Article 9Y1F [$] SourceForge replacing GIMP Windows downloads

[$] SourceForge replacing GIMP Windows downloads

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In 2013, we reported that SourceForge.net had started to redirectthe download links clicked on by some users, providing those users with aninstaller program that bundled in not just the software the user hadrequested, but a set of side-loaded "utilities" as well. The practiceraised the ire of many in the community, even though it was anoptional service that SourceForge offered to project owners. Mattersmay have changed recently, however, as the GIMP project discovered that"GIMP for Windows" downloads had suddenly become side-loadinginstallers-and that the project could no longer access the SourceForgeaccount that was used to distribute them.

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