize that there are many limitations to paint which could easily be corrected while still maintaining the philosophy of simplicity.