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SourceForge made a blog post about the GIMP project here: http://sourceforge.net/blog/gimp-win-project-wasnt-hijacked-... It appears they switched the GIMP project on SF back to directly downloading the standard GIMP installer, at least that's what I see right now in Firefox at 3:30pm NYC time.
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Moving doesn't prevent this or protect users, and it actually would potentially trigger such a takeover by SF.net? So, there is no escape? I'm really finding this hard to believe. It's just incredible. I mean, I've had a bit of a love-hate relationship with SF.net forever, but it's always been the kind of thing you might have with a bratty sibling (i.e. you wish they were doing more with their lives, but you still lo…
Shame really: for a while SourceForge was THE place to go for open source software. They claim (at the bottom of http://sourceforge.net/mirror/ ) that "If you have an Open Source project outside of SourceForge, we'd like to hear from you. If you want your project mirrored on our site, or if you don't want your project mirrored on our site, please let us know. Or there's any other service that we can extend to your pr…
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What's with the copyright symbol?
A copyright that's been registered by Sourceforge ;)
Sarcastic use of the trademark (™) and registered trademark (®) symbols is a common rhetorical device, but copyright doesn't make much sense. The "intellectual property" propagandists do their best to confuse people into thinking that copyright, trademarks and patents are the same thing, perhaps that's why you're confusing the two?
Our VLC account has been taken too by sf-editor-1. Fortunately, we've moved to our mirror infrastructure since quite some time, and it's faster and way better. Btw, if any other open source project needs help to distribute their binaries (because of the size), please contact me. PS-EDIT: signing the installer was a good idea, I guess :)
What are the reasons for people to use SourceForge today? Why hasn't everyone else ( especially major projects like GIMP and Audacity) moved off? Here are some possibilities I can think of, but I'm curious if they're correct: - Mailing list hosting - Non-git repository hosting, for projects that prefer CVS or SVN - Shell account (though it doesn't seem very useful) - Features GitHub has but few others do (binary host…
They really really need to up their game if they want to stay relevant. Most of the stuff I find pointing me to SF these days is usually abandoned (GIMP and Pidgin are probably notable exception).
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One reason is discoverability as they have a rather extensive searchable directory of open source software. Another reason for quite a while was binary hosting, which github originally supported, then discontinued, but finally added again in July 2013. Additionally, the ability to use any open source license or combinations of licenses, as Google Code supported binary downloads during the time github didn't but only…
Oh right, the other reason I forgot to mention is lack of volunteer time/enthusiasm to deal with a move. If you already bounced between Google Code and SourceForge two years ago, chances are you're probably not completely excited about jumping ship to GitHub right now. (But yes, right now, if you're on Git, GitHub will give you binary downloads and all licenses.)