On 08 April 2006 01:30, Peter A. Castro wrote:
> This is quite strange. It says it was added April 7th, 2006, yet its got
> 10 reviews, all dated quite some time before then (version 1.3.22-1 and
> 12-Nov-2003) and also lists 173,253 downloads. It also says the
> publisher is "Cygnus Solutions". The reviews look legit (well, at least
> the talk about things that are true about Cygwin).
>
> I'm betting this entry was previously cataloged as something else, and
> someone very nicely, "corrected" it to match reality (annoying, indeed).
I'm betting they've been distributing cygwin/setup for years and have just
updated it and that this update somehow triggered off a form letter to the
recorded contact address.
> Good luck getting it removed. It's CNET.COM, after all...
The more important thing is, they've mis-described the license as 'free',
when it should be 'gpl'. That needs fixing.
cheers,
DaveK
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