From c2d85cdda88ef99b4022f7de6308420f16307ec7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mike Gerwitz Date: Tue, 11 May 2021 20:33:13 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] 2012-10-06-tradmarks-in-free-software.,d: GNUplot=>gnuplot It's pronounced "new"plot, where "gnu" refers to the animal, pronounce "new", not GNU, pronounced "guh-new". I did not know this at the time. http://www.gnuplot.info/faq/faq.html#x1-70001.2 --- post/2012-10-06-trademarks-in-free-software.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/post/2012-10-06-trademarks-in-free-software.md b/post/2012-10-06-trademarks-in-free-software.md index 30ff96c..0f284b3 100644 --- a/post/2012-10-06-trademarks-in-free-software.md +++ b/post/2012-10-06-trademarks-in-free-software.md @@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ names, leading to IceCat, IceWeasel, Abrowser, etc. Even though FF is free software, the trademark imposes additional restrictions that seem contrary to the free software philosophy. As such, it was my opinion that trademarks should be avoided or, if they exist, should not be exercised. (GNU, for example, is -trademarked[^0], but the FSF certainly [does not exercise it][1]; consider GNUplot, -a highly popular graphing program, which is not even part of the GNU project.) +trademarked[^0], but the FSF certainly [does not exercise it][1]; consider gnuplot, +a highly popular graphing program, which is not part of the GNU project.) [This article][2] provides some perspective on the topic and arrives at much the same conclusions: trademark enforcement stifles adoption and hurts the project