I have the exact same problem (of course with a different project name.) I think Google Code is a great place to host projects, but if it allows itself to be clogged with all sorts of zombie pages, taking up namespace but not contributing any code to the world, it is squandering its potential, and many of us will be forced to go to other places to host our projects. I feel that a hosted code project should, at minimum, include some code! These empty projects which have no code, no activity, and no response from their owners don't deserve to crowd out legitimate open source efforts, and Google code should have a use it or lose it protocol to aid in recovering uselessly squandered namespace.
- bryan On Nov 29, 8:39 am, dunmatt <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, I built a mind mapping gadget for Wave and have been calling it > Brainwave as a working title (which I grew rather fond of). When it > came time to move it to google code so that I could let the world have > it I found the name taken but not in use > (iehttp://code.google.com/p/brainwave/ > hasn't been updated in the months since its creation and there is no > code or documentation available to suggest they're working on > anything). I emailed the guy who owns the project and haven't heard > back in over a week, so I'm asking you. Is there any kind of a "use > it or lose it" protocol by which I could have you secure the name for > me so that I can release? > > Thanks for your help! > > --M@ -- 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.
