Hi Peter, That's an interesting constraint that I haven't thought of before. I figured Google Code is relatively neutral, benevolent. What else does your company block beside Google Code?
David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi David, > > All the best in your new job and thanks for your great contributions! > > My preference is for SourceForge. For compliance reasons, my company > blocks access to general document-sharing sites like Google docs and > Google code at present. > > -- Peter > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Huynh > Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 11:16 AM > To: General List > Subject: My departure + the future of Timeline and Exhibit > > Hi all, > > As you might know, I have recently finished my Ph.D. study, and within a > > few months I'll be moving on to a "real job" at Metaweb. > > The Metaweb folks have been kind to let me dedicate some time toward > open source involvement, which means that I can continue to work on > Timeline, Exhibit, etc. to some extent. > > However, it is clear that I won't be able to dedicate as much time to > those projects as I can right now. So, it is crucial that we arrange for > > more people to get involved in those projects so that those projects > continue to thrive. > > One possibility is to move the code bases onto an open source foundry, > such as Google Code, and invite the more programming capable among > yourself to maintain and improve them further. Note that this solution > is even better than the current situation, as there will be more capable > > people involved than just me alone. Together we'll work out the > knowledge transfer, etc. etc. over the next few months. > > Please don't hesitate to chime in here if you have other ideas or just > want to speak your mind. The worst thing that can happen is that nobody > expresses their concerns, no transition gets made, and the good code > just withers away. > > Thanks, > > David > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://simile.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/general > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://simile.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/general > _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://simile.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/general
