Who is SourceForge??

2014-04-12 Thread JScott4607
I want to download your OpenOffice.org, but I noticed the name SourceForge, which I have never seen before. I started to download it, but something about it looked suspicious, so I did not finish installing it. Could you please help - I don't want to install this on my computer, IF it is

Re: Who is SourceForge??

2014-04-12 Thread DaveMainwaring
*SourceForge* is a web-based source code repositoryhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_code_repository. It acts as a centralized location for software developers to control and manage free and open sourcehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open_sourcesoftware development. It was the first to

Re: Who is SourceForge??

2014-04-12 Thread James Knott
jscott4...@aol.com wrote: I want to download your OpenOffice.org, but I noticed the name SourceForge, which I have never seen before. I started to download it, but something about it looked suspicious, so I did not finish installing it. Could you please help - I don't want to install

Re: Who is SourceForge??

2014-04-12 Thread Andrea Pescetti
James Knott wrote: JScott4607 wrote: I want to download your OpenOffice.org, but I noticed the name SourceForge, which I have never seen before. ... Sourceforge is a well known site for downloading open source software. There's nothing wrong with downloading something from there. A further

Re: Who is SourceForge??

2014-04-12 Thread Martin Groenescheij
Sent from my mobile device. On 12 Apr 2014, at 9:47 pm, Andrea Pescetti pesce...@apache.org wrote: James Knott wrote: JScott4607 wrote: I want to download your OpenOffice.org, but I noticed the name SourceForge, which I have never seen before. ... Sourceforge is a well known site for