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 <moti.ben-...@weizmann.ac.il> 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: mhalls...@gmail.com [mhalls...@gmail.com] on behalf of Mark Hall > [mh...@cs.waikato.ac.nz] > 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 > <moti.ben-...@weizmann.ac.il> 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 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. > -- 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 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.
