(+google-code-hosting, please keep the list CC'ed) On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 12:16 PM, Mordechai Ben-Ari <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Augie, > > Thank you for your quick reply. > > Please check the log of the SVN repository: the files were uploaded in 2007 > with the notation "initial import", but _nothing_ has happened since. I see a nontrivial number of commits here:
http://code.google.com/p/mlcs/source/list Am I looking at the wrong project? This looks like a project with some real code, so I'm not willing to give you ownership of the project without you making a good faith effort to contact the project owners. That's our policy. I'm not sure what we'd do in this case if the owner isn't reachable, since there's real content here. > As I wrote in my previous message, the university that is developing the WEKA > project uses SourceForge. When I wrote them, they have no knowledge of the > "mlcs" project: That doesn't factor in here. > >> This sounds like some third-party project that uses or used Weka at >> some point. It has nothing to do with us, so go ahead and make the >> request. > > I think that it is clear that this is a not a "real" or "live" project > and that it meets all the criteria for deletion. No, because there's actual content. It might be abandoned, but that doesn't mean we should delete their content. > > Best regards, > > Moti > > -- > Prof. Mordechai (Moti) Ben-Ari > Department of Science Teaching > Weizmann Institute of Science > http://www.weizmann.ac.il/sci-tea/benari/ > ________________________________________ > From: Augie Fackler [[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 7:48 PM > To: Mordechai Ben-Ari > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Request to use an existing project name. > > The project on GPH has a non-empty Subversion repository. Have you > emailed the project hosting-side owners of the project to attempt to > reach them on this matter? > > On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 2:42 PM, Mordechai Ben-Ari > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I would like to request to use the project name "mlcs". >> I would use it to post implementations of algorithms from my book: >> _M_athematical _L_ogic for _C_omputer _S_cience, >> a well known textbook published by Springer: >> http://www.springer.com/978-1-85233-319-5 >> I have just finished a new edition and >> I would prefer that this source code be easily available and easy to share >> through Google Code, rather than on my own website or the publisher's. >> >> Concerning the existing project: >> >> 1. How long has the project lay fallow? >> The project was created in 2007 and has seen no activity since its creation >> 5 years ago. >> 2. Is there something "fishy" about the circumstances of the request? >> Yes. The description is just "test" with a link to a real project (WEKA) >> that actually >> uses SourceForge, not Google Code :-). >> 3. Is there code in that project? >> There is code in the svn repository but there is nothing to download, >> nothing in the Wiki, no Issues, etc. >> 4. Is the project scheduled for deletion? >> No. >> 5. Is the project you wish to take over a spam trap or hosting malware or >> simply not open source? >> It is a real project but does not use Google Code (cf. question 2). >> 6. Have you made an effort in good faith to contact the current owners? >> What, if anything, did they have to say in reply? >> An email exchange with the linked project (below) shows that they have no >> knowledge of this project. >> 7. Has one of the original developers died or otherwise dropped off the grid >> in some fashion that you can describe to us? >> There is no full email address on the project site and no one of that name >> is listed in the website linked to. >> 8. Have you hosted malware, spam or non-open source content on Project >> Hosting before? >> I have created a number of bona fide projects. some of which (e.g. >> "jspin") have seen thousands of downloads. >> >> Thanks for concerning my request, >> >> Moti >> >> -- >> Prof. Mordechai (Moti) Ben-Ari >> Department of Science Teaching >> Weizmann Institute of Science >> http://www.weizmann.ac.il/sci-tea/benari/ >> >> ________________________________________ >> From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of Mark Hall >> [[email protected]] >> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 10:06 PM >> To: Mordechai Ben-Ari >> Subject: Re: Project name on Google Code >> >> Hi Moti, >> >> This sounds like some third-party project that uses or used Weka at >> some point. It has nothing to do with us, so go ahead and make the >> request. >> >> Cheers, >> Mark. >> >> On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 4:48 AM, Mordechai Ben-Ari >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I would like to use the name "mlcs" for a project on Google Code: >>> programs that implement algorithms from my textbook >>> "Mathematical Logic for Computer Science". >>> >>> However, the name is taken by someone named "suhei....". >>> The project has not been active since 2007 and >>> was apparently only used for a test. >>> It contains a link to your WEKA project, >>> but I see that you use SourceForge and not Google Code. >>> >>> I would appreciate it if you would agree to let me ask Google >>> to use the name. >>> >>> Thanks in advance, >>> >>> Moti >>> >>> -- >>> Prof. Mordechai (Moti) Ben-Ari >>> Department of Science Teaching >>> Weizmann Institute of Science >>> http://www.weizmann.ac.il/sci-tea/benari/ >> >> -- >> 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. >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Project Hosting on Google Code" group. 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