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Re: announcement subject tag
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 10:11:11 -0400
- Subject: Re: announcement subject tag
- References: <4267A8AD.5020901@shadin.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Thu, Apr 21, 2005 at 08:20:45AM -0500, Julian Opificius wrote:
>It's a little presumptuous to use a subject tag that does not include
>cygwin. What does "[announcement]" mean to someone outside the cygwin
>camp? There are hundreds of organizations that might want to make
>announcements via email lists. What about "[cygwin-announce]".
Sorry. We've trademarked the use of "[ANNOUNCEMENT]". If those
hundreds of organizations want to use this, they'll have to pay us
royalties.
So, if you see other organizations using the "[ANNOUNCEMENT]" without
proper attribution to Cygwin, make sure you report them to your local
authorities.
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