{"id":1160,"date":"2025-07-07T02:35:32","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T02:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/?p=1160"},"modified":"2025-07-07T02:39:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T02:39:23","slug":"great-care-was-taken-to-ensure-sourceforge-is-clean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/?p=1160","title":{"rendered":"Great care was taken to ensure SourceForge is clean"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sourceforge.net\/projects\/spacesniffer\/\"><img data-opt-id=986062919  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"864\" height=\"142\" src=\"https:\/\/ml6vmqguit1n.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/http:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-135.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1161\" style=\"width:545px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ml6vmqguit1n.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:142\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-135.png 864w, https:\/\/ml6vmqguit1n.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:49\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-135.png 300w, https:\/\/ml6vmqguit1n.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:126\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-135.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sourceforge.net\/projects\/spacesniffer\/\">SourceForge<\/a> went through a major reputation rehab. Back in the mid-2010s, it faced heavy criticism for bundling adware with project downloads, especially after taking over abandoned projects and wrapping them in installers. That move alienated a lot of open-source developers and users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But in recent years, especially after being acquired by BizX in 2016, SourceForge made a concerted effort to clean up its act:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\ud83e\uddf9 <strong>Removed bundled adware<\/strong>: They stopped using their controversial DevShare installer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\ud83d\udd12 <strong>HTTPS everywhere<\/strong>: They enforced secure connections across the site.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\ud83d\udce6 <strong>Project integrity<\/strong>: They now let developers maintain full control over their projects and downloads.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\ud83e\uddea <strong>Malware scanning<\/strong>: Downloads are scanned for malware, and results are shown transparently.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\ud83d\udcac <strong>Community trust<\/strong>: They\u2019ve worked to rebuild trust with open-source maintainers and users alike.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s a good example of a platform recognizing its missteps and making a genuine effort to course-correct.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SourceForge went through a major reputation rehab. Back in the mid-2010s, it faced heavy criticism for bundling adware with project downloads, especially after taking over abandoned projects and wrapping them in installers. That move alienated a lot of open-source developers and users. But in recent years, especially after being acquired by BizX in 2016, SourceForge&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/?p=1160\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Great care was taken to ensure SourceForge is clean<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-truben-show"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1160"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1166,"href":"https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1160\/revisions\/1166"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}