Mail Archives: cygwin/2006/04/09/01:57:50
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
Kelly DOT Morrison AT cnet DOT com.
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
> cheers,
> DaveK
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