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In light of the recent activities of Dice Holdings trying to monetize the website it purchased in September 2012, Martin Brinkmann at gHacks reports
The admin of the popular NotePad++ text editor announced [June 15] that the project would leave SourceForge
[...] The project will use Github as the development hub for Notepad++ exclusively.
[...] tmux, nmap, [and] VLC for instance [are also trying] to get Sourceforge to remove [their] projects from the site
In the comments, Oxa June notes that Pale Moon is looking to move away.
In addition, Softpedia notes that WINE is migrating away.
Related: SourceForge Using Mirrored Projects and Including Adware
Slashdot Burying Stories About Dice-Owned SourceForge
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(Score: 2) by bradley13 on Thursday June 18 2015, @08:52AM
When I hear that GitHub is seeking $200 million in external investment, I think it is already dead - it just hasn't bled out yet. Anyone who gives it that kind of money will be looking for the same short-term profits that drove SourceForge to package crapware with its downloads.
Time to start looking for another hosting platform. I already have a couple of projects on GitLab, but there are also plenty of others out there.
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