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I wont use software on sourceforge. period.

by alexnewman 9y ago

skrebbel 9y ago
Why? Question mark.
- pbhjpbhj 9y ago
  I'd guess because of their bundling of relative malware (sometimes against devs knowledge). https://www.howtogeek.com/218764/warning-don%E2%80%99t-download-software-from-sourceforge-if-you-can-help-it/ https://www.howtogeek.com/218764/warning-don%E2%80%99t-downl... Supposedly it's better now??
  - shpx 9y ago
    "We acquired SourceForge and Slashdot in January [2016] from DHI Group (also known as DICE). The first thing we did after we took over was remove bundled adware from projects: https://sourceforge.net/blog/sourceforge-acquisition-and-future-plans/ https://sourceforge.net/blog/sourceforge-acquisition-and-fut... and https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/06/under-new-management-sourceforge-moves-to-put-badness-in-past/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/06/under... As of a few weeks ago, we also now scan for malware in case third party developers are adding their own adware: https://sourceforge.net/blog/sourceforge-now-scans-all-projects-for-malware-and-displays-warnings-on-downloads/ https://sourceforge.net/blog/sourceforge-now-scans-all-proje... " https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/4n3e1s/the_state_of_sourceforge_since_its_acquisition_in/ https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/4n3e1s/the_state_...
  - skrebbel 9y ago
    They haven't done that for a long time now, ever since they changed owner. The site is ugly and old fashioned, and a little spammy with the ads at times, but that's it.
    - pbhjpbhj 9y ago
      If you invite me to a dinner party and I shit on the table it doesn't really matter how much I claim I'm reformed you're not going to invite me back unless you're really short on company. If there's any other source then there's no reason one would spend time checking out if sourceforge is really reformed or they just did a legal manoeuvre and started hiding the malware better.
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TeMPOraL 9y ago
I used to think that way too. But you may want to get up-to-date with the situation and reconsider - as others have mentioned, since changing owners, SF has been working hard to fix their conduct and reputation. (Also, in this case: Joe is a classic, well-known piece of software.)
gkya 9y ago
There's another thread about this where multiple replies say that the situation with SF is different now.
knight17 9y ago
They are now in better hands from what I read. Slashdot and Sourceforge were both acquired two years ago: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/06/under-new-management-sourceforge-moves-to-put-badness-in-past/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/06/under...

I wont use software on sourceforge. period.

skrebbel 9y ago

Why? Question mark.

pbhjpbhj 9y ago
I'd guess because of their bundling of relative malware (sometimes against devs knowledge). https://www.howtogeek.com/218764/warning-don%E2%80%99t-download-software-from-sourceforge-if-you-can-help-it/ https://www.howtogeek.com/218764/warning-don%E2%80%99t-downl... Supposedly it's better now??
- shpx 9y ago
  "We acquired SourceForge and Slashdot in January [2016] from DHI Group (also known as DICE). The first thing we did after we took over was remove bundled adware from projects: https://sourceforge.net/blog/sourceforge-acquisition-and-future-plans/ https://sourceforge.net/blog/sourceforge-acquisition-and-fut... and https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/06/under-new-management-sourceforge-moves-to-put-badness-in-past/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/06/under... As of a few weeks ago, we also now scan for malware in case third party developers are adding their own adware: https://sourceforge.net/blog/sourceforge-now-scans-all-projects-for-malware-and-displays-warnings-on-downloads/ https://sourceforge.net/blog/sourceforge-now-scans-all-proje... " https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/4n3e1s/the_state_of_sourceforge_since_its_acquisition_in/ https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/4n3e1s/the_state_...
- skrebbel 9y ago
  They haven't done that for a long time now, ever since they changed owner. The site is ugly and old fashioned, and a little spammy with the ads at times, but that's it.
  - pbhjpbhj 9y ago
    If you invite me to a dinner party and I shit on the table it doesn't really matter how much I claim I'm reformed you're not going to invite me back unless you're really short on company. If there's any other source then there's no reason one would spend time checking out if sourceforge is really reformed or they just did a legal manoeuvre and started hiding the malware better.
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TeMPOraL 9y ago

I used to think that way too. But you may want to get up-to-date with the situation and reconsider - as others have mentioned, since changing owners, SF has been working hard to fix their conduct and reputation. (Also, in this case: Joe is a classic, well-known piece of software.)

gkya 9y ago

There's another thread about this where multiple replies say that the situation with SF is different now.

knight17 9y ago

They are now in better hands from what I read. Slashdot and Sourceforge were both acquired two years ago: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/06/under-new-management-sourceforge-moves-to-put-badness-in-past/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/06/under...