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#251 Consider moving gscan2pdf off of SourceForge

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2021-01-25
2017-04-23
No

SourceForge is less usable than current open source project hosting alternatives, but most importantly SourceForge has decided it can inject ads or make modifications to hosted software as it sees fit:

http://www.infoworld.com/article/2929732/open-source-software/sourceforge-commits-reputational-suicide.html
http://libregraphicsworld.org/blog/entry/anatomy-of-sourceforge-gimp-controversy

I suggest gscan2pdf be moved to a more modern and reputable provider, such as GitHub or GitLab.

Discussion

  • Hans Deragon

    Hans Deragon - 2017-07-12

    I moved my project, Autopoweroff for the exact same reasons has you have put forward. However, since 2015, new owners took control of SourceForge and their policies have changed for the better. I do not believe that these arguments still stand today.

     
  • zzz

    zzz - 2021-01-25

    I would recommend Codeberg.org as an open and free alternative. Github was bought by Microsoft in the meantime..

     
  • Hans Deragon

    Hans Deragon - 2021-01-25

    Me again. Since 2015, Sourceforge has again been acquired and they are ok now. The original reason to move away from Sourceforge is gone. Might as well remain here and put efforts on the code instead of a migration.

     

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