From: Vesa <di...@nb...> - 2014-02-20 22:19:36
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On 02/21/2014 12:01 AM, Tobias Doerffel wrote: > I'm fine with any domain - the suggested makefreemusic.org however > implies that you have to make free music with LMMS (which is not > true). Besides this I don't see the benefit of hosting the installers > on my little ftp server (even though that would possible). Sourcefirge > is proven, highly available and a rather trusted platform for > downloads. I don't see why we should switch. Are there any reasons > that I'm not aware of? > Well, reasons and reasons - it depends what your stance on this issue is: http://www.gluster.org/2013/08/how-far-the-once-mighty-sourceforge-has-fallen/ In a practical sense, that probably isn't a concern to us, as we don't use any 3rd-party installers (AFAIK), and as long as SF doesn't add any stuff in our binaries without our consent, things are fine. Then there is the ethical considerations: whether we want to support such business practices (the GIMP project moved away from SF because of this), but that's pretty much YMMV stuff - some people may see it unethical, others not so much. I think both viewpoints have merit. |