[kq76]

Well, I think you're right satchel that it pretty much has to be on a case by case basis. Even then, though, it might be nice to set some guidelines to look towards.

For instance, I just learned that with the case at hand the file the person has wasn't anywhere near when the league died so even if an ex-commish would want to pick it up again at a later date I really don't see the harm in an old file being opened. Satchel mentioned that releasing the password for a league doesn't restrict an ex-commish from taking it up again, which is true, but my concern there is that the player ratings could then be known which an ex-commish might not appreciate. In this case, however, the file is so old that the ratings being known really wouldn't matter unless the league was going to be taken up at that exact date which I find highly unlikely.

Now could there be other reasons for not releasing the file besides that an ex-commish might like to take it up again? Maybe, but none are coming to me.

As to the question of who trumps whom, the founder or the last commish, if we go back to the concern that someone might like to take it back up eventually, the founder has already walked away from the league so it's not really his anymore so I have to more side with the last commish. Thinking about myself and the KBL, I'd certainly appreciate it if someone asked me if they could open up the league, but I'd tell them that they'd really have to get kingcharles's permission because he was the last commish, not myself.

Another concern that I came to a conclusion on is that we really shouldn't release the password that was figured out, but instead release a file with a reset password because who knows whether the commish at the time used that password for anything else of theirs. That might seem a tad over-cautious, but it's only a bit more work so why not.

As for how long to wait for an answer, well, I always felt that waiting for 2 weeks for an answer from someone regarding their participation in an online league was plenty and I think it's probably plenty for this as well. With the file being so old in this case, however, I'd say asking probably isn't even necessary, but since I already asked I'll wait 72 hours from when I PMd them.

EDIT: If anyone has anything else they'd like to add for future cases, feel free.