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0 pointsthanksDr7y ago0 comments

Devs get better by learning from mistakes.

Sourceforge is a hostile source of malware : https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list/2015-May...

You mock those who desire freedom at your own risk. Github is microsoft now, and supporting it feeds the beast.

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detaro7y ago

was, not is. Sourceforge has changed hands since then.

duxup7y ago

Yeah my understanding is after it changed hands they did away with all the nasty stuff that happened in the past.

miles7y ago

That was true back in 2015. New owners have been cleaning it up since 2016:

Under new management, SourceForge moves to put badness in past https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/06/under...

throwawaymath7y ago

> You mock those who desire freedom at your own risk. Github is microsoft now, and supporting it feeds the beast.

Oh no, it's the 90s and Micro$oft is evil! They're going to embrace, extend, extinguish all my open source software! I won't be free to develop software anymore!

I'm quite happy with Microsoft, and if supporting GitHub "feeds the beast", then I'm likewise happy to see that beast well-fed.

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