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On the linked page: >Hey, this isn't a SourceForge project! Check out the SourceForge Open Source Mirror Directory for more information. which links to: http:
by metasean 11y ago
On the linked page:
>Hey, this isn't a SourceForge project! Check out the SourceForge Open Source Mirror Directory for more information.
which links to: http://sourceforge.net/mirror/ http://sourceforge.net/mirror/
>The Open Source Mirror Directory is an extension to our existing software directory, where we'll be mirroring projects that are not hosted on SourceForge, and SourceForge projects that have been abandoned.
- jdiez17 11y agoInteresting how they don't mention anything about the bloatware in that "SourceForge Open Source Mirror Directory" page.
- ChuckMcM 11y agoExactly this, and it is why I think they really are trying to be download.com. By 'mirroring' anything and everything and some SEO magic (they have a lot of residual link authority with the big G) they get themselves to the top of the list of links where to get package <x>. Perhaps its time for Google to "adjust" their host rank?
- kubiiii 11y agoEspecially when chrome considers sf downloads as hazardous.
- DanBC 11y agoIt's bad in this case because the original was some random user's collection of modified Firefox for personal use. Mozilla have never used sourceforge to distribute Firefox. But they (or their auto tools) saw the name and activity and they mirrored the account and then linked it to the wrong content - not to the original modified firefox for personal use, but to official firefox.