On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 11:15 AM, Christof Roduner <[email protected]>wrote:

> I am writing you as one of the co-founders of the Fosstrak open source
> project (www.fosstrak.org), which was started by researchers at MIT and
> ETH Zurich. Fosstrak is a RFID middleware (users include Boeing, Ford,
> Orange/FranceTelecom, etc.) and has been around under the name of
> "Fosstrak" since April 2008. The project was originally founded as "Accada"
> back in September 2006, but we later had to change its name because of a
> possible trademark infringement.
>
> We recently wanted to transfer the project to Google Code, but noticed
> that someone else ([email protected]) registered a project under the
> name "Fosstrak" in February 2009. It seems that there has never been any
> activity since the project was registered.
>
> Since the owner of the Google Code project "Fosstrak" has no use for the
> name, we were hoping that they might be willing to transfer it to us. For
> this reason, we tried to get in touch with [email protected] (see
> below), but have not received any feedback.
>
> Do you have any suggestions on how to proceed in this situation?
>

We have a 
procedure<http://code.google.com/p/support/wiki/FAQ#What_should_I_do_if_I_wish_to_take_over_a_project_that_appears_a>for
resolving these situations, and it seems clear to me that you satisfy
the criteria. I've transferred the project to [email protected], your
colleague cc'ed on your request (I wasn't able to find a Google Account
associated with [email protected]).
Good luck,
-Nathaniel

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