I have some projects for which I have ceased development a long time ago but still get code access requests for. I’m currently providing zipped packages from my personal web site. I think zipped packages are far from being useful (e.g. can’t read code right away, can’t provide URLs to individual source files, can’t fork easily, lifetime is dependent on my own web page’s).
I want that archaic code to be present on the net whether I keep my web page up or not. I saw the question “What’s the best open source hosting site?“. However, most sites request the project “to be active”, Codeplex for instance. I didn’t go through EULA’s of all providers to see if they allow abandoned projects.
Are there elephants’ graveyards for old code without activity restrictions? Which one would you pick, why?
UPDATE:
I tried both Google Code Hg and GitHub to see which is easier to use. Although GitHub required SSH key setup and additional steps, it was still much easier to get going. On Google Code even finding “create a project” page was a hassle in itself, every time I had to navigate through FAQ. Hg authentication did not work for some reason (yes I tried both encoding @ to %%40 and removing gmail suffix completely, didn’t work).
On GitHub, creating/forking a project is a breeze, supports syntax highlighting for Pascal source files which was also a plus for those archaic code.
Github would be a good choice. I don’t think they have such a requirement and it would be simple for someone else to take over as the maintainer with no action necessary on your part.