On Fri, 05 Jun 2015 22:41:19 +0800 imacat <ima...@mail.imacat.idv.tw> wrote:
> (I did not see any reason this discussion should go private, so I > moved it to public.) There is some additional information in this thread on the en-Forum https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=77517 Rory O'Farrell > > As far as I read, the GIMP team had never opt-in distributing > adwares/malwares. They did agree to share SF.net's ad profit, but not > bundling adwares/malwares with their installers. And SF.net did > hijacked GIMP for Windows without authors' consent. > > Goodbye, SourceForge. > https://helb.github.io/goodbye-sourceforge/ > > Anatomy of SourceForge/GIMP controversy (from GIMP team) > http://libregraphicsworld.org/blog/entry/anatomy-of-sourceforge-gimp-controversy > > What happened to Sourceforge? (from VLC developer) > https://blog.l0cal.com/2015/06/02/what-happened-to-sourceforge/ > > I looked into which projects SF.net hijacked, and surprisingly found > Apache HTTPD, Apache Derby, Apache Directory Studio, Firefox, MySQL, > PostgreSQL, Nmap, The R-project. > > Apache HTTPD, Apache Derby, Apache Directory Studio, Nmap, R > http://sourceforge.net/u/sf-editor3/profile/ > > GIMP, VLC > http://sourceforge.net/u/sf-editor1/profile/ > > Firefox, MySQL, PostgreSQL > http://sourceforge.net/u/sf-editor/profile/ > > So who's next? Apache OpenOffice? When will there be a new > malware/adware-enabled Apache OpenOfffice installer? I suppose we > should move from SF.net to a trustworthy mirror solution. > > Roberto Galoppini on 2015/06/02 04:50 said: > > Hi again Louis, > > > > 2015-06-01 21:47 GMT+02:00 Louis Suárez-Potts <lui...@gmail.com>: > > > >> Hi Roberto, > >> See these: > >> > >> > >> http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/05/sourceforge-grabs-gimp-for-windows-account-wraps-installer-in-bundle-pushing-adware/ > >> > > > > It's not up-to-date, GIMP (and every other mirror project) has been > > unbundled few days ago. Just as I stated above. Also if you follow dev@ you > > know that by the facts we remove unwanted or misleading ads in hours. > > > > > > > >> > >> http://danluu.com/slashdot-sourceforge/ > >> > > > > It seems like this is not up-to-date too, as far as I know Slashdot editor > > after the week-end catched up with everything, included this. Of course > > there is as usual space for conspirancy theories, but you understand I > > can't help with that. > > > > Unless you have something else I think I've covered everything, if you or > > someone else has more questions I'll be happy to answer. > > > > Roberto > > > > > >> > >> I don’t think that seeing this as a "fuss" and deprecating it as > >> unimportant or trivial (in some way) either because it’s a storm in a > >> teacup or old news or misinterpreted news is useful to us or to SF. > >> > >> louis > >> > >> > >>> On 01 Jun 2015, at 15:31, Roberto Galoppini <roberto.galopp...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> Louis, > >>> > >>> I'm pretty sure I've read most of it, not sure to which one you're > >> referring to. > >>> But yes, I'm pretty sure that was done with only (very) few SourceForge > >> abandoned project for just some days. > >>> > >>> Roberto > >>> > >>> 2015-06-01 21:25 GMT+02:00 Louis Suárez-Potts <lui...@gmail.com>: > >>> Roberto, > >>> > >>> > >>> Surely you have also gone over the US press and now also reddit > >> discussions? In which it seems as if SF is not always waiting for > >> abandonment? > >>> > >>> louis > >>>> On 01 Jun 2015, at 15:23, Roberto Galoppini < > >> roberto.galopp...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Just a quick clarification on the topic. Not long time ago Simon > >> himself wrote an article saying good things of the DevShare program, see > >> http://www.infoworld.com/article/2610419/open-source-software/retro-repo-sourceforge-learns-new-tricks.html > >>>> > >>>> Having said that, recently SourceForge tested the program on few > >> SourceForge projects that were abandoned by the original developers and > >> kept updated by our editorial team or bots. Given the community reactions > >> the company decided to quit such tests for good. > >>>> > >>>> A company statement clarifying it further will be made public soon, > >> beyond the fuss nothing has really changed as of now. > >>>> > >>>> Roberto > >>>> > >>>> 2015-06-01 20:40 GMT+02:00 Rob Weir <r...@robweir.com>: > >>>> > >>>> On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 1:40 PM, Jim Jagielski <j...@jagunet.com> wrote: > >>>> Just a FYI: > >>>> > >>>> https://twitter.com/webmink/status/605422600970510338 > >>>> > >>>> I fully expect that somehow this will be used as ammunition > >>>> against AOO, due to our "reliance" on them as a major download > >>>> partner. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> It sounds like they are recycling old news or something. The whole > >> opt-in advertising brouhaha occurred a few years ago, We did not opt-in, > >> so it was not an issue for us. Sounds like GIMP first opted-in, then > >> opted-out, but it is not clear whether as a community they spoke with one > >> voice and whether it was clear to SF whose voice represented the > >> community. Apache projects have a governance model and a decision making > >> process that makes that kind of misunderstanding less likely. > >>>> > >>>> -Rob > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > > > > -- > Best regards, > imacat ^_*' <ima...@mail.imacat.idv.tw> > PGP Key http://www.imacat.idv.tw/me/pgpkey.asc > > <<Woman's Voice>> News: http://www.wov.idv.tw/ > Tavern IMACAT's http://www.imacat.idv.tw/ > Woman in FOSS in Taiwan http://www.wofoss.org/ > OpenOffice http://www.openoffice.org/ > EducOO/OOo4Kids Taiwan http://www.educoo.tw/ > Greenfoot Taiwan http://greenfoot.westart.tw/ > -- Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org