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List:       gnupg-devel
Subject:    Re: The name G10
From:       Werner Koch <wk () isil ! d ! shuttle ! de>
Date:       1998-01-21 17:55:34
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Curt Clark <wcclark@rmi.net> writes:

> If you really want to avoid any copyright/trademark issues later on,
> what would be wrong with appending (or inserting) a numeral or special 
> character to GPG? Altering the TLA by adding something such as GPG3, 
> GPG7, G-PG or GPG& might protect you from getting in a tiff with some 
> company or corporation should the software become widely accepted. It 
> might also leave you with copyright/trademark options of your own.

And why not always referring it as "GNU Privacy Guard" to the outside.
How we call the program file itself should not really matter, I guess.


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