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SourceForge Goes Public Beta

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the put-your-project-in dept.

Thanks to Tony for sending me the information on SourceForge. They've gone into public-beta, and having seen it yesterday, it looks super-cool. It's a free (as in beer) service to Open Source developers offering easy access to CVS, mailing lists, bug tracking, message boards/forums, task management, web site hosting, permanent file archival, ftp downloads, full backups, and total web-based administration. Check out - and put your stuff in.

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  1. Well done VA by rde · · Score: 4

    A cool idea. I hope many emulate the spirit in which this was done.

    However...
    For legal reasons, we can't host strong-encryption products with code that originated outside of the US

    This is the sort of thing we're going to see more and more. As far as I can see, the US government has two options:
    1. Get rid of this silly 'munitions' rule
    2. Accept that US companies will perpetually be at a disadvantage in international projects. I'm beginning to see this 'no encryption' message with increasing frequency; one pops up about once a week.

  2. What's the difference between these guys and XNOT? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4

    XNOT has been doing this for a while, only better. Not beta, free CVS, page hosting, chat, FTP, an' all that. I'd take a look there too if you're interested in finding a host for a free software project.