Gimp and Sourceforge

happydays · **Joined:** Feb 09, 2015 **Posts:** 110

Hi

"GIMP PROJECT'S OFFICIAL STATEMENT ON SOURCEFORGE'S ACTIONS"

Gimp released the above statement on 31/5

http://www.gimp.org/
:gimp

sallyanne · **Posted:** Mon Jun 01, 2015 5:56 am **(#2)**

Dodgy!

Oregonian · **Posted:** Mon Jun 01, 2015 2:04 pm **(#3)**

Go GIMP! I support gimp.org's stand about Source Forge.

I've made my feelings clear about how I feel about Source Forge in past posts. :hoh

lylejk · **Joined:** Sep 24, 2010 **Posts:** 12775

Yeah; when I was installing an Open Source PDF distiller for a friend, I got his system infected with Vosteran. Got so mad that I posted the thread below.

http://windowssecrets.com/forums/showth ... ran-a-rant

Odinbc · **Posted:** Mon Jun 01, 2015 3:20 pm **(#5)**

This is a comment for all members.

SourceForge has been a minefield for a few years now and we respectfully suggest sharing any SourceForge links privately off the forum.

Oregonian · **Posted:** Mon Jun 01, 2015 3:39 pm **(#6)**

I just found out that /. (Slashdot) and SourceForge are owned by the same company.

Interesting. I used to follow /. but haven't much in recent years.

http://www.itworld.com/article/2928923/ ... forge.html

GnuTux · **Posted:** Mon Jun 01, 2015 3:49 pm **(#7)**

You can hardly find any software download site that doesn't side-load crapware. It's how they make money.

What happens when you install the top 10 apps from download.com?

Mokonafan · **Posted:** Mon Jun 01, 2015 5:25 pm **(#8)**

Wow what a bunch of jerks! Good thing I don't have to use them.
Way to go GIMP!

saulgoode · **Posted:** Tue Jun 02, 2015 5:25 am **(#9)**

SourceForge revises their policy: http://sourceforge.net/blog/third-party ... ects-only/

Oregonian · **Posted:** Tue Jun 02, 2015 8:35 am **(#10)**

I think the damage is done; the Internet community does not forgive readily.
:nono

bilbo9955 · **Joined:** Jul 11, 2010 **Posts:** 349

saulgoode wrote:

SourceForge revises their policy: http://sourceforge.net/blog/third-party ... ects-only/

This isn't the first time that sourceforge has been forced to "change their policy" only to go back to their old ways once their furor dies down. I hold with the "fool me once" theory!

jontait2 · **Joined:** Dec 27, 2014 **Posts:** 508

And now, SourceForge has gone down completely...

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/07/17 ... ge_titsup/

Oregonian · **Posted:** Fri Jul 17, 2015 9:36 am **(#13)**

Interesting. :cool

Odinbc · **Posted:** Fri Jul 17, 2015 10:30 am **(#14)**

I've been avoiding SourceForge but noticed this a day or so ago when I was checking on a program I already had. The fact that it's still not fully functioning is a huge problem for all of the developers still there. I can see a mass exodus for sure. We are fortunate Gimp dev decided to move on. :2thup

Oregonian · **Posted:** Fri Jul 17, 2015 10:34 am **(#15)**

It appears that it is back up now; I just went to sourceforge.net.

jontait2 · **Joined:** Dec 27, 2014 **Posts:** 508

I think that's just the home page you're looking at O. (That's handled by the front-end server and didn't go down.)

If you use the search box on that page to search for "gimp" (or just about anything else), or try using a link to a repository on SourceForge, I think you'll still get a 404 error.

Odinbc · **Posted:** Fri Jul 17, 2015 10:54 am **(#17)**

Oregonian wrote:

It appears that it is back up now; I just went to sourceforge.net.

The basic front end works the rest is not fully functioning.

jontait2 · **Joined:** Dec 27, 2014 **Posts:** 508

Six days and they've finally managed to get Ofnuts' Path Tools back on-line:

http://gimp-path-tools.sourceforge.net/tools.shtml

Wallace · **Posted:** Thu Jul 23, 2015 9:13 am **(#19)**

jontait2 wrote:

Six days and they've finally managed to get Ofnuts' Path Tools back on-line:

http://gimp-path-tools.sourceforge.net/tools.shtml

That's a fantastic resource of Ofnut's, I'm glad it's back.

jontait2 · **Joined:** Dec 27, 2014 **Posts:** 508

"DHI Group plans to sell off Slashdot and Sourceforge"

http://arstechnica.com/information-tech ... urceforge/