Re: Minor issues with Cygwin/X FAQ webpage

[Jon TURNEY <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk>]

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

-- 
Jon TURNEY
Volunteer Cygwin/X X Server maintainer

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