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GIMP, Citing Ad Policies, Moves to FTP Rather Than SourceForge Downloads

Posted by timothy on from the voluntary-action dept.

Dangerous_Minds writes "GIMP, a free and open source alternative to image manipulation software like Photoshop, recently announced that it will no longer be distributing their program through SourceForge. Citing some of the ads as reasons, they say that the tipping point was 'the introduction of their own SourceForge Installer software, which bundles third-party offers with Free Software packages. We do not want to support this kind of behavior, and have thus decided to abandon SourceForge.' The policy changes were reported back in August by Gluster. GIMP is now distributing their software via their own FTP page instead." Note: SourceForge and Slashdot share a corporate parent.

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  1. shovelware? by Ralph+Spoilsport · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can't get enough iLivid installs! That and another Ask! toolbar! Sign me up!

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  2. Re:BT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I won't. Seeding is for loser. By download and not seeding, I not only don't pay back what I downloaded, but I fill someone else's seed quota, which hurts the swarm twice as much. It makes me feel so powerful.

  3. Re:Good by WWJohnBrowningDo · · Score: 4, Funny

    They outsourced the editing department to India so that the grammar and spelling errors could mask their nefarious activities. Sneaky bastards!

  4. Re:BT by neokushan · · Score: 3, Funny

    Did you like...just read the first sentence of his/her post and then ignore the rest?

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  5. Re:Good by Svartalf · · Score: 1, Funny

    Yeah, as do some of the 4-digit crowd as well...

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