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Odinbc
 Post subject: GIMP (Official) Windows Installers moved
PostPosted: Wed Nov 06, 2013 2:37 pm  (#1) 
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This is a notice posted (2013-11-05) at the GIMP web site, with more info on the Downloads page.

gimp.org wrote:
GIMP Windows Installers move from SourceForge to ftp.gimp.org.

In the past few months, we have received some complaints about the site where the GIMP installers for the Microsoft Windows platforms are hosted.

SourceForge, once a useful and trustworthy place to develop and host FLOSS applications, has faced a problem with the ads they allow on their sites - the green "Download here" buttons that appear on many, many adds leading to all kinds of unwanted utilities have been spotted there as well.

The tipping point was the introduction of their own SourceForge Installer software, which bundles third-party offers with Free Software packages. We do not want to support this kind of behavior, and have thus decided to abandon SourceForge.

From now on, Jernej Simončič, who provides the installer packages, uploads them to our FTP directly, and from there they will be distributed automatically to our mirrors. Please check Downloads page for updated information. http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net will remain active for the time being and direct users to the new download locations.

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I just noticed a mention yesterday on the move by paynekj in this Gimp-2.8.8 thread.

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 Post subject: Re: GIMP (Official) Windows Installers move
PostPosted: Wed Nov 06, 2013 3:02 pm  (#2) 
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The tipping point was the introduction of their own SourceForge Installer software, which bundles third-party offers with Free Software packages. We do not want to support this kind of behavior, and have thus decided to abandon SourceForge.


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Odinbc
 Post subject: Re: GIMP (Official) Windows Installers move
PostPosted: Wed Nov 06, 2013 4:09 pm  (#3) 
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Yup I'm sure that was it, good to see the move thought. :bigthup
alc59 posted about the installer here (Aug 19, 2013), SourceForge’s new Installer bundles program downloads with adware.

I do see both sides of the issue and from what I understand the installer is fairly transparent, meaning a straight forward Accept or Decline, with no trick 'next' buttons. Here's a nice visual of how the SourceForge installer works.

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 Post subject: Re: GIMP (Official) Windows Installers moved
PostPosted: Wed Nov 06, 2013 4:12 pm  (#4) 
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Yea; saw this at GIMPUsers and downloaded GIMP from the FTP site (easy to do in Win7; had problems doing so in my XP VM). :)

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