Naming and copyright Kermit was named after Kermit the Frog from The Muppets, with permission from Henson Associates."Kermit - What is it?" The Kermit Project. 26 October 2006. Columbia University. 11 July 2007 http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/kermit.html. The program's icon in the Apple Macintosh version was a depiction of Kermit the Frog. A backronym was nevertheless created, perhaps to avoid trademark issues, KL10 Error-Free Reciprocal Microprocessor Interchange over TTY lines.
Naming and copyright Kermit was named after Kermit the Frog from The Muppets, with permission from Henson Associates."Kermit - What is it?" The Kermit Project. 26 October 2006. Columbia University 11 July 2007 http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/kermit.html. The program's icon in the Apple Macintosh version was a depiction of Kermit the Frog. A backronym was nevertheless created, perhaps to avoid trademark issues, KL10 Error-Free Reciprocal Microprocessor Interchange over TTY lines.