Re: Your Upload.com Submission Has Been Accepted

[Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please at cygwin dot com>]

On Sat, Apr 08, 2006 at 10:54:26PM -0700, Peter A. Castro wrote:
>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.Morrison@cnet.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

Thanks, Peter.  That is exactly what I was looking for.  I've sent email.
Let's see what happens next.

If I don't get any response, I may ask for some volunteers to help convince
Kelly.

cgf

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