This is perfectly fine; a number of other educators have used Google Code for exactly this sort of thing. As long as the code uploaded is under an open source license, that's all that matters. There's no requirement that projects be interesting to the general public. :-)
On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 2:56 PM, AllenDowney <[email protected]> wrote: > I would like to use Google Code for a software engineering class I am > teaching this spring, in order to expose students to tools for version > control, code review, etc. > > The idea is that I would create a "project" for the class and have > students contribute to it, review each other's code, and submit code > for evaluation. > > This would not be an open source project that anyone else would want > to use, but we would be happy for the code to be visible to others, > probably under the GNU GPL. (Students will be able to opt out.) > > Is this an appropriate (or at least acceptable) use of Google Code? > > 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. > > > -- 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.
