that name because of a name conflict was unacceptable. pauvre petit canard on va se mettre a chialer, please stop mariejuana and use your brain...
On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Strahinja<strahinja.marko...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear David, > > I understand that how much I like my project name and that I would go > to a different project hosting service have no bearing on your > decision. They were not written as arguments meant to convince you to > remove the block: the fact that the other project has been dead for > six years was. > > I merely wanted to state my position. I wanted to explain why I didn't > just chose a different name. It's not merely a matter of preference; > this name has been picked a while ago and time and resources were > already committed to it. Having to change that name because of a name > conflict was unacceptable. > > This leads us to "I'll go somewhere else": it was not meant as any > sort of threat or tantrum: if you perceived them as such, you have my > apologies. The point I was trying to illustrate was that this policy > is--at least in my view--ineffective. I understand the principles > behind it, and I applaud the intent, but in the end there's little > point to it. There are many hosting providers out there, and one could > always just pick one that doesn't check for name conflicts with other > services. > > But you are standing on this as a matter of principle, and I respect > that. I do agree with you, I just think the cons outweigh the pros. > But hey, it's your service. > > Lastly, I'd like to thank you for removing the block and for such a > prompt response. > > Sincerely, > > Strahinja > > On Jul 24, 12:26 pm, David Anderson <dander...@google.com> wrote: >> Project created and assigned to you. Don't forget to edit the summary, >> description, license and labels in the administration panel. Details >> follow. >> >> On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 02:16, Strahinja<strahinja.marko...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > I encountered a problem while trying to create a project on google >> > code. I picked "sigil" for my project name, and the system informed me >> > of a name conflict with a project from Sourceforge. That project is >> > located here:http://sourceforge.net/projects/sigil/ >> >> > That project is about "providing services for asynchronous play of pen- >> > and-paper d20 RPGs. It is designed to be a solution for players of >> > play-by-post or play-by-email gaming." My project is a WYSIWYG ebook >> > editor. The two have nothing in common, except the name. Also, the >> > last commit for that project was on Jun 23 2003, a full six years ago. >> > It seems utterly dead now. >> >> The actual thing that makes it okay for us to override the lockout is >> that the project is stillborn: it was created 2223 days ago, and has >> had zero activity since. Specifically, no code was ever published >> according to the CVS log. >> >> > My project has been named Sigil for quite some time, the code just >> > hasn't been released. Currently it's about 15k lines of code, and the >> > name has grown on me over the past few months. Logos and icons have >> > been designed, "about" screens have been developed etc. I'd rather not >> > be forced to change all that. It would be unfortunate if I had to >> > rename it because of some other project that has been long dead. >> >> > That, and Google Code hosting is not the only hosting provider in >> > universe. It's the one I want to use, but I'll just go somewhere else >> > if I have to. Please don't be offended by that. >> >> I'd just like to point out that the two arguments you presented here >> don't have much weight in the problem: if you chose to name your >> project "Gnome", I'd have to refuse the project creation no matter how >> much you like the name. >> >> The same goes for stating you'll go somewhere else if we don't comply: >> if we feel that it would be wrong to give out a conflicting project >> name (eg. the "Gnome" example), and you disagree, then you're >> absolutely free and welcome to use another open source hosting >> platform. But whether you'll stay or leave has no influence on whether >> it would be inappropriate or not to duplicate an existing project >> name, and so is completely irrelevant, to be frank. >> >> That said, in this case it was a straightforward decision to create >> the project, since the other has nothing. So, enjoy your stay on >> Google Code! >> >> - Dave > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 google-code-hosting@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-code-hosting+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-code-hosting?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
