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Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 23:29:46 -0500
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
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Subject: Re: cygwin and GPL (again)
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In-Reply-To: <003501c09707$489d2f80$17bbca97@Arda>; from mccunney@bellatlantic.net on Wed, Feb 14, 2001 at 11:24:13PM -0500

On Wed, Feb 14, 2001 at 11:24:13PM -0500, Dennis McCunney wrote:
>Speaking of which, IIRC, you get a message from the listbot when you
>subscribe to this list.  Would it make sense to add a couple of paragraphs
>to that message?  One would specify that the list is for Cygwin under
>Windows discussion, and it's _not_ the right place to ask general Unix/Linux
>questions.  The second would include some helpful URLs, for Cygwin and *nix
>newbies to look for more information, before asking questions here.
>
>It might cut down on some of the less topical questions.

I suppose so.  I have reached a bemused/depressed state where I really can't
believe that this kind of thing is really necessary but it probably is.

If someone wants to contribute some words, I'll add them.

cgf

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