The project is yours. Enjoy.

-- Lucas

On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 6:58 AM, Dan Kortschak <dan.kortsc...@adelaide.edu.au
> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm hoping to relocate github.com/kortschak/biogo to
> code.google.com/p/biogo, but the project page was already taken, though
> inactive. I have contacted the project owner who claims to have closed
> the project rather than handing it over. I have been waiting for the
> time (I understand 1 month) it takes for a project to become free, but
> it has now been longer than that and the project title is still
> unavailable.
> >
> > How long has the project lay fallow? If less than 6 months, don't be
> > optimistic about being assigned ownership of the project.
> >
> There has never been code in the project.
> >
> > Is there something "fishy" about the circumstances of the request?
>
> I don't think so.
>
> > Is there code in that project?
>
> Not that I saw the last time it was visible.
> >
> > Is the project scheduled for deletion? If so, we'll likely just give
> > it to you.
>
> Yes.
>
> > Is the project you wish to take over a spam trap or hosting malware or
> > simply not open source?
>
> The project is an open source (GPL3) bioinformatics library currently
> hosted at github.com/kortschak/biogo
>
> > Have you made an effort in good faith to contact the current owners?
> >
> Yes.
>
> > What, if anything, did they have to say in reply?
>
> They say they deleted the project.
>
> > Has one of the original developers died or otherwise dropped off the
> > grid in some fashion that you can describe to us?
> >
> Not as far as I can see dev name pingjie on twitter, fb etc all active.
>
> > Have you hosted malware, spam or non-open source content on Project
> > Hosting before?
>
> No.
>
>
> Thanks for your time.
> Dan Kortschak
>
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