Re: [GCC] Re: Name of front-end

[Phil Edwards <phil at codesourcery dot com>]

On Sat, Dec 06, 2003 at 08:45:25PM +0000, Trevor Jenkins wrote:
> On Sat, 6 Dec 2003, Marc Espie <espie@quatramaran.ens.fr> wrote:
> 
> > >No necessarily, as far as I know.  However, you must not call any software
> > >"GNU Something" unless the FSF explicitly approved that, so you should do
> > >that first.
> >
> > 'Must not', or 'should not' ? Is GNU registered as a trademark or something
> > that prevents its use like this ? And then what should the status of
> > gnuplot be ?
> 
> What about Gnu Plot? Whilst open source it isn't (at least wasn't) a
> formal GNU project.

That was coincidence.  They've answered this question many times.  It's
in their FAQ.  They'd never heard of the GNU project when they came up
with their name, and no, it's not an official GNU package, although it
is open source.

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