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Slashdot Burying Stories About Dice Owned SourceForge

posted by n1 on Tuesday June 02 2015, @02:05AM   Printer-friendly
from the no-such-thing-as-bad-publicity dept.

ghost writes:

If you read SoylentNews, Ars Technica, Reddit, or anywhere other than the other site, you've probably heard about SourceForge hijacking accounts and monetizing open source software with crapware installers. It seems the other site is intent on burying that information. Perhaps they don't consider it newsworthy?

For those still using SourceForge, there are many superior alternatives.

Update: 06/02 03:27 GMT by mrcoolbp : Slashdot ran the story this morning.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by dltaylor on Tuesday June 02 2015, @02:50AM

    by dltaylor (4693) on Tuesday June 02 2015, @02:50AM (#190997)

    The story did appear, briefly, including a mention of the corporate relationship. It has been taken down since, but can be searched (GIMP) and is located here: http://tech.slashdot.org/story/15/06/01/1241231/sourceforge-and-gimp-updated [slashdot.org]

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