I believe "GNU Emacs" is used mainly for unambiguous identification
rather than connecting it with the GNU system - much like "John of
Gaunt" is used to clarify which John you're talking about rather than to
associate him with the town of Gent in Belgium.
Yes, exactly.
> For distinguishing the two versions I write "Emacs" and "XEmacs",
> because the context shows we are talking about these two variants
> of the original GNU Emacs.
This leaves a difficulty when there is no context. For example, you
might find this in an overview of editors:
In an overview of editors there will be a place to provide the context
to explain what "Emacs" and "XEmacs" refer to, their history (joint
and separate), etc.
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