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Why is Gnu hosting this on Sourceforge? https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/05/sourceforge-grabs-gimp-for-windows-account-wraps-installer-in-bu

Why is Gnu hosting this on Sourceforge? https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/05/sourceforge-grabs-gimp-for-windows-account-wraps-installer-in-bundle-pushing-adware/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/05/sourc... Also, their ftp link at the bottom of the message is broken.

munificent 9y ago
Honestly, can you think of a more appropriate platform to host a COBOL compiler? Google Code maybe? A Gopher site somewhere? Telnet into a BBS to download it?
- tjr 9y ago
  A lot of GNU packages are on Savannah, but it's not required: https://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/html_node/Hosting.html https://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/html_node/Hosting.html
  - jancsika 9y ago
    Hm... are there any GNU repos currently hosted on github?
    - mhh__ 9y ago
      AFAIK GNU foundation won't use github because its not totally free software. github isn't open source.
      - mattl 9y ago
        https://www.gnu.org/software/repo-criteria-evaluation.html https://www.gnu.org/software/repo-criteria-evaluation.html
- microtherion 9y ago
  Dialup should do the job just fine.
- drivingmenuts 9y ago
  Mail-order tape reels.
badsectoracula 9y ago
This information is outdated, SourceForge at the time was owned by a company that tried to squeeze everything out of it but it was bought last year by some people who seem interested in restoring its reputation and functionality. The first thing they did when they bought the site was to remove all that stuff, cancel the DevShare program and install automatic malware detection software (based on BitDefender and ESET). They also removed all the misleading ads and disable them for logged in users. There was a discussion about it yesterday too about another project hosted in SourceForge, you can find it here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15180586 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15180586
- jancsika 9y ago
  > This information is outdated, SourceForge at the time was owned by a company that tried to squeeze everything out of it but it was bought last year by some people who seem interested in restoring its reputation and functionality. It's worth remembering that the company that initially tried to do the squeezing spent many years being a decent FLOSS citizen. That's the reason so many open source projects were hosted on Sourceforge in the first place.
  - GrinningFool 9y ago
    IIRC the original owners sold it to Dice, which is when the squeezing started.
    - cat199 9y ago
      Ditto /. and FM, RIP.
    - vram22 9y ago
      You mean Dice.com, the recruitment company?

munificent 9y ago

Honestly, can you think of a more appropriate platform to host a COBOL compiler? Google Code maybe? A Gopher site somewhere? Telnet into a BBS to download it?

tjr 9y ago
A lot of GNU packages are on Savannah, but it's not required: https://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/html_node/Hosting.html https://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/html_node/Hosting.html
- jancsika 9y ago
  Hm... are there any GNU repos currently hosted on github?
  - mhh__ 9y ago
    AFAIK GNU foundation won't use github because its not totally free software. github isn't open source.
    - mattl 9y ago
      https://www.gnu.org/software/repo-criteria-evaluation.html https://www.gnu.org/software/repo-criteria-evaluation.html
microtherion 9y ago
Dialup should do the job just fine.
drivingmenuts 9y ago
Mail-order tape reels.

badsectoracula 9y ago

This information is outdated, SourceForge at the time was owned by a company that tried to squeeze everything out of it but it was bought last year by some people who seem interested in restoring its reputation and functionality. The first thing they did when they bought the site was to remove all that stuff, cancel the DevShare program and install automatic malware detection software (based on BitDefender and ESET). They also removed all the misleading ads and disable them for logged in users. There was a discussion about it yesterday too about another project hosted in SourceForge, you can find it here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15180586 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15180586

jancsika 9y ago
> This information is outdated, SourceForge at the time was owned by a company that tried to squeeze everything out of it but it was bought last year by some people who seem interested in restoring its reputation and functionality. It's worth remembering that the company that initially tried to do the squeezing spent many years being a decent FLOSS citizen. That's the reason so many open source projects were hosted on Sourceforge in the first place.
- GrinningFool 9y ago
  IIRC the original owners sold it to Dice, which is when the squeezing started.
  - cat199 9y ago
    Ditto /. and FM, RIP.
  - vram22 9y ago
    You mean Dice.com, the recruitment company?