You can contact the owner by emailing him. In this case, the user hasn't opted to obscure his user ID on the project, so you can contact him by emailing his username at gmail dot com. If he is willing to give you the project, he simply needs to make you an owner of the project. Then you can remove him, and start using the project.
- Dave On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 16:13, jbondc <[email protected]> wrote: > > How long can a project be inactive? > > I'm in a similar situation, I would like the name 'openmv' but it's > used: > http://code.google.com/p/openmv/ > > There does not seem to be any activity at all. > > How can I contact the owner? > > > On Oct 14, 12:33 am, Spodi <[email protected]> wrote: >> If that is the best option, then that will work. >> >> Thanks for your time, Nathaniel! >> >> On Oct 13, 9:19 am, Nathaniel Manista <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > We don't at this time support project name re-use, but since you're in >> > contact with the owner of the "netgore" project, might you simply ask to be >> > made an owner of that project? You can then undelete the project, reset its >> > source repository, close out all of its issues, change the project summary >> > and description and start more-or-less from scratch. Would that work for >> > you?-Nathaniel >> >> > On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 7:27 PM, Spodi <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > > Hello, >> >> > > I want to make a project, but the name ("netgore") is already taken. >> > > The original creator has already given me permission to use the >> > > project name, and has also joined my project. The netgore project on >> > > the Google Project Hosting is actually just the remains of a long- >> > > abandoned and replaced project. I asked the creator of the project >> > > page on Google Code to delete it, and it looks like they have. But >> > > reading around, it seems like deletion is not immediate, and projects >> > > can sit in "scheduled for deletion" for a long time. Until then, I >> > > can't use the name. >> >> > > All I want is to be able to use the project name "netgore". From what >> > > I understand, the original creator has already done all he can to >> > > delete the project so I can create a project name "netgore" of my own. >> > > So please let me know if there is anything I can do to make the >> > > project name "netgore" available. >> >> > > Thanks! >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
