* Minor issues with Cygwin/X FAQ webpage
@ 2015-07-20 19:14 Mouse
2015-07-21 14:15 ` Jon TURNEY
2015-07-21 16:17 ` David Stacey
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From: Mouse @ 2015-07-20 19:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
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
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@cygwin.com. [...]
Tip: Post your X-related inquires to cygwin@cygwin.com only; do
not post nor cross post your inquires to the cygwin@cygwin.com
mailing list. [...]
Surely those list addresses shouldn't _all_ be the same...?
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.)
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* Re: Minor issues with Cygwin/X FAQ webpage
2015-07-20 19:14 Minor issues with Cygwin/X FAQ webpage Mouse
@ 2015-07-21 14:15 ` Jon TURNEY
2015-07-21 14:37 ` Mouse
2015-07-21 16:17 ` David Stacey
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From: Jon TURNEY @ 2015-07-21 14:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Mouse, cygwin
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@cygwin.com. [...]
>
> Tip: Post your X-related inquires to cygwin@cygwin.com only; do
> not post nor cross post your inquires to the cygwin@cygwin.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
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* Re: Minor issues with Cygwin/X FAQ webpage
2015-07-21 14:15 ` Jon TURNEY
@ 2015-07-21 14:37 ` Mouse
2015-07-24 12:43 ` Jon TURNEY
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From: Mouse @ 2015-07-21 14:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jon TURNEY; +Cc: cygwin
> This is the correct place to report such issues.
Good; always nice to get confirmation I guessed right. :-)
>> In FAQ item 1.9, [...]
>> 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.
Ah! I wondered how that had happened. Makes perfect sense now.
Though, I do note, the new wording makes it sound as though cygwin@ is
specifically for Cygwin/X, rather than all of Cygwin. As a strawman
for a fix, how about
Not for Cygwin/X specifically, but Cygwin/X traffic is
appropriate for the main Cygwin list at cygwin@....
>> 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; [...]
> I don't know why this is in the FAQ. It seems to record the
> discussion at [1].
It does, it does indeed. I did a few searches against the archives,
but must have missed the search terms which would have turned up that
one. (Not surprising; my search-fu is quite weak.)
> How would you suggest rewriting this?
It could be as simple as changing the answer to something like
Not in the USA, at least; a quick search at...
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* Re: Minor issues with Cygwin/X FAQ webpage
2015-07-20 19:14 Minor issues with Cygwin/X FAQ webpage Mouse
2015-07-21 14:15 ` Jon TURNEY
@ 2015-07-21 16:17 ` David Stacey
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From: David Stacey @ 2015-07-21 16:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
On 20/07/15 20:14, Mouse wrote:
> 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 did a quick search, and turned up one trademark of Xwin [1] (note
lowercase 'w'). It's in quite a different sphere of business, so there
shouldn't be a clash.
Dave.
[1] - http://romarin.es/marca/xwin/
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* Re: Minor issues with Cygwin/X FAQ webpage
2015-07-21 14:37 ` Mouse
@ 2015-07-24 12:43 ` Jon TURNEY
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From: Jon TURNEY @ 2015-07-24 12:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin; +Cc: Mouse
On 21/07/2015 15:36, Mouse wrote:
>>> In FAQ item 1.9, [...]
>>> 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.
>
> Ah! I wondered how that had happened. Makes perfect sense now.
> Though, I do note, the new wording makes it sound as though cygwin@ is
> specifically for Cygwin/X, rather than all of Cygwin. As a strawman
> for a fix, how about
>
> Not for Cygwin/X specifically, but Cygwin/X traffic is
> appropriate for the main Cygwin list at cygwin@....
>
>>> 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; [...]
>> I don't know why this is in the FAQ. It seems to record the
>> discussion at [1].
>
> It does, it does indeed. I did a few searches against the archives,
> but must have missed the search terms which would have turned up that
> one. (Not surprising; my search-fu is quite weak.)
>
>> How would you suggest rewriting this?
>
> It could be as simple as changing the answer to something like
>
> Not in the USA, at least; a quick search at...
I've adjusted the FAQ text in those areas.
Thanks for your comments.
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