Editing Kermit (protocol) (section)

==Naming and copyright==
Kermit was named after [[Kermit the Frog]] from [[The Muppets]], with permission from [[Henson Associates]].<ref name="aboutkermit">{{Cite web |last=da Cruz |first=Frank |date=2025-02-15 |title=About Kermit |url=https://www.kermitproject.org/kermit.html |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=The Kermit Project}}</ref> The program's [[icon (computing)|icon]] in the [[Apple Macintosh]] version was a depiction of Kermit the Frog. A [[backronym]] was created, perhaps to avoid trademark issues, [[PDP-10|'''''K'''L10'']] '''E'''rror-Free '''R'''eciprocal '''M'''icroprocessor '''I'''nterchange over '''T'''TY lines,<ref>{{cite web|title=Superbrain Video Computer System|url=https://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/roger.broughton/museum/micros/sb.htm|website=www.staff.ncl.ac.uk}}</ref> but the developers stopped using the backronym after obtaining permission.<ref name="kermitname">{{Cite web |last=da Cruz |first=Frank |date=September 2011 |title=Kermit Software Source Code Archive |url=https://www.kermitproject.org/archive.html |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=Kermit Project}}</ref>

Kermit is an open protocol—anybody can base their own program on it, but some Kermit software and source code is copyright by Columbia University.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kermit Software: Frequently Asked Questions |url=http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/faq.html#license |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230523081033/http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/faq.html |archive-date=2023-05-23 |access-date= |website=Columbia University}}</ref><ref>The preceding sentence is based on text copied, on 30 October 2004, from the [[Free On-line Dictionary of Computing]], which is licensed under the [[GFDL]].</ref> The final license page said:<ref>{{Cite web |title=C-Kermit 8.0 - Interactive Communication, File Transfer, and Scripting across Serial Ports, Modems, Secure Telnet, Secure Shell (SSH), FTP and HTTP for Unix, VMS, QNX, ... |url=http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ck80.html#license |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316142007/http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ck80.html#license |archive-date=2023-03-16 |access-date= |website=Columbia University}}</ref>
{{blockquote|As of version 9.0 (starting with the first Beta test), C-Kermit has an Open Source license, the Revised 3-Clause BSD License. Everybody can use it as they wish for any purpose, including redistribution and resale. It may be included with any operating system where it works or can be made to work, including both free and commercial versions of Unix and Hewlett-Packard (formerly DEC) VMS (OpenVMS). Technical support will be available from Columbia University only through 30 June 2011.}}