With regard to the public domain, the Creative Commons CC0 license now provides a (presumably) legally robust mechanism for releasing content to the public domain, or at least the closest thing possible in certain countries.
Nice, but how about actually working on the site. There are highly ranked issues that hasn't been implemented in YEARS. http://code.google.com/p/support/issues/list
@Jacob - We're actively working on resolving those issues.
Over the last year our priorities have been reliability and latency. That, admittedly, has taken a lot more of our time than we would have liked.
We've also spent a huge amount of time supporting Google Open Source projects such as Chromium, Android, etc. As a result, we've made more progress in areas like the issue tracker and less in other areas.
For a log of recent visible changes, please take a look at: http://code.google.com/p/support/wiki/WhatsNew
this is really true! So imagine an awsome thing like the ohloh source code license analysis (example: https://www.ohloh.net/p/idemauth/analyses/latest) combined with a simple algorithm to detect incompatibilities... shake it, et voilà: coogle code has a selectbox to select licenses that offer to the lazy developer just the possible alternatives.
Think seriously at this if you want to reach consistency in the google code licensing jungle!
(you can also improve the ohloh detection with a common binary library analyisis feature (e.g. if a project has a .jar in the svn, a .jar that is named like, or that appears to contain the project X with Licence A, so add licence A to the algorithm)
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The statement about Savannah is incorrect. Their requirements say:
"You will be presented with a choice of Free Software licenses for your project. For hosting on Savannah, you must use one of these licenses. You will be the copyright holder of the text you write for your project, but these licenses give the freedom to anyone to use, study, copy, and distribute the source code and distribute modified versions of it.
For manuals, we allow only GNU FDL version X or later, or other licensing which is compatible with that.
If you wish to use another license that is not listed, let us know and we will review these requests on a case-by-case basis."
This is great!
ReplyDeleteWith regard to the public domain, the Creative Commons CC0 license now provides a (presumably) legally robust mechanism for releasing content to the public domain, or at least the closest thing possible in certain countries.
ReplyDeleteA good move by your part. Google Code just gets more awesome
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Why doesn't Google also offer hosting for non open source projects? Wouldn't this go hand in hand with App Engine for business etc?
ReplyDeleteDo you know what would be killer, Google Code for Google App and allow private projects.
ReplyDeleteNice, but how about actually working on the site. There are highly ranked issues that hasn't been implemented in YEARS.
ReplyDeletehttp://code.google.com/p/support/issues/list
Google code has a derelict feel to it.
@Jacob - We're actively working on resolving those issues.
ReplyDeleteOver the last year our priorities have been reliability and latency. That, admittedly, has taken a lot more of our time than we would have liked.
We've also spent a huge amount of time supporting Google Open Source projects such as Chromium, Android, etc. As a result, we've made more progress in areas like the issue tracker and less in other areas.
For a log of recent visible changes, please take a look at:
http://code.google.com/p/support/wiki/WhatsNew
Very good. More choice
ReplyDeleteTime to implement a licence chooser now
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ReplyDeletethis is really true! So imagine an awsome thing like the ohloh source code license analysis
ReplyDelete(example: https://www.ohloh.net/p/idemauth/analyses/latest) combined with a simple algorithm to detect incompatibilities... shake it, et voilà: coogle code has a selectbox to select licenses that offer to the lazy developer just the possible alternatives.
Think seriously at this if you want to reach consistency in the google code licensing jungle!
(you can also improve the ohloh detection with a common binary library analyisis feature (e.g. if a project has a .jar in the svn, a .jar that is named like, or that appears to contain the project X with Licence A, so add licence A to the algorithm)
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ReplyDeleteReally trustworthy blog. sesli Please keep updating with great posts like this one. sesli sohbet I have booked marked your site and am about to email it
ReplyDeleteto a few friends of mine that I know would enjoy reading.. sesli chat
The statement about Savannah is incorrect. Their requirements say:
ReplyDelete"You will be presented with a choice of Free Software licenses for your project. For hosting on Savannah, you must use one of these licenses. You will be the copyright holder of the text you write for your project, but these licenses give the freedom to anyone to use, study, copy, and distribute the source code and distribute modified versions of it.
For manuals, we allow only GNU FDL version X or later, or other licensing which is compatible with that.
If you wish to use another license that is not listed, let us know and we will review these requests on a case-by-case basis."