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I've seen a few differing reports on what SourceForge is doing. From what I gather so far: 1) Originally (a couple years back or so), they started (as an opt
by derekp7 11y ago
I've seen a few differing reports on what SourceForge is doing. From what I gather so far:
1) Originally (a couple years back or so), they started (as an opt in from the project owners) bundling adware with the Windows versions of installers on selected projects.
2) Recently, SourceForge editors have taken over abandoned projects (i.e., projects that no longer use SourceForge as their primary distribution page, and haven't updated the project pages), and have replaced the installers for some of them with their adware-bundled installers.
3) A firestorm erupted over this, SF stated that they would back away from the adware (on taken-over pages -- it would still be present on projects with an agreement from the project owners).
4) They are still taking over abandoned projects and updating them.
Now my question -- for point (4), are they just updating the project download pages with the current versions, or are they still bundling their adware with the projects? Everything I've seen so far (after their "apology" post), it appears that they haven't done any new adware bundling, just taking over the projects. Is this the case? And if so, is the concern that they will slip in the adware in the future?