[Savannah-help-public] A question about project naming

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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