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someone wrote:
>   FSF and the GNU Project request that you ask us (via
>   gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu) before designating a program as "GNU"
>   something-or-other.  It's the right thing to do and will avoid a lot
>   of confusion later on.

Is this really different from AT&T and Apple requesting that we ask
them before using windows and/or mice?  This would also avoid
confusion; and it's up to lawyers to define 'right thing to do'.  Is
the difference that FSF is "requesting" while the other guys are
"demanding"?

It seems that if the FSF starts claiming the phrase 'gnu' perhaps AT&T
will start claiming other phrases in the names of programs, like
'cat', 'tar', 'awk', etc...; and it would end up causing great
confusion if 'gawk' had to be renamed because it has the phrase 'awk'
in it.

    Ron

Hmm...,
 Do you think I can PATENT the idea of programs with vowels in their name :-)