Tech is particularly famous for having similar names for very different things. The authors of the GNS IETF draft appear to be associated with GNUnet[0], which

Tech is particularly famous for having similar names for very different things. The authors of the GNS IETF draft appear to be associated with GNUnet[0], which is an official GNU project. However, in defense of the OP, there may be a level of indirection here - there's no clear link between the GNU leadership and GNS: just GNU - GNUnet - GNS. It could be a purely GNUnet initiative. [0]. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNUnet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNUnet