Hi, Amit, Thanks for your response. Could you please send it to the project maillist as well?
On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Amit Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > I concur with Chris--please fork in this case and do not "transfer" the > project. It's mostly BSD code. All the collateral you need to take the > codebase into your desired direction is available. > Among other things related to the history of the project, there's strong > branding/affiliation/association of "MacFUSE" with "Google". Google-official > MacFUSE releases are signed with private keys that (chain of trust) belong > to Google. ("Belong" as in they are Google's liability.) It wouldn't be nice > to confuse users in all kinds of ways. > Plus, as for "neglected", stay tuned for something in the Mac OS X Lion > time-frame. > Amit > > On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 11:20 AM, Chris DiBona <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> cc'ing Amit who would like to comment on this. >> Chris >> On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 11:19 AM, Chris DiBona <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Actually in this case, I'd prefer the project forks into a new project. >>> I'm changing it back. >>> >>> On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 3:02 PM, Nathaniel Manista <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 4:59 PM, Anatol Pomozov >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I forgot to mention that I tried to contact the current owner (Amit) a >>>>> few weeks ago but I haven't got any answer from him. >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 2:44 PM, Anatol Pomozov >>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> > Dear Google Code Hosting Team >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > There is a project hosted at Google Code >>>>> > http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/ that is de-facto neglected. >>>>> > >>>>> > Amit (he is in the to: line), the only commiter of this project, made >>>>> > last change in 2009. The last project release has been released in >>>>> > 2008. >>>>> > >>>>> > From other side this project is vital for many Mac users and >>>>> > developers. That is why people continue to file issues and continue >>>>> > development in its own forks, such as >>>>> > >>>>> > https://github.com/tuxera/macfuse >>>>> > https://github.com/bfleischer/macfuse >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > Please transfer the ownership either to me ([email protected]) >>>>> > or to Erik ([email protected]) or Benjamin (he'll provide his >>>>> > gmail >>>>> > user id). >>>>> > >>>>> > If you like we can continue the discussion in the project maillist. >>>> >>>> Everything seems to be in order. I've effected the transfer. >>>> -Nathaniel >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Project Hosting on 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. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Open Source Programs Manager, Google Inc. >>> Google's Open Source and Developer programs can be found at >>> http://code.google.com >>> Personal Site and Weblog: http://dibona.com >> >> >> >> -- >> Open Source Programs Manager, Google Inc. >> Google's Open Source and Developer programs can be found at >> http://code.google.com >> Personal Site and Weblog: http://dibona.com > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Project Hosting on 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.
