Re: [Gimp-user] Nasty website bundles GIMP with Adware/Spyware

2011-08-19 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 12:04 AM, dh wrote: > I see no mention of the GPL or links to download the source code for GIMP on > that page (or on http://dl.gimp.us.com/). You what? "Gimp is an open source product developed by The GIMP Development Team licensed under GNU GPL. Source code for Gimp can

Re: [Gimp-user] Nasty website bundles GIMP with Adware/Spyware

2011-08-19 Thread Kevin Brubeck Unhammer
bktheman34 writes: >>When I click their download link, I'm directed to sourceforge, ie. the >>official download. Also, I tried turning off Adblock Plus and I still >>see only one small advertisement at the very bottom of the page (where >>do they claim that GIMP is ad supported?) > >>I don't thin

Re: [Gimp-user] Nasty website bundles GIMP with Adware/Spyware

2011-08-19 Thread Frank Gore
On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 4:04 PM, dh wrote: > I see no mention of the GPL or links to download the source code for GIMP on > that page (or on http://dl.gimp.us.com/) . If their installer is providing > the executable from their own repository then they are supposedly required > to do this. (Perhaps

Re: [Gimp-user] Nasty website bundles GIMP with Adware/Spyware

2011-08-19 Thread dh
On Friday, August 19, 2011, bktheman34 wrote: > >When I click their download link, I'm directed to sourceforge, ie. the > >official download. Also, I tried turning off Adblock Plus and I still > >see only one small advertisement at the very bottom of the page (where > >do they claim that GIMP is ad

Re: [Gimp-user] Nasty website bundles GIMP with Adware/Spyware

2011-08-19 Thread Mikael Ståldal
On 2011-08-19 14:39, bktheman34 wrote: > I have come across this rather nasty website: "gimp.us.com" which > appears to offer GIMP bundled with a bunch of horrible adware when > you use their installer. The website looks like it's official, and > they even tell you about all the adware it will

Re: [Gimp-user] Nasty website bundles GIMP with Adware/Spyware

2011-08-19 Thread Burnie West
On 08/19/2011 07:19 AM, bktheman34 wrote: > Forgot to mention, when you click on the apparent source forge link, it > starts to download the file from freefr.dl.sourceforge.net > > Whereas the links from the official website point to this page on source > forge: > http://sourceforge.net/projects

Re: [Gimp-user] Nasty website bundles GIMP with Adware/Spyware

2011-08-19 Thread Kevin Brubeck Unhammer
bktheman34 writes: > I have come across this rather nasty website: "gimp.us.com" which appears to > offer GIMP bundled with a bunch of horrible adware when you use their > installer. The website looks like it's official, and they even tell you about > all the adware it will install, they also