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Issue 1829: Provide support for proprietary licensed projects with private access.
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Status:  Reviewed
Owner:  apa...@google.com
Type-Enhancement
Priority-Medium


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Reported by danapsimerjr, Nov 09, 2008
What new or enhanced feature are you proposing?
For fee hosting of Commercial Proprietary software projects.

What goal would this enhancement help you achieve?
I run a small consultancy in Atlanta, GA.  I am looking for a good on line resource to host my 
projects.  I, of course, expect to pay for this service.  There are many but few have the features, 
integration and ease of use that Google code has.  I use Google Apps for Domains to host my email 
and chat server already.  Since my needs are small I have not upgraded to an enterprise account.  If 
Google Code were provided in that way or separately I would be very much inclined to purchase 
that service.

Comment 1 by arek.stryjski, Nov 10, 2008
I will be also interested.
If the repository will be distributed (like Git) it will be interested to also store
a source code at Google server maybe. If not it will be very helpful to have wiki,
downloads, issues etc. on public server so users could use it. We already have a
domain registered with Google so it will be nice if it will be part of it.

Of course it should be payed service.
Comment 2 by jo...@faglaback.net, Nov 15, 2008
I'm also interested.

I agree on all of the above.
Comment 3 by jerrybrown5, Nov 16, 2008
I would utilize this service as well. The pay to play web based repository services
that are available now are lacking the 'google' polish.
Comment 4 by azmatalipasha, Nov 16, 2008
 Issue 1850  has been merged into this issue.
Comment 5 by mrPhatCAT, Nov 20, 2008
I am looking to start up a small project with the possibility of commercialization if
everything goes well.

Online source control seems like the future to me, and code.google.com has
everything(and more) that I am looking for, aside from some kind of private option
for small commercial endeavors. 

I love open source, and google has, once again, done a great job here, but we need a
commercial license agreement, and private access. 

I would expect to pay for this kind of service. 

Thanks
Comment 6 by paranoidgeek, Nov 29, 2008
I would also be interested in fee hosting of Commercial Proprietary software projects.


Comment 7 by debconf, Dec 02, 2008
+1
Google Code is an excelent tool. Need it for my private projects.

Comment 8 by azmatalipasha, Dec 03, 2008
There is a similar issue, let's mark one as duplicate.
Status: Reviewed
Owner: azmatalipasha
Comment 9 by danapsimerjr, Dec 04, 2008
Issue #281.  Seems related in that Google Sites for project communication, code hosting, and source control 
would be good to have in one package.

http://code.google.com/p/support/issues/detail?id=281


Comment 10 by giltene, Dec 10, 2008
I too am interested. Looking for a place to host subversion for not-necessarily-open-source code projects. 
Would be great to get Google Code's behavior without having to decide to open source all the code upfront.

I use Google Apps and an enterprise account, but would pay for a subversion hosting service @ Google 
separately.
Comment 11 by rmor...@codemydream.com, Dec 18, 2008
good idea. I'm also in favor of this!
Comment 12 by tonilounavarro, Dec 26, 2008
Yeah, it would be great.

I use Google Apps and I've been looking for some time for an issue tracker as simple 
as the one from Google Code.

It would be great for reporting *all-purpose* issue tracking, not just for code-
related ones.

So please, release Google Code for Google Apps. Or at least your simple and 
effective issue tracking tool
Comment 13 by cgeorgakopoulos, Jan 08, 2009
I'd like that too
Comment 14 by steven.punte, Jan 12, 2009
I am also interested in such a service.

Steven Punte
Test Lens
Principle and Founer
Comment 15 by ryawood, Feb 03, 2009
This gets my vote as well... please allow privacy.  The issue tracker is a great tool
for general, simple project / task management
Comment 16 by jrobbins, Feb 03, 2009
 Issue 2161  has been merged into this issue.
Comment 17 by sekati, Mar 02, 2009
+1 - This would be great And/Or packaging google code or even just the issue tracker
as a piece of software developers could use on private/not ready for primetime
projects (Most OS offerings for issue trackers like Bugzilla/Trac are overkill or
just too difficult for PM's and frustrating for developers).

It'd be a "My Hero" type situation to be able to run google issue tracker privately.
Comment 18 by bigwill, Mar 10, 2009
We looking for a place to host documentation/issues for a web API we're developing as
well as open source that uses the API (client libraries), but we still want to have
the ability to create private issues so that we can track internal issues (behind the
API) we're not interested in sharing with/shouldn't concern users together with
public issues so we can make a collective assessment of all issues. Also, we're
thinking we'll want to work on internal versions of API version proposals before
pushing them out publicly for comments so that we don't find ourselves awash in
comments on issues we understand (a problem we experience on our forums).

Comment 19 by billiej...@gmail.com, Mar 18, 2009
I'd like this too
Comment 20 by mich...@inoutsoftware.com, Mar 28, 2009
I need this, google please think about integrating into Google Apps.
Comment 21 by bls.zeninnovations, May 07, 2009
I'm particularly interested in the issue tracking tool. I would not like to share
this with just anyone. It would be nice to be able to make a group of users who can
have access.

That would be a dream.
Comment 22 by aunn.aunn, May 11, 2009
I'll be glad if google can provide that for free depending on the project size.
Comment 23 by jrobbins, May 12, 2009
 Issue 2604  has been merged into this issue.
Comment 24 by rlocklear, May 14, 2009
I'd use it!
Comment 25 by CDWaddell, May 28, 2009
I am interested in having a fee based project management/code repository through
google code.
Comment 26 by malcom.mac, May 28, 2009
i'm too. with cheap prices ;-)
Comment 27 by rodrigocalhau, Jun 01, 2009
I agree with all above!!
Comment 28 by azmatalipasha, Jun 04, 2009
 Issue 2681  has been merged into this issue.
Comment 29 by bdimpe, Jun 09, 2009
I create a lot of code that I do not consider ready for release or open viewing, it
would be nice to be able to have either a small/tiny amount of storage for
personal/private projects, or to pay for such access.
Comment 30 by tmb...@gmail.com, Jun 17, 2009
I don't particularly care about hosting proprietary code, but some kind of private
project type is also needed for open source projects.  It doesn't make sense to start
an open source project completely in the open from scratch because the initial mess
will put people off.  

Right now, we have to run our own internal repositories until the code is ready for
release, and then we have to shift everybody to Google Code if we want public hosting.

I think this may not have been much of an issue for Google Code starting out because
the initial projects checked in have likely been ongoing projects migrated from
Sourceforge and/or private repositories.  But the way it is, Google Code really
discourages starting new projects.

Forcing projects to be open from day zero also lowers the apparent overall code
quality on Google Code, since many projects may not move beyond the initial stages
and then become abandoned.  It would be better if those projects weren't even visible.


Comment 31 by sussman, Jun 17, 2009
I couldn't disagree more.  The world is littered with half-written junky code;  that's no reason to hide it.  Just 
don't *advertise* your project till it's ready.  If someone happens to discover it by accident, make the front page 
clear that there's no running code yet, just experimental mess.  In my experience, people don't run away 
screaming from immature projects (not if they're properly labeled, at least) -- it's that people run *towards* 
mature projects.  Trying to hide a project until it's "not embarrassing" is just a form of insecurity, and I don't 
think it should be encouraged.

Comment 32 by azmatalipasha, Jun 30, 2009
 Issue 2785  has been merged into this issue.
Comment 33 by kylesch, Aug 03, 2009
I have a Google Apps Enterprise account for my business and I would absolutely love
it if there was support for private code.google.com projects.  There is just so much
synergy that can go along with Google Apps -- it would really help increase the
productivity of a lot of businesses.  

We plan on releasing our code as open source in the future, but we're first working
on creating a working release and associated business model, so a private repository
and general project management environment is a necessity.  I suspect there are many
others in exactly our position.  

I would gladly pay an additional fee for this support.
Comment 34 by scarfet, Aug 11, 2009
Can I also vote for the amazing general issue management type stuff in gcode to be 
hived out and made available in another tool where you can set a private flag.
Comment 35 by Chris.mb.holt1, Sep 02, 2009
I would love this feature.  I am starting a University Industry collaboration and
would like to share code with the company without it being open to the public.  The
pure research parts of the project will be published but the company needs to be able
to keep their IP private.
Comment 36 by cpescho, Sep 11, 2009
Im interested in this. Starting a new project to a close group of developers but cant
afford setting up a pro system.
Comment 37 by wsalik, Sep 16, 2009
It would be great for starting up or small companies.
Comment 38 by cody.lerum, Sep 17, 2009
I would also gladly pay for this service.
Comment 39 by gabriel.montagne, Oct 04, 2009
++.
Comment 40 by calid...@gmail.com, Nov 04, 2009
++
Comment 41 by jtimmerman, Nov 09, 2009
Also very interested in this feature and would gladly pay.
Comment 42 by nmikros, Nov 09, 2009
Would sign up and pay for google apps in a sec if I could integrate the issue
tracker.  Currently using trac, but it's not as nice as the google code issue tracker.
Comment 43 by apa...@google.com, Nov 12, 2009
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Owner: apa...@google.com
Comment 44 by T.Delenikas, Nov 13, 2009
I would also pay for having a "closed" google code project (I am currently paying for
a small VPS for this reason).
Comment 45 by marcello.sales, Nov 13, 2009
I definitely would be interested in a more complete set up of Google Code integrated 
with other products such as the Google Apps Enterprise... No more third-party version-
control, when I also use Google App Engine for deployment, Google Sites, Google 
Groups, as also described by Issue 2651.
Comment 46 by james.eliyezar, Nov 30, 2009
I too agree on having google code for google apps aka google code for private
business needs. It would be really great to have all the benefits of google code for
private apps. Ya, I'm willing to pay for it.
Comment 47 by g.k.seth, Dec 07, 2009
I was hoping to use google code to keep track of revision histories for a training
manual that we publish in multiple languages...will have to just use a google doc for
now.  Please enable this for google apps users!  It would be very useful.
Comment 48 by brownand...@live.com, Dec 25, 2009
I'd be interested in using the two-factor authentication from Google Apps even for
open source projects hosted on Google (possibly another advantage of Google Apps
integration)
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