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On 10/08/2010 12:20 AM, SZABĂ“ Gergely wrote:
> This policy is OK for most FOSS projects,

No, most FOSS projects tend to frown on disclaimers.  It's just that 
cygwin is a bit more pro-active about the frowning, by actually 
rejecting it up front.

 >  I think Cygwin is used most by 3PPs within big companies
> where everybody _must_ use Windows and those disclaimers are always attached to
> outgoing mail.

No one said you had to use your company's outgoing mail.  gmane provides 
a relatively decent web-based interface for posting to this list sans 
company disclaimer.

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