Re: [Notion-devel] what we're waiting for

[M R. <mr...@gm...>]

On Mon, 2010-04-12 at 19:24 +0200, Olof Johansson wrote:
> On 2010-04-12 18:58, M Rawash wrote:
> > IMO, a host with no ssh access is a bad idea, as for google, they
> > definitely don't have ads (just a few unnecessary instructions that can
> > 'probably' be disabled), they do get spammed a lot though (which can
> > 'probably' be avoided too).
> 
> Google is bound by US law to block users from Iran, Syria, Cuba, etc[1] 
> (like SF, but I've read that SF has circumvented this (?))  I'd urge 
> against using Google to host free software projects. So, once again, I'd 
> recommend using own hosting or maybe Savannah (I don't personally have 
> experience with Savannah, so if anybody disagrees, please speak up). 
> Wikipedia has a comparison article on code hosting[2].  
> 
> 1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Code#Access_restrictions
> 2: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open_source_software_hosting_facilities

nice, thanks for the info/links, i'll be checking them out tonight,
maybe narrowing them down to a few good choices...

cheers,
M Rawash