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RE: Your Upload.com Submission Has Been Accepted


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.

    cheers,
      DaveK
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