1) we won't bundle anything. however you should be aware some project owners bundle their own incarnations that are not beneficial to users
2) we are removing any deceptive advertising
3) right
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
Thanks for the support. Keep your $15 for now. We're doing this because we want these sites to live up to their former potential, and if we do this correctly, then legitimate advertising dollars will support the business instead of bundled warez and deceptive ads. Hope you keep posting. We will definitely look at the karma/ad thing though.
Our overarching philosophy for SourceForge is that it needs to be a trusted destination free of any sort of malicious adware or deceptive advertising. We are committed to achieving this. Eliminating DevShare was the first step. Establishing SourceForge as a trusted open source destination is our main goal.
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Thanks
Hope so!
1) we won't bundle anything. however you should be aware some project owners bundle their own incarnations that are not beneficial to users 2) we are removing any deceptive advertising 3) right
Stuff like this will be addressed in our upcoming TOS.
Great to hear. Very much appreciate the support.
Me? My name is Logan Abbott and I am the president of SourceForge. Check my twitter at @loganabbott and the slashdot icon next to my name
Cool. Well we just eliminated bundled installers so look at it however you please
It's only been a week. I think you'll see in the near future we are serious about rebuilding trust.
Also the "wrongdoing" was committed by the previous owners, not us
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
Haha
Was wondering the same thing. Maybe I fell for the bait
You can wait all you want. We just posted here so that we could get the word out more quickly. I am sure other outlets will report on it eventually.
Thanks. Doing our best.
Yeah there's probably people that don't know this existed. But we're doing this in the spirit of transparency.
Thanks for the support. Keep your $15 for now. We're doing this because we want these sites to live up to their former potential, and if we do this correctly, then legitimate advertising dollars will support the business instead of bundled warez and deceptive ads. Hope you keep posting. We will definitely look at the karma/ad thing though.
Yes.
Hey there
Haha thanks. Been a long time reader of /. , but I figured I'd wait till I owned it to start posting ;)
APK's days are numbered. Also we're talking SourceForge here
Will do. Thanks for the feedback
Thanks my friend
Our overarching philosophy for SourceForge is that it needs to be a trusted destination free of any sort of malicious adware or deceptive advertising. We are committed to achieving this. Eliminating DevShare was the first step. Establishing SourceForge as a trusted open source destination is our main goal.
You're right. I thought the Related Links sufficed. I'll update it.
Thanks. I appreciate it