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SourceForge Eliminates DevShare Program (sourceforge.net)

Posted by whipslash on from the times-they-are-a-changin dept.

SourceForge has officially eliminated its DevShare program. The DevShare program delivered installer bundles as part of the download for participating projects. We want to restore our reputation as a trusted home for open source software, and this was a clear first step towards that. We are more interested in doing the right thing than making extra short-term profit. This is just the first step in a number of improvements we will outline in the coming weeks. SourceForge and Slashdot were acquired in late January by BIZX.

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  1. Now if you would just bring Fresh Meat back by Crashmarik · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Never understood why it was killed. It was a great way to find out about new and interesting projects/ideas.

  2. Re: Haha, NOPE. by whipslash · · Score: 4, Interesting

    APK's days are numbered. Also we're talking SourceForge here

  3. Re: i do like a clean gravesite... by whipslash · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Yeah I'm aware of the sentiment directed at the previous owners. I hope everyone will see we are different in the coming weeks, if it's not clear already

  4. Re:Too late by macklin01 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    For what it's worth, we're keeping our NCI-funded cancer/biology projects there for the time being. (We just posted our 3-D diffusion code there in December, and we're about to post 3-D agent-based models and parameter estimation code.) SourceForge was a good and user-friendly home to me when I just got started in open source, so I'm happy to keep trying it now and see where it goes.

    We may have some feature requests down the road (some of which may already be there, but hidden behind UI design) ...

    Thanks for all your work. -- Paul

    --
    OpenSource.MathCancer.org: open source comp bio
  5. Re:Too late by Baricom · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Are the people who were previously infected still generating recurring revenue?

    If so, what are you going to do with that money?

  6. Re:Sorry Assholes by whipslash · · Score: 4, Interesting

    You're very welcome