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That was interesting to read through. One thing from the arstechnica link: > Apparently, SourceForge's mysterious "sf-editor1" has also claimed ownership of a
by exikyut 9y ago
That was interesting to read through.
One thing from the arstechnica link:
> Apparently, SourceForge's mysterious "sf-editor1" has also claimed ownership of a number of other accounts for open source and other software projects. The following are just a sampling of downloads now "brought to you by sf-editor1":
> (List follows)
I'm not quoting the list because the article is two years out of date and I'll honestly say I don't want to fact-check the status of the listed projects. But I will say this. I followed https://sourceforge.net/u/sf-editor1/profile/ https://sourceforge.net/u/sf-editor1/profile/ out of curiosity, and was met with
> Atom (https://sourceforge.net/mirror/atom/ https://sourceforge.net/mirror/atom/)
> A hackable text editor for the 21st Century
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> Bootstrap (https://sourceforge.net/mirror/bootstrap/ https://sourceforge.net/mirror/bootstrap/)
> HTML, CSS and JS framework for developing responsive websites and apps
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> Brackets (https://sourceforge.net/mirror/brackets/ https://sourceforge.net/mirror/brackets/)
> A modern, lightweight yet powerful text editor
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> Brave Browser (https://sourceforge.net/mirror/brave-browser/ https://sourceforge.net/mirror/brave-browser/)
> The faster, safer desktop browser for macOS, Windows, and Linux
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> D3.js (https://sourceforge.net/mirror/d3js/ https://sourceforge.net/mirror/d3js/)
> A JavaScript library for visualizing data using web standards
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> Electron (https://sourceforge.net/mirror/electron/ https://sourceforge.net/mirror/electron/)
> Build cross-platform desktop apps with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS
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> Git for Windows (https://sourceforge.net/mirror/git-for-windows/ https://sourceforge.net/mirror/git-for-windows/)
> Bringing the awesome Git SCM to Windows
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> MAME (https://sourceforge.net/mirror/mame/ https://sourceforge.net/mirror/mame/)
> An emulator for multiple types of arcade game hardware.
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> Tor Browser (https://sourceforge.net/mirror/tor-browser/ https://sourceforge.net/mirror/tor-browser/)
> Browser for using Tor on Windows, Mac OS X or Linux
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> VLC media player (https://sourceforge.net/p/vlc/ https://sourceforge.net/p/vlc/)
> The best free media player for video and DVDs
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In full disclosure I have not opened all of the above.
To be fair, most say "/mirror/" instead of "/p/" so it's clear these are namespaced and considered differently.
I saw the comment in this subthread about SF being sold to a group that's trying to clean up their reputation, so I won't pass judgement. It was very interesting to see all these headline projects owned by sf-editor1 though.