Re: Help: project license

08/mozilla-and-eclipse-licenses-now.html > > Thanks, my project can live and develope at Google code now. > > Cheers! > Slava Andruschuk > > Chris DiBona wrote: > > Unless and until code hosting allows epl'd code, there isn't much we can > do > > to help ho

Going member only.

Okay, I've had it. New members must now go through me to join this group. No more spam, if I can help it. Chris -- Open Source Programs Manager, Google Inc. Google's Open Source and Developer programs can be found at http://code.google.com Personal Site and Weblog: http://dibona.com --~--~--

Re: Going member only.

's very annoying. Doesn't Google Groups have any mechanism to > prevent spam like in GMail ? > > > Feris > > On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 11:29 PM, Chris DiBona <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Okay, I've had it. New members must now go through me to join this gr

Re: 403 error permission denied, on all google code projects

What country are you in? On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 2:35 PM, Guyon Morée <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > Somehow, I can't get on any Google code project sites. It seems I even > have an IP ban or something like that, because it doesn't work in any > browser. I checked it isn't an outage, becau

Re: 403 error permission denied, on all google code projects

Do you know what IP address you are coming from? It might be a bug in the geo-ip checking. Chris On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 4:19 PM, Guyon Morée <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > the netherlands, though friends within the netherlands have > access.. > > On Sep 9, 12:19 am, &

Re: How to _not_ be automatically listed at metrics site: Ohloh?

Your project is open source, and exposed to the world. I guess I don't understand the problem. Chirs On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 2:13 AM, cheathamlane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Greetings: > > I recently came a cross a screen scrape listing for my Google Code > hosted project, over at Ohloh.com.

Re: How to _not_ be automatically listed at metrics site: Ohloh?

source. I didn't know and would be surprised if we have a special deal in place with Ohloh. they don't need a special deal to crawl our repositories. Chris On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 5:19 PM, cheathamlane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Nov 2, 11:11 pm, Chris DiBo

Re: avoiding abuse of Google Code--closed source dependency

That's not the case. Though the act of distribution, you incur more responsibility than just through use. There are also conflicts amongst different linking methods, too. This isn't clear cut. What -is- clear cut is that to host it on code.google.com it needs to be open source and the required li

Re: "Pure License" - where in ToS?

Hey David; We're basically trying to encourage a best practice here, mixed codebases are very tricky. That said, I'm not hugely against external dependencies on other open source projects, sometimes people will add a third_party or libs directory that might have libraries or the same or a very co

Re: Potential licensing violation

Thanks for this, we'll look into it now. On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Jeremy Visser wrote: > Hi, > > I recently came across this project: >http://code.google.com/p/darwin950/ > > Called "darwin950", it is a project hosting Intel drivers for Mac OS X > which are compatible with non-M

Re: Possible to claim neglected projects?

Hi Benjamin; Sorry for the exasperation. Email me the project name (out of band, if you like) and I'll look into this for you. I was in Munich and had hoped someone else would pick it up :-) Chris On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 4:07 PM, Benjamin van der Veen wrote: > > Hi, > > I've tried to ping this

Re: Potential licensing violation

Thanks for the Ping, I thought I had hidden it, so I'll deal with this. On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 3:28 AM, Jeremy Visser wrote: > > It seems the project is now up again. I am still pretty certain the > project is in violation of the TOS, especially seeing as though my > requests for the source have

Re: Please add support for Ms-PL

Hi Daniel; We are not planning on adding the ms-pl any time soon. We are trying to take a principled stance against open source license proliferation. I notice that Sourceforge supports the MS-PL, so you have an alternative to Codeplex if you need it. Chris On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 7:05 PM, Dan

Re: Please add support for Ms-PL

And, for the record, I actually like coding in c#. It's pretty fun. On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 7:55 PM, Chris DiBona wrote: > Hi Daniel; > > We are not planning on adding the ms-pl any time soon. We are trying > to take a principled stance against open source license proliferat

Re: Search on project hosting is retarded

No does not reading the FAQs or seaching the group history to answer his questions. Chris On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 2:15 AM, Thomas Johnson wrote: > > I believe that the Google Code issue tracker may be a better forum for > your problems: http://code.google.com/p/support/issues/list > > If these

Re: Search on project hosting is retarded

gt; A fair point. > > Apologies for the unhelpful and inflammatory response. > - Thomas > > On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 7:04 PM, Chris DiBona wrote: >> >> No does not reading the FAQs or seaching the group history to answer >> his questions. >> >> Chri

Re: Non-Open Source Downloads Hosted for Project "launchmore"

I thought hte atvmore and launchore were one in the same. I'm chatting with the projects owner. It is important to us to make sure all code on the side has source available on the site. Chirs On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 7:29 PM, gbooker wrote: > > > > On Mar 1, 9:57 pm, Nathan Ingersoll wrote: >>

Re: reason for sourceforge namespace conflicts

I suppose you could call it ideological, but I wouldn't preface that with 'just'. Since open source folks generally shy away from trademarks and similar name 'protecting' schemes, you will sometimes see projects take on names that are already in use. It is usually pretty frustrating for those invo

Re: Change the project name?

You can: http://code.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=56673&topic=10386 Chris On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 11:26 AM, pymike wrote: > > Hey, can someone move everything (especially the SVN repo) on > > http://code.google.com/p/nesgamelib/ > to > http://code.google.com/p/retrogamelib/ > > I r

Re: Abuse of IP/copyright in a hosted project

Hi Tenjin, See here: http://www.google.com/dmca.html Chris On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 12:50 PM, tenjin wrote: > > Hi, > > The following project is hosting a data file that I created, but that > I did not make available to the project owner. > > http://code.google.com/p/aracagenedb/ > > The projec

Re: Dual-licensed projects

There is no conflict between commercialization and the licenses we offer, but we do not offer dual-license options on the site beyond what is there for perl (artistic+) Chris 2009/3/24 Russell Wallace : > > I currently have two Google hosted projects, and am happy with the > service, thank you.

Re: Dual-licensed projects

That said, it is your code, if you offer it under another license somewhere else, we don't care. Chris On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Chris DiBona wrote: > There is no conflict between commercialization and the licenses we > offer, but we do not offer dual-license options on the

Re: Hosting for opensource projects for a non-opensource solution

What matters is that the code on code.google.com is released, with source, we don't care if you say "used by this proprietary package" or something. As to the questions of 2 projects and 2 licenses, just use two projects, they don't cost nothin. Again, what matters is that ths code is on the site.

Re: Hosting for opensource projects for a non-opensource solution

Great! On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 5:03 AM, Mike wrote: > > Thanks for the input guys - the code sure is up there - now I just > have to write the doc/wiki stuff. > > -Mike > > > > -- Open Source Programs Manager, Google Inc. Google's Open Source and Developer programs can be found at http://code

Re: Disk Quota Size for Google Code eqemumaps

That's a very good question. All those maps are under a proper license, correct? I don't see license info...but I'm not an everquestie On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 6:53 PM, Ben Collins-Sussman wrote: > > I've upped your svn quota to 2GB. This really is an open source > software project, right? :-

Re: Disk Quota Size for Google Code eqemumaps

Okay, since I've gotten no reply, we shouldn't increase quota until we do. Right now this stuff seems of dubious provenence. Chris On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 7:13 PM, Chris DiBona wrote: > That's a very good question. All those maps are under a proper license, > correct? I d

Re: Disk Quota Size for Google Code eqemumaps

Okay, update the license info and then Ben, can we extend hte quota? On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 10:35 AM, Zazu Briggs wrote: > > Weird, my responding post is at the top of this thread. > > On May 4, 6:47 pm, Chris DiBona wrote: >> Okay, since I've gotten no reply, we shouldn

Re: Access Not Allowed

On Jun 6, 2009 8:46 PM, "JK" wrote: Hello All! I'm redirecting to this page always as I trying to go any google hosting project. Why? Regards, JK --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hosting at Google

Re: Flash/flex projects with precompiled libraries (*.swc) for download only and no source code (*.as) in svn allowed to host on google code?

Please pass us a url. We're not psychic. Chris On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 5:58 PM, flashmad wrote: > > hello! What about this? > > > > -- Open Source Programs Manager, Google Inc. Google's Open Source and Developer programs can be found at http://code.google.com Personal Site and Weblog: http://

Re: Names in use by dead projects.

So I'd say that the former should remain reserved and the latter, not. On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Roy Leban wrote: > > Sourceforge sure has a lot of dead projects! I have two open source > projects that I'll be releasing soon whose names are taken by dead > projects at SourceForge. > > kiwi

Re: GPL v3 and exceptions

I know you are thinking that you are asking for our permission for something, but given the rights ownership issues that this presents, I'm not going to say yea or nay here and suggest you consult a lawyer. Chirs On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Gerhard Olsson wrote: > > I plan to use GPL v3 wi

Re: GPL v3 and exceptions

de, also without a lawyer. It is not a commercial project. > However, I have got the question a number of times, there are similar > smaller projects that have the same issue. > > /Gerhard > > On Jul 25, 4:04 am, Chris DiBona wrote: >> I know you are thinking that you are as

Re: GPL v3 and exceptions

(unfortunately for me, I cannot >> merge back then). >> I believe I can handle the implications with a license exception for >> my code, also without a lawyer. It is not a commercial project. >> However, I have got the question a number of times, there are similar >> s

Re: Rename project

Your email said that you'd create a new project and that name is taken. So...what are you asking for? Chris On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 2:30 AM, Jeroen wrote: > > I hope that is not a problem? :$ > > -Jeroen > > On Sep 6, 5:51 pm, Jeroen wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I created a new project on google code,

Re: Rename project

ame project "jap", I will create a new project > "apjp" and delete project "jap". > > Thanks! > > -Jeroen > > > > On Sep 8, 5:22 pm, Chris DiBona wrote: > > Your email said that you'd create a new project and that name is take

Re: Why am I forbidden from using googleearth as a tag in Google Code?

Basically we don't allow 'google' as a tag. Chris On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 11:55 AM, Ich Neumon wrote: > > So, I've put together a little php script that acts as an interface > between the Flickr API and Google Earth. It works well, and allows you > to browse a specified user's geotagged photos f

Re: Why am I forbidden from using googleearth as a tag in Google Code?

o this, beyond hosting the code elsewhere? > > > On Oct 7, 9:39 pm, Chris DiBona wrote: > > Basically we don't allow 'google' as a tag. > > > > Chris > > > > On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 11:55 AM, Ich Neumon > wrote: > > > > > So,

Re: Abuse Project Report

I doomed it, but not because it is malware, but because there was no open source for the same. On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 1:15 PM, Allan Denot wrote: > > Any updates? > > I checked today and this project now is hosting more malware than > before, as you can see in: > http://code.google.com/p/comprov

Re: Google Server error when trying to edit my wiki

When a user resets their version control, where those wiki pages were stored, and then they were no longer available, this is the programmed behavior. This isn't an ambiguous result. I might point out that the reset routine says in big red letters, *Warning:* Resetting the repository will delete

Re: You are not allowed to access this service

Your project is not open source, and code.google.com is only for open source projects.* Chris * On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 10:18 AM, Fredj A,J wrote: > > Still working on my project (localhost)...almost done, but today i > noticed that, i can't access my hosting project and my profile > > > Acces

Re: You are not allowed to access this service

Again, code.google.com is for open source projects who have source code, also, your project looks very spammy and uses google language, sono. Chris On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 4:51 AM, Fredj A,J wrote: > Chris DiBona Thank you so much for your help > I understand very well, but the

Re: jsmin-php not open source

I'll email the author and if he doesn't change it, we can't host it. Thanks. On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 6:22 PM, Adam Goode wrote: > Hi, > > jsmin-php which is derived from jsmin (and shares the license) is not > open source. It is not an MIT license. The license contains a vague and > unenforceable

Re: Survey about open source projects

I have to stress that we (google project hosting) don't really cater to this kind of thing, and I'd like to stress to all subscribed that this is not a google effort. There are a lot of masters students who want this and noone seems to work together. Chris On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 3:14 PM, Adam Wa

Re: Etherpad project includes JSMin, which has been banned from Google Code

As a side note, it's not a matter of violating the terms of service, which don't mention specific licenses, it is against our practices, though. (CC'ing Douglas, since everyone seems to love invoking him) Chris On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 5:33 PM, Chris DiBona wrote: > Thanks,

Re: Etherpad project includes JSMin, which has been banned from Google Code

Thanks, Dan, can you pull jsmin from the the etherpad project? Users will have to download it themselves until Crockford can use a license that is osi compliant. Chris On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 4:39 PM, Ryan Grove wrote: > Hi, > > In light of the recent banning of JSMin from Google Code (see [1]

Re: Etherpad project includes JSMin, which has been banned from Google Code

ipt/jsmin > > Chris, maybe you should ask Doug for an IBM-style exemption. ;) > > - Ryan > > On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 5:42 PM, Chris DiBona wrote: > > As a side note, it's not a matter of violating the terms of service, > which > > don't mention specific licens

Re: AGPL

We generally run the numbers on license growth in April. Last cycle, it had grown only a tenth of a percent or so from .04 when ranked against the other licenses. I usually present the numbers at Oscon, if you go. Its adoption hasn't been as quick as I expected, to be honest. Chris On Fri, Jan 1,

Re: host code for software engineering class?

Totally okay. A project doesn't have to be 'popular' with anyone but its users.(your calss and you) Chris On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 12:56 PM, AllenDowney wrote: > I would like to use Google Code for a software engineering class I am > teaching this spring, in order to expose students to tools for

Re: AGPL support?

Not at this time. See some of these : http://code.google.com/p/support/issues/list?can=1&q=cdibona+agpl&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Milestone+Priority+Stars+Owner+Summary&cells=tiles

Re: How to report suspicious projects

I'm always happy to nuke such things. Send them my way. But post the project links here in case I'm travelling. On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 6:22 AM, Chris wrote: > Hello, > > I am having quite a hard time getting through to someone to report > some projects I found which appear to be nothing more th

Re: How to Use License

You can indeed release your product commercially, you should find a lawyer to help you, this list isn't really the right place to go for advice about license compliance for closed source isvs. Chris On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 3:22 AM, wizards wrote: > Hello all, > > i am new to development.I used

Re: Reclaiming a Project

Wait, what agreement did we violate exactly? Also, considering the nature of the violation, I would not allow lifting of your ban. Chris On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 2:21 PM, Vokins wrote: > I want to use google code,But I have now been restricted ,I know that > I have violated the provisions of, >

Re: my google code service is blocked

I don't see why we would trust you now. 2010/2/20 织染局孙亮 > > > > hi, dear > > i know why is that (i use it to store my music), but i wonder how i can > get a chance to regain google code service? i promise it won't happen > again! > > sincerely > > -- > You received this message because you are

Re: Banned

just took a look at 'your' steam keylogger program and other projects and I'm not convinced in any way that you should be allowed back. Google code is for open source development, not non-source malware hosting. Chris On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 2:48 PM, Azrael Sub7 wrote: > I was banned from googl

Re: Banned

I'm sorry but we've decided to take a very specifically negative view of those who are using the service for malware hosting. Do it somewhere else. Chris On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 5:24 AM, azrael-sub7 wrote: > Why is your in quotes ? and I think that the source was available it > was some kind of

Re: Banned

banned partially > like no right to upload anything ? ... > And sorry for the bad english . > > > On Feb 22, 9:32 pm, Chris DiBona wrote: > > I'm sorry but we've decided to take a very specifically negative view of > > those who are using the service for malware hosti

Re: Creating a project - LGPL 3.0 available?

Either. We've not parted it out. Jsut ntoe it in your summary. On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 5:55 AM, samlin wrote: > Hi, > > When trying to create a project > http://code.google.com/hosting/createProject > I can choose GNU Lesser General Public License. Does this license > refer to version 2.1 or 3.0?

Re: Quick question about licenses

If the new project isn't open source, then yes. On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 10:37 AM, vendion wrote: > Ok I have a quick question that I thought I should ask before I leap, > on one of my projects I am playing with the idea of doing a code > rewrite and with that even relicense the project all togeth

Re: yet another banned

> Yes, I know, I post a few files that are not allowed to spread. > > I do not know what is not allowed, because I have not read the Terms > of Service, but hey, who reads them. but you know they were 'not allowed to spread'? > However, the service could send a warning one week before the ban. An

Re: "See source code" licence for Google Summer of Code project

Scala uses a bsd-like license, please use that option. On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Petr Hosek wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to request the "See source code" licence for my Google > Summer of Code project collaborative-scaladoc which is hosted at > Google Code. Because this project shoul

Re: Yet-Another-License question ...

It's close enough to it that I'd be fine with you using the bsd option from the drop down. Chris On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 9:26 AM, Mike Norman wrote: > Pardon if this has been asked already, but what isn't the ISC License > the same as the 'new BSD' license? If - in the opinion of Google - > wha

Re: Google Code hosting malware complaints?

Well, this is a fine place. Could you could send us the url to the project? chris On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 12:21 PM, Ryan Tate wrote: > There's an utterly crap Google Code project that is defacto Mac > malware - can't be uninstalled, screws up your computer, tons of > unresolved "Issues" on the

Re: Forgive me,please!

Three projects, all non-oss and hackign tools. Why would we ever want you on this site? Chris On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 11:29 PM, 零魂 wrote: > I just found I couldn't visit my google code project when I was logon a few > months ago,then I'm aware of that it because myself. > > I once uploaded some

Re: Where violation of TOS is reviewed?

This is a fine place. That project was not open source, so it was shut down. On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 12:54 PM, Nikolay Matsievsky wrote: > I'm getting a message about violation but no additional info, and no > support e-mail to get this info or conatct to close this issue. > Project: web-optimiza

Re: What does it mean to be open source?

> > I'm looking into open source hardware and open source tools to reverse engineer hardware in an attempt to open up the hardware space a > little. As part of that, I'd like to start posting commercial chip > die photos and reconstructed standard cell libraries that have passed > the 10 year mas

Re: PAD polling warnings

In reviewing your issue, I note you have no source code (and I won't be running the exe to find out if you have that). As such, I'm going to hide your project until you upload the code. Chris On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 8:25 AM, BigV wrote: > Dear group, please help. We have our product posted on G

Re: How long does the DMCA process take?

Once we get a valid DMCA request, we act pretty quickly. Chris On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 12:34 AM, Jonas Kaufmann wrote: > Hello, > > I am with a small company that also develops widgets, gadgets, > extensions etc. For this we have created an API that all of these > widgets use. Use of this data i

Re: How long does the DMCA process take?

firmation by email that the request was received, > whether there were missing fields (or something like that= and whether > the request was valid? > > Best regards, > Jonas Kaufmann > > On 20 Jul., 18:33, Chris DiBona wrote: > > Once we get a valid DMCA request, we act p

Re: Request for restoration of project page

I was scheduled for deletion, so now it's all yours. I don't honestly care about the editorial about other project members. On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 12:52 AM, PowerPatrick wrote: > Well, the original author got emotional issues, where the result is a > deletion on all traces of his project, which

Re: Public Domain licensing

Right now, we only host those programs licensed under the licenses listed on the site. There are other sites that host pd programs. If indeed google came to your house, forced you to use another license, then maybe your comment would make sense. Chris On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 10:13 AM, Keanen wro

Re: Public Domain licensing

best > > > practices in open source software engineering." You clearly don't > > > support free choice, as there are numerous requests for commercial and > > > public domain licensing, and yet you only allow a few open source > > > licenses. Half you

Re: Scheduled for deletion due to Violation of TOS

No. We are not a simple file host, your project will not be reinstated. On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 9:38 AM, Vince W wrote: > my project is widgets-and-gadgets > > On Aug 22, 11:23 pm, Vince W wrote: > > My project is listed as scheduled for deletion. I believe it is > > because I uploaded a non-op

Re: non open source project

thanks. On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 9:30 AM, GAMZAZ GAMZAZ wrote: > hi, > > the following projects seems to be up and running for a while but the > source wasn't published > http://code.google.com/p/bustop > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Project

Re: Obscene conduct from user

Seems like a waste of time, just ban him and let him go fuck around somewhere else. On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 11:22 PM, Ben Collins-Sussman wrote: > Interesting history, indeed: http://code.google.com/u/test540va/updates > > Banning his account is certainly an option, but I wonder if two things >

Re: Dual MIT and GPL license

It's also okay to leave the mit stuff in and just mark the project gpl. Chris On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Christopher wrote: > What "legal complexities"? He is just using different licenses for > different parts of his project. > He could just as well have split his project into two projec

Re: Can I have my old project back?

I notice that this is the second gmail account you are posting from. Chris On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 6:56 PM, jason stallings wrote: > Yeah. that would work. I'd just rather have the original back. Theres > a bunch of pages linking to it already. > > On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 8:35 PM, Matthew Caswel

Re: Can I have my old project back?

; one. > > On 11/15/10, Chris DiBona wrote: > > I notice that this is the second gmail account you are posting from. > > > > Chris > > > > On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 6:56 PM, jason stallings >wrote: > > > >> Yeah. that would work. I'd jus

Re: Is it possible for a malicious user with password to delete ones files beyond recovery?

This is ridiculous, at some point, people have to take responsiblity for their projects. Chris On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 11:30 AM, calin wrote: > the checkbox "undeletable repository during google life time" would > make this a better service > > please implement and comparison with other clouds

Re: Renaming a Project

That's because you can't rename. You can create another project and retire the one you have. Look into svnsync to sync your repos without loss. Chris On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 5:59 PM, James Rhodes wrote: > Still awaiting a response or rename on this issue. I can't simply > create a new project

Re: Project rename from roket3d to redpoint

We do not support renaming, you should start a new project and sync the contents over. On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 7:46 PM, James Rhodes < jrho...@redpointsoftware.com.au> wrote: > Could one of the Google staff rename the roket3d project ( > http://code.google.com/p/roket3d/) to redpoint? There does

Re: GPLv3 with exceptions

That's fine, but be careful how you write those attachments, they are often written in such a way that they become additional restrictions and thus become non-open source. Also, I wouldn't reccomend using them as they are both removable by any third party that consumes your code (and thus are nearl

Re: GPLv3 with exceptions

This discussion shows the problems with 7, but here, read this from the text of the gpl: "When you convey a copy of a covered work, you may at your option remove any additional permissions from that copy, or from any part of it. (Additional permissions may be written to require their own removal

Re: GPLv3 with exceptions

I'm not, I think it's stupid to modify the license in such a way that isn't preserved, nor is required to be preserved, from codebase to codebase. Also, when most people get their hands on that section they write permissions so poorly that they introduce restrictions on use. Warranty disclaimers of

Re: GPLv3 with exceptions

The discussion doesn't matter, the text does. "When you convey a copy of a covered work, you may at your option remove any additional permissions from that copy, or from any part of it." Chris On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 2:44 PM, LWC wrote: > But according to that discussion, additional restriction

Re: GPLv3 with exceptions

If you read 5, it says that in reference to 7, which says: And again, from 7: : "When you convey a copy of a covered work, you may at your option remove any additional permissions from that copy, or from any part of it." Again: section 7 is a pain. And before you go all section 8 on me, which sa

Re: GPLv3 with exceptions

ms of that license document, provided that the further restriction does not survive such relicensing or conveying." And since it requires relicensing to remain gplv3... On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 4:34 PM, Chris DiBona wrote: > If you read 5, it says that in reference to 7, which says: >

Re: GPLv3 with exceptions

I should have pasted the whole paragraph, where the removal language is, sorry. This thread is getting overly long any how. On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 4:36 PM, Chris DiBona wrote: > I think this bit is important too, in case you think I'm overly > fixated on permissions (which I am, b

Re: GPLv3 with exceptions

to be careful how these are written... Chris On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 4:43 PM, Chris DiBona wrote: > I should have pasted the whole paragraph, where the removal language > is, sorry. This thread is getting overly long any how. > > On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 4:36 PM, Chris DiBona wrote: >&

Re: request to take down infringing content

This is what you want: http://www.google.com/support/bin/request.py?contact_type=lr_dmca&product=code Please have specific project links, not random search terms, in your DMCA request so that we can actually act on them. Chris 2

Re: Project hosting Problem "Scheduled for deletion due to Violation of TOS"

There is a chilling effects link on that site. You were hosting someone else's java book and we received a dmca request to pull it down. Thus having abused this site, you are no longer welcome to use it. Chris On Mar 2, 2011 9:25 AM, "Jeffery Huang" wrote: > Hi > > My project http://code.google.

Re: Advertising commercial project -- is it allowed/appropriate?

And if they own the copyright to the entier work, they can relicense it commercially no problemo. On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 8:17 AM, Ben Collins-Sussman wrote: > > > On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 9:07 AM, mooredan wrote: > >> I am a member of the s3fs project. The owner has a commercial product >> based u

Re: Iweb banned /21 range.

Actually, yes, we've been in on and off discussion with the doc and state department since the advent of project hosting and personally, since I helped launch Sourceforge. Depending on the administration, they sometimes telegraph that they'd like to lighten up on the non-encrypting enabled software

Re: Project malwareanalyzer is not open source

I'll look into it. Thanks! On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 3:47 AM, Joxean Koret wrote: > Hi, > > The project "malwareanalyzer" (http://code.google.com/p/ > malwareanalyzer/) didn't released the source code for it. I tried to > contact him via e-mail (28/02/11) and by opening an issue (as somebody > els

Re: Hosting "law"-code instead of "software"-code at Google code

Once you create a project, we offer 8 options for documentation licensing in the admin interface. Go ahead and create your project using 'other' and then select fdl or whichever you use. As to the appropriateness, who knows. We respond to the DMCA as anyone might, but law often isn't subject to su

Re: Open for personal, pay for commercial

We really shouldn't be giving advice on which licenses to use for which hybrid model. I'd suggest picking up a copy of Van Lindbergs book. Chris On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 3:47 PM, Varun Mehta wrote: > Jason, > > I'm not that good with legal stuff, could you suggest which licenses > support this m

Re: Project not open source

Thanks. I'll ping them. On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 7:09 PM, Josh wrote: > Project extendedcontrols appears to be using the Google Code site only for > issue tracking. It does not appear to be open source, it has no source on > Google Code or the project’s official website, http:/ / > products.justb

Re: Malicious code hosted on code.google.com

Thanks. No source code, so they don't fit into our carve out for security reseach, so I've removed the project. Thanks. On Apr 10, 2011 6:42 AM, "Mark Goll" wrote: > These guys are hosting eggdrops, bnc, tcl, etc: > > https://code.google.com/p/variant/downloads/list > > -- > You received this me

Re: Pew pew account

This group is for questions around google's project hosting service. Are you looking for google checkout or something? If your bank statement says something like "Google* pew pew pew , studio up" and you can't remember the transaction that led to that, then I would check out this page: https://che

Re: Transfer ownership of 'macfuse' project to other developer

Actually in this case, I'd prefer the project forks into a new project. I'm changing it back. On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 3:02 PM, Nathaniel Manista wrote: > On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 4:59 PM, Anatol Pomozov > wrote: > >> I forgot to mention that I tried to contact the current owner (Amit) a >> few we

Re: Transfer ownership of 'macfuse' project to other developer

cc'ing Amit who would like to comment on this. Chris On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 11:19 AM, Chris DiBona wrote: > Actually in this case, I'd prefer the project forks into a new project. I'm > changing it back. > > > On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 3:02 PM, Nathaniel Manista

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