X-Recipient:	archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com
DomainKey-Signature:	a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id
	:list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post
	:list-help:sender:subject:to:references:from:reply-to:message-id
	:date:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-type
	:content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=default; b=wXjaI5z5E3V7q6eU
	0/9IewxZVQy445XPypt1hCHGSCWnTssBD3KRGEJMpkM9sXrQeOKudmKAQO39C+yV
	UgXRzNiOJZZO8JocLXGNmPvHwNB8/mAf9zx1f9Lkzdw2ZFLX7jJL9rRMbPBT56Ps
	hH3M36oPMlzCLGoKkkvnQc89M8A=
DKIM-Signature:	v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id
	:list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post
	:list-help:sender:subject:to:references:from:reply-to:message-id
	:date:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-type
	:content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=r8E4g3yqIEys+MSQwzKfVs
	ftlEw=; b=F5HkD3GxbxNlMEJC+114iqK+8eweYrkw1gXEkoFovcjGAnN00nLA7p
	VLbnG4Ikbc+dq+xP6ot0FQvN/U5HtRnlLx2bZjn4ytFOksi0rdSRNXL2JZsZXQ95
	zBa/mXs0ANWQXVlGLnj+gOSMc4F8CrAjv6Rx9ksZYs660VkIIaSeQ=
Mailing-List:	contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm
List-Id:	<cygwin.cygwin.com>
List-Subscribe:	<mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Archive:	<http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post:	<mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Help:	<mailto:cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com>, <http://sourceware.org/ml/#faqs>
Sender:	cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com
Mail-Followup-To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Delivered-To:	mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Authentication-Results:	sourceware.org; auth=none
X-Virus-Found:	No
X-Spam-SWARE-Status:	No, score=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=ham version=3.3.2
X-HELO:	out1-smtp.messagingengine.com
Subject:	Re: Minor issues with Cygwin/X FAQ webpage
To:	Mouse <mouse AT Rodents-Montreal DOT ORG>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
References:	<201507201914 DOT PAA11490 AT Stone DOT Rodents-Montreal DOT ORG>
From:	Jon TURNEY <jon DOT turney AT dronecode DOT org DOT uk>
Reply-To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Message-ID:	<55AE53E3.3080406@dronecode.org.uk>
Date:	Tue, 21 Jul 2015 15:14:59 +0100
User-Agent:	Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; WOW64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.1.0
MIME-Version:	1.0
In-Reply-To:	<201507201914.PAA11490@Stone.Rodents-Montreal.ORG>

On 20/07/2015 20:14, Mouse wrote:
> I happened to be looking at
> http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html and I noticed some
> oddities which might call for fixing.  This is the only place I could
> find for reporting such issues, though of course it's entirely possible

This is the correct place to report such issues.

> I missed something; FAQ item 1.9 makes me think there should be
> somewhere better, but on reading http://cygwin.com/lists.html (as
> linked to by the FAQ), it's not clear what it would be.
>
> In FAQ item 1.9, I find
>
>      Cygwin/X has a mailing list, namely, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com.  [...]
>
>       Tip: Post your X-related inquires to cygwin AT cygwin DOT com only; do
>       not post nor cross post your inquires to the cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
>       mailing list.  [...]
>
> Surely those list addresses shouldn't _all_ be the same...?

This piece of text obviously doesn't make much sense after the 
search-and-replace which happened when the cygwin-xfree list was deprecated.

I've removed the self-contradictory sentence.

> While less important, I also find
>
>     12.8. Isn't "XWin" trademarked by StarNet Communications?
>
>     No. A quick search at the United States Patent and Trademark Office
>     for "XWin" [...]
>
> The question does not specify a jurisdiction; that XWin is not a
> relevant trademark in the USA does not mean it's not elsewhere.  (While
> I'm not aware of any where it is, I haven't gone looking.  I'm mostly
> just trying to counter the "the USA is the whole world" tendency I see
> creeping in here as it already has far too many other places.)

I don't know why this is in the FAQ. It seems to record the discussion 
at [1].

How would you suggest rewriting this?

[1] https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2001-q2/msg01052.html

-- 
Jon TURNEY
Volunteer Cygwin/X X Server maintainer

--
Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple

- Raw text -