Re: [Gimp-developer] Sourceforge downloads

[Pat David <patdavid gmail com>]

https://sourceforge.net/blog/gimp-win-project-wasnt-hijacked-just-abandoned/

SF claims abandonment of the project, and no response from the maintainer.
Of course, they may not consider a request to C&D the delivery of the
project as a "response"...

On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 8:46 AM Sebastian Wahl <spillerrec gmail com> wrote:

> > Even if they give us
> > back the control of the account and say "oups sorry, our bad, that was
> > a mistake", I vote for GIMP to first stop using Sourceforge at all
> > (and too bad for broken links), do as much noise as possible for other
> > projects to leave it and stop using it, and maybe more.
> I agree, if it hadn't been because they unbeknown to us had updated the
> installer, the links would be pointing to an old version anyway. I think it
> is better to have broken links and force people do a quick google search,
> than having users install old versions with fewer features and more bugs.
>
>  > And are you now? I received it because I am in direct Cc, but others
>  > have not apparently (according to IRC). Your message is probably in
>  > moderation.
> I did get a mail saying it was currently in moderation. I have subscribed,
> but I sent it from a different email address by accident.
>
> Sebastian Wahl
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