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Re: [Savannah-help-public] A question about project naming
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Sylvain Beucler |
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Re: [Savannah-help-public] A question about project naming |
Date: |
Tue, 28 Nov 2006 21:52:25 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) |
Hi,
We only accept 'GNU' in the project name when the package is part of
the GNU project.
However, you may want to apply for becoming part of GNU :)
http://www.gnu.org/help/evaluation.html
--
Sylvain
On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 08:56:09PM -0800, Novastate wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm planning a project and had a question about the name. I planned to call
> it GNUPPCSE, which would stand for "GNU Pay Per Click Search Engine"
> (Pronounced Guh-NOOP-See). It will be developed under the GPL license and I
> didn't want to give it an "open source" sounding name, so I planned to use
> the "GNU" moniker instead. I wanted to make it known in the name that this
> project is developed in the spirit of the GNU system and FSF philosophies
> of "free software" rather than simply "open source".
>
> I did want to ask someone whether using "GNU" in a project's name is
> acceptable, though, since this project isn't internal to the GNU
> organization. I wasn't quite clear on that or if a distinction must be
> made. My project will be 100% free software, though, as described by the
> GPL, GNU and FSF.
>
> Anyway, if you need any further information feel free to contact me. Thanks
> for your help. I appreciate it.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Steve Monsen
> address@hidden