SourceForge Tries to Win Back Trust of Open-Source Developers

After drawing the ire of the open-source community over the past couple of weeks, SourceForge published a blog post today explaining how it will generate ad revenue going forward.

The online software repository landed itself in hot water after it was found to be bundling adware with free and open-source software downloads, most notably the Windows version of the GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP).

In the blog post, SourceForge said that the adware bundling was …read more

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