If you’re a user of a SourceForge project, please find and use an alternative project instead. And cease all further involvement until it’s complete. If you’re a developer or contributor to a SourceForge project, please ask them to move to a new project host (there are several). To misquote Marge Simpson “They not only crossed the line, they threw up on it.” Not through preying on the unskilled or unwary. I’m not against monetisation at all, we all have lives and need to pay our bills. But not through abusing user trust. Ubuntu 14.04.X, 15.04.X, 15.10.X and 16.04.X are supported for now (until Launchpad decides to discontinue building for any series).
#SQLITE BROWSER SOURCEFORGE INSTALL#
Install the package using: sudo apt-get install sqlitebrowser.
#SQLITE BROWSER SOURCEFORGE UPDATE#
Then update the cache using: sudo apt-get update. So these co-operating projects are also knowingly selling their users down the river. sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:linuxgndu/sqlitebrowser.
When SourceForge introduced this, it bribed encouraged the top projects to participate by giving them a cut of the take. As abused by the notorious ask.com toolbar and others: This is a “drive-by installer”, designed to catch less technical users and the unwary, to fill their computers with malware / junk ware / crime ware. With their recent changes, users downloading from SourceForge now receive a special closed source installer which attempts to foist unrelated third party software onto them. SourceForge’s new owners, Dice, have consciously and deliberately moved to a model violating this trust. They do not expect the software to be a source of “drive by installer” style malware, spyware, adware, or any other unrelated/unintended software. When people download software from SourceForge, or any major repository of Open Source software, they expect the software to be trustworthy. End users using projects hosted on SourceForge should immediately find an alternative. SourceForge, once a mighty force for the good of Open Source, has fallen far from its previous lofty heights.ĭice, the new owners, bribe strongly encourage the top projects to use a new (closed source only) installer that pushes spyware / adware / malware.ĭevelopers using SourceForge should migrate away from it if they want to keep their integrity.
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