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In article <MAYER.91Aug6172109@porky.sono.uucp> mayer@sono.uucp (Ronald &) writes:

   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"?

Yes, precisely.

   It seems that if the FSF starts claiming the phrase 'gnu' ...

The problem is not so much that the FSF is claiming the phrase 'gnu' as
much as that it is *already* associated with the FSF.  Non-FSF use of
the phrase (as in GNUPLOT) is confusing.  You'll notice that the authors
of same spend no small amount of effort explaining that the GNU in GNUPLOT
has nothing to do with the FSF.

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