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    Sourceforge adds adware-installers to abandoned projects (and removes them again)

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    • nadnerB
      nadnerB last edited by

      Interesting article on SourceForge and it's addition of crapware:
      http://www.ghacks.net/2015/06/01/sourceforge-adds-and-removes-adware-installers-to-abandoned-projects/

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      • JaredBusch
        JaredBusch last edited by

        Completely not surprised.

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        • scottalanmiller
          scottalanmiller last edited by

          http://www.itworld.com/article/2928923/linux/did-slashdot-bury-negative-stories-about-sourceforge.html

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          • scottalanmiller
            scottalanmiller last edited by

            Another question.... Slashdot is still around? Who reads THAT anymore?

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            • nadnerB
              nadnerB @scottalanmiller last edited by

              @scottalanmiller said:

              Another question.... Slashdot is still around? Who reads THAT anymore?

              lol, I have an RSS feed in my SW install, I rarely visit. The article comments tend to be a bit like the YouTube comments... Put on your thermal suit

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              • nadnerB
                nadnerB last edited by

                http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/06/03/sourceforge_to_offer_only_optin_adware_after_gimp_grump/

                Unmaintained adware, it therefore appears, can therefore be wrapped in more adware if SourceForge feels like it. But wrappers can only be applied to other projects if SourceForge asks the developers who all-but-abandoned it.

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