9fans.net doesn't host the content (all are on
github.com), but you can get Go packages through (i.e. redirected through)
9fans.net. Go "get" command allows this, so that the attribution on package imports can be something other than where it is hosted.
so, you can:
which will actually get the content from
github.com/9fans/go repository, but programs using its packages will import them with a
9fans.net import path:
import (
)
btw, the above repository (which is the work of Russ and Rob) includes a pdp1 emulator, along with the original spacewar game! it has a 9P implementation and packages for talking with p9p services like draw, acme and plumb.
lastly, there's no inside to the joke about change in slogan; did you look at the twitter link that Anthony sent at the start of this thread?