Seeking new custodian for godoc.org

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TLDR: The Go team got some (dubious?) legal advice [1] that the site violates certain OSS licenses, so plans to close godoc.org and bring up a more limited service at [2].

[1] https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/golang-dev/mfiPCtJ1B...

[2] https://pkg.go.dev/

It is not dubious advice. It's disingenuous to frame it like that. And more importantly, it is not only a matter of license issues. Changing where you host the content won't change the risks Google lawyers put force. Stop spreading FUD.

OK, we could call said advice "unprecedented" because no other cases of such policy have come to light.

That presumably means that other lawyers who have considered such services have not drawn the same conclusions.

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