SourceForge seems to add adware to software (windows installer)

[Tatsuro M. <tma...@ya...>]

Hello

SourceForge seems to add adware to software (windows installer).


Gimp project is an example.

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/05/sourceforge-grabs-gimp-for-windows-account-wraps-installer-in-bundle-pushing-adware/

http://www.infoworld.com/article/2929732/open-source-software/sourceforge-commits-reputational-suicide.html

http://www.engadget.com/2015/05/29/gimp-sourceforge-fight/

Octave community has started discussions.
 http://octave.1599824.n4.nabble.com/Sourceforge-adding-adware-to-software-will-we-be-moving-to-github-td4670950.html
 http://octave.1599824.n4.nabble.com/We-need-to-talk-about-SourceForge-td4670942.html


However, the problem seems only to be happened only on windows installer.

Fortunately, the phenomena seem not to be observed on gnuplot windows binary installers.

The gnuplot windows binary installers are produced by Inno setup dislike other projects.
It is possible that the selection of Inno setup gives happy a result at this moment.


I do not think that the gnuplot project should escape SourceForge at this moment but 
we have to start to consider what should we do when our windows installers will be affected by adwares.

Tatsuro