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SourceForge?! how about hosting a zip on geocities? :-)

by apeacox 12y ago

diakritikal 12y ago
Seems to be just a mirror for the tarballs and sigs which area otherwise available on the github project: https://github.com/stargrave/govpn/releases
ryandvm 12y ago
As an occasional open source producer, I really can't stand when people piss and moan about somebody else's charitable software contributions.
- WorldWideWayne 12y ago
  You're conflating light sarcastic teasing with pissing and moaning. Anyway, I'd still complain if someone tried to serve me free food on a dirty plate.
- ciupicri 12y ago
  Though he didn't complain about the software itself, he complained about the way it's hosted. Different concerns. And in today's world, SourceForge is liked less than GitHub from what I've noticed.
  - chrissnell 12y ago
    Sourceforge has inserted adware into projects' downloads in the past. It's also a ghost town and I wonder what sort of resources (if any) they have working on the site to keep it secure. This is a big concern when the software they're hosting is as security-sensitive as a VPN package.
    - nine_k 12y ago
      Adding adware to gzipped and signed source code would be a bit hard. That's the onl;y thing the authors serve from sourceforge.net.
      - huxley 12y ago
        I think he's referring to this: http://sourceforge.net/blog/today-we-offer-devshare-beta-a-sustainable-way-to-fund-open-source-software/ http://sourceforge.net/blog/today-we-offer-devshare-beta-a-s... Their Senior Director of Business Development, Roberto Galoppini, said this in the comments to the link above: "Developers opt in and are compensated, they are in control both of the installer behavior and of what sort of secondary offerings will be presented to their user base. Moreover they are not asked to integrate their application with a third parties' piece of code, and maintaining a bundled and unbundled version is trivial for them. End-users are provided with a transparent installer behavior, all programs are malware-free and honestly described. All uninstall procedures are extensively tested, both for open source applications and third parties' offerings."
        lowmagnet 12y ago
        > Senior Director of Business Development Ah, "professional management"… the beginning of the end of any good company.
nine_k 12y ago
For those who actually read the page, there's a github link, too: https://github.com/stargrave/govpn https://github.com/stargrave/govpn I don't know why the original submitter submitted a sourceforge link; maybe it should be replaced with a github link.

SourceForge?! how about hosting a zip on geocities? :-)

by apeacox 12y ago

SourceForge?! how about hosting a zip on geocities? :-)

Seems to be just a mirror for the tarballs and sigs which area otherwise available on the github project: https://github.com/stargrave/govpn/releases

ryandvm 12y ago

As an occasional open source producer, I really can't stand when people piss and moan about somebody else's charitable software contributions.

WorldWideWayne 12y ago
You're conflating light sarcastic teasing with pissing and moaning. Anyway, I'd still complain if someone tried to serve me free food on a dirty plate.
ciupicri 12y ago
Though he didn't complain about the software itself, he complained about the way it's hosted. Different concerns. And in today's world, SourceForge is liked less than GitHub from what I've noticed.
- chrissnell 12y ago
  Sourceforge has inserted adware into projects' downloads in the past. It's also a ghost town and I wonder what sort of resources (if any) they have working on the site to keep it secure. This is a big concern when the software they're hosting is as security-sensitive as a VPN package.
  - nine_k 12y ago
    Adding adware to gzipped and signed source code would be a bit hard. That's the onl;y thing the authors serve from sourceforge.net.
    - huxley 12y ago
      I think he's referring to this: http://sourceforge.net/blog/today-we-offer-devshare-beta-a-sustainable-way-to-fund-open-source-software/ http://sourceforge.net/blog/today-we-offer-devshare-beta-a-s... Their Senior Director of Business Development, Roberto Galoppini, said this in the comments to the link above: "Developers opt in and are compensated, they are in control both of the installer behavior and of what sort of secondary offerings will be presented to their user base. Moreover they are not asked to integrate their application with a third parties' piece of code, and maintaining a bundled and unbundled version is trivial for them. End-users are provided with a transparent installer behavior, all programs are malware-free and honestly described. All uninstall procedures are extensively tested, both for open source applications and third parties' offerings."
      - lowmagnet 12y ago
        > Senior Director of Business Development Ah, "professional management"… the beginning of the end of any good company.

nine_k 12y ago

For those who actually read the page, there's a github link, too: https://github.com/stargrave/govpn https://github.com/stargrave/govpn I don't know why the original submitter submitted a sourceforge link; maybe it should be replaced with a github link.