RE: cygwin and GPL (again)

["Dennis McCunney" <mccunney@bellatlantic.net>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com
> [ mailto:cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com]On Behalf Of
> Christopher Faylor
> Sent: 2001. February 14. 23:30
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: cygwin and GPL (again)
>
> 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.

It's inevitable, really: as Cygwin grows more popular, more folks who
_aren't_ developers already familiar with *nix will grab it, and ask
*nix/programming newbie questions about it.  Making as clear as possible as
early as possible that this ain't the place to ask 'em can't hurt.  Cygwin
is for developers who need to port from *nix to NT, and want the familiar
tools and a POSIX layer to make it easier.  It implicitly assumes you know
various things.  If you don't, you'll get real confused, real fast.  This
needs to be stated up front.

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

I seem to be on a roll with this, so I'll do it.  Can you email me what the
listbot currently sends?  It's been some time since _I_ subscribed, and I
don't think I still have the welcome message.

> cgf
______
Dennis


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