From: Michael Feldman <mfeldman AT seas DOT gwu DOT edu>
Subject: Re: The meaning of "GNU"
To: gfmd AT is DOT co DOT za (Gold Fields Mining Development)
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 1995 16:49:16 -0500 (EST)
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu

> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm asking this purely out of interest.  The FSF currently distributes a 
> whole bunch of programs / utilities all prefixed with GNU.  Is this an 
> acronym for something or was it simply the first word that came to mind 
> when the first program was released under the FSF "banner" some time ago?
> 
It's a legendary recursive acronym. It stands for "GNU is Not Unix."

Mike Feldman