> - create competing "projects" on sourceforge - open a new account > "torproject.org" and upload at least one TorBrowser binary - perhaps a > stub which points the user to the official web page
Beware of SourceForge's recent behaviour (though they've promised not to do it without consent again) - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/05/28/sourceforge_accused_of_shackling_gimp_in_kinky_adware/ - if something goes up on SF it needs to be maintained to avoid being considered abandoned, and in the case of a few projects, wrapped in Adware by Sourceforge themselves. It's also potentially tricky getting projects removed once they're there - http://sourceforge.net/p/easyhtml5/tracinst/Removing%20a%20project/ If it was me, I'd create an official page, with no releases on it, but a link to the correct location to get Tor from, Sourceforge is not what it once was... On Sun, Jun 7, 2015 at 11:40 AM, Zenaan Harkness <[email protected]> wrote: > On 6/7/15, Griffin Boyce <[email protected]> wrote: > > Fabio Pietrosanti (naif) - lists wrote: > >> Given that there could be sketchy reasons to distribute Tor Browser > >> unofficially and that Tor it's a copyright of Tor Project, shouldn't > >> the > >> Tor Project ask to SourceForge to act to: > >> > >> a) Or Remove those project > >> > >> b) Or ask to change name and remove any occurrence of "Tor" in the name > >> of the projects, title, sub descriptions that may lead to misleading > >> interpretation that "this is tor browser" > > > > > > Andrew and others have asked for these to be taken down in the past. > > Most listings are shady and likely contain malware. I contacted the > > developer of the first listing last year [1] but he never responded. > > While SourceForge might not care about malware*, large US-based > > companies usually care about copyright and trademark violations (which > > was a solid legal basis for Andrew to request takedown). > > > > I'm not super sure where to go from there though. This might be a > > better question for Wendy Seltzer. > > Thoughts: > - contact Bradley Kuhn of the Software Freedom Conservancy > - contact the Free Software Foundation (USA) > - create competing "projects" on sourceforge - open a new account > "torproject.org" and upload at least one TorBrowser binary - perhaps a > stub which points the user to the official web page > - write some software to auto-create "projects" on all the commercial > sites out there, in a single hit, make your code libre licensed of > course :) > > In fact, all existing projects on SourceForge ought (evidently) > maintain their admin-ship of their existing project pages, just to > ensure SF does not fuck them over. > > Sadly we live in a world of many financial, and other, predators. > > Do Not give up control of your SF or GitHub or > __pick-a-commercial-entity__ project! > > If your project gets "mirrored" on one of these types of sites - set > up your own project just to have an official presence on that site. > > This is a sad form of "digital thuggery" which ultimately may need a > legislative fix - in the meantime, the consequence is more work for us > (but hopefully minimal) who admin projects. > > Good luck, > Zenaan > -- > tor-talk mailing list - [email protected] > To unsubscribe or change other settings go to > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk > -- Ben Tasker https://www.bentasker.co.uk -- tor-talk mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
