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Offline michal

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SourceForge - can it get any worse?
« on: May 28, 2015, 08:18:20 am »
https://plus.google.com/+gimp/posts/cxhB1PScFpe
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It appears that SourceForge took over the control of the 'GIMP for Windows' account and is now distributing an ads-enabled installer of GIMP. They also locked out original owner of the account, Jernej Simončič, who has been building the Windows versions of GIMP for our project for years.

So far they haven't replied to provide explanations. Therefore, we remind you again that GIMP only provides builds for WIndows via its official Downloads page.

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Their response:
https://sourceforge.net/blog/gimp-win-project-wasnt-hijacked-just-abandoned/
« Last Edit: May 28, 2015, 08:22:48 am by michal »
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Re: SourceForge - can it get any worse?
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2015, 09:44:34 am »
There was something similar with filezilla, a while ago.
When the official Windows Installer from Sourceforge download contained a malware / trojan.
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Re: SourceForge - can it get any worse?
« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2015, 06:41:01 am »
Wow thats low ...

I'll start to avoid sourceforge now like I do download.com (lol) .... ouch.
« Last Edit: May 30, 2015, 06:46:48 am by Jo5hua »
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