I'm guessing OP took this from reddit thread. If you read that thread you'll see that it's not sourceforge but this one project. So this title is misleading.
I've seen a few differing reports on what SourceForge is doing. From what I gather so far:
1) Originally (a couple years back or so), they started (as an opt in from the project owners) bundling adware with the Windows versions of installers on selected projects.
2) Recently, SourceForge editors have taken over abandoned projects (i.e., projects that no longer use SourceForge as their primary distribution page, and haven't updated the project pages), and have replaced the installers for some of them with their adware-bundled installers.
3) A firestorm erupted over this, SF stated that they would back away from the adware (on taken-over pages -- it would still be present on projects with an agreement from the project owners).
4) They are still taking over abandoned projects and updating them.
Now my question -- for point (4), are they just updating the project download pages with the current versions, or are they still bundling their adware with the projects? Everything I've seen so far (after their "apology" post), it appears that they haven't done any new adware bundling, just taking over the projects. Is this the case? And if so, is the concern that they will slip in the adware in the future?
GitHub has a paid business model, so I think they're less likely to be tempted by the dark side. SourceForge is another cautionary tale about how "free is a lie" -- how free leads directly to scummy business models.
I love google for this and many other ways the fight abuse of browser users. First, they removed CA, which produced a bad certificate, and now sf with their bundles.
Interestingly (to me) this link is blocked by my ad blocker, rather than Google.
> uBlock₀ has prevented the following page from loading:
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/lame/
> Because of the following filter
> ||sourceforge.net^
[+] [-] dkns|10 years ago|reply
Edit: Thread: http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/3a9h9x/soureforg...
Response from one user that sourceforge is actually whitelisted by google: http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/3a9h9x/soureforg...
http://safebrowsing.clients.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnost... http://safebrowsing.clients.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnost...
[+] [-] k_roy|10 years ago|reply
[+] [-] davidgerard|10 years ago|reply
[+] [-] derekp7|10 years ago|reply
1) Originally (a couple years back or so), they started (as an opt in from the project owners) bundling adware with the Windows versions of installers on selected projects.
2) Recently, SourceForge editors have taken over abandoned projects (i.e., projects that no longer use SourceForge as their primary distribution page, and haven't updated the project pages), and have replaced the installers for some of them with their adware-bundled installers.
3) A firestorm erupted over this, SF stated that they would back away from the adware (on taken-over pages -- it would still be present on projects with an agreement from the project owners).
4) They are still taking over abandoned projects and updating them.
Now my question -- for point (4), are they just updating the project download pages with the current versions, or are they still bundling their adware with the projects? Everything I've seen so far (after their "apology" post), it appears that they haven't done any new adware bundling, just taking over the projects. Is this the case? And if so, is the concern that they will slip in the adware in the future?
[+] [-] phkahler|10 years ago|reply
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[+] [-] rawe|10 years ago|reply
http://safebrowsing.clients.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnost... :
> Part of this site was listed for suspicious activity 332 time(s) over the past 90 days.
[+] [-] csn|10 years ago|reply
[+] [-] davidgerard|10 years ago|reply
edit: Now happening for me in Chromium. (Both of these on Xubuntu 14.04, versions from the repos.)
[+] [-] s_dev|10 years ago|reply
I can reproduce it if I visit exactly: http://sourceforge.net/projects/camstudio/
but not http://sourceforge.net/ on it's own. Perhaps they only apply the warning to malicious projects rather than the site as a whole.
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[+] [-] anton_gogolev|10 years ago|reply
[1]: http://helb.github.io/goodbye-sourceforge/
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[+] [-] AndrewOMartin|10 years ago|reply
> uBlock₀ has prevented the following page from loading: > http://sourceforge.net/projects/lame/ > Because of the following filter > ||sourceforge.net^
[+] [-] smhenderson|10 years ago|reply
Wonder what's up with that?
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[+] [-] ra1n85|10 years ago|reply
Tech superpowers cannot coerce me through (direct) regulation or force.
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[+] [-] upofadown|10 years ago|reply
In terms of security/privacy a bricked smart phone is much improved...