On Sat, Apr 08, 2006 at 10:54:26PM -0700, Peter A. Castro wrote: >On Sun, 9 Apr 2006, Dave Korn wrote: > >>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. > >I believe cgf would prefer that it simply go away rather than just >correcting the entry. After some more rooting around on the site, it >eventually led me to here: > >http://www.cnetnetworks.com/editorial/contacts.html > >The email address for the "Site Director-CNET Download.com" is >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Someone might want to try emailing her. If not, their HQ is here: > >CNET Networks, Inc - Headquarters >235 Second Street, >San Francisco, CA 94105 >Phone: 415-344-2008 > >This is from http://www.cnetnetworks.com/aboutus/locations.html
Thanks, Peter. That is exactly what I was looking for. I've sent email. Let's see what happens next. If I don't get any response, I may ask for some volunteers to help convince Kelly. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
