Re: Fwd: Reconfirm subscription to png-mng-announce, png-mng-misc and png-mng-implement mailing lists

Glenn Randers-Pehrson <[email protected]> Sun, 23 Jul 2017 22:30:13 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.comp.graphics.png.general
Message-ID <CA+PdXcukzq7QLc-5yxyJWRFoGUWq3CNizwHRp98PztK_NWGJHg@mail.gmail.com>
I've been looking into making the lists available via OSUOSL either in
addition to or instead of Sourceforge.

Glenn

On Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 9:05 PM, John Bowler
<[email protected]> wrote:
> So... I got a message somewhat like this:
>
>>From: SourceForge.net <notices-kIZutuWb7l0/lw2aP8KBIQC/[email protected]>
>>This is a reminder to reconfirm your subscriptions to these mailing lists:
>>
>>    png-mng-announce
>>    png-mng-misc
>>    png-mng-implement
>>
>>If you are still interested in receiving emails from these SourceForge
>> project lists,
>>you must reconfirm your subscriptions by July 30.
>>
>>Please click here to reconfirm your subscriptions:
>>
>>https://sourceforge.net/mailman/reconfirm?confirm=f9785ef1-7613-5992-6ef6-87ef97fea700&email=john.cunningham.bowler%40gmail.com
>>
>>Thanks,
>>The SourceForge Team
>>A Slashdot Media Company
>
> So obviously I didn't click on that link (or, indeed, the one I received),
> but I went to sourceforge.net and tried to subscribe using a *different*
> email ([email protected]) and I found this requirement:
>
>>I agree to receive correspondence from SourceForge.net. I understand that I
>> can withdraw my consent at anytime. Please refer to our Terms of Use and
>> Privacy Policy or Contact Us for more details.
>
> I can't do that; I told sourceforge some years ago (shortly after they
> requested that I indemnify them against lawsuits on the free software I had
> previously deposited on sourceforge) that they must cancel my account (they
> didn't) delete any software they needed indemnification for (they didn't, I
> think that would have included libpng) and, basically, foad.
>
> So I thought I would post this before July 30 just so that everyone
> understands why I just disappeared.
>
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