On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 6:39 AM, David Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 09:24, 袁立威 <[email protected]> wrote: >> OK. I now fully understand what googlecode is for and I promise I will >> never use it again as file sharing platform. > > Cool. I've unbanned your account. > >> Some recommendations: >> 1. For docs, no chm type is allowed and the file size limit is too >> small. e.g. I always get docs larger than 500KB.
Also, we do not forbid any specific file types, but the content of those files needs to be under an Open Source license. So you can feel free to host any chm books you authored (not just compiled) yourself as long as you post the original content required to build the chm files and license them under one of the Open Source licenses we support. > The individual file size limit is 100MB, not 500KB. So I don't > understand what you mean here. > >> 2. When uploading file to googlecode, a warning is good, e.g. >> "Uploading files other than open source project will be banned." > > We are thinking about how to improve the user interface for this issue > (we notice several people apparently missed this fact about Google > Code), but note that by using Google Code, you agreed to the terms of > service, which does specify that Google Code is an open source project > hosting platform. > > But yes, you're right, we should improve our UI to make it clear that > we want open source projects only. > >> 3. Is there any file sharing platform at google? I'm sure your guys >> will development one someday and I'll be happy to use it then. > > We don't have any generic sharing platform today, to my knowledge. You > should use your own web hosting services for sharing of random files. > > - Dave > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hosting at Google Code" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-code-hosting?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
