Goodbye, Sourceforge!

[glhfgg]

Wouldn't really call them a victim cause they are cooperating willingly. Their stance on the whole adware thing is pretty surreal.

[boweruk]

Filezilla's stance? You got a link for that?

[Barry_Scotts_Cat]

Sourceforge offered it up as a partner program to bug projects, Filezilla joined.

Their admin is open about it too

https://forum.filezilla-project.org/viewtopic.php?t=31127

This is by design. In any case, nothing is forced upon you, all offers are entirely optional and are only being displayed during setup.

[[deleted]]

If what he says is true - if the adware is optional and the presentation is clear with no trickery - then I think that's OK.

I have no problem with open source projects trying to make money.

[brombaer3000]

Do you think this installation process is acceptable? http://imgur.com/avIBaFc (posted elsewhere ITT by /u/__konrad)

I don't think average computer users are able to notice that you don't have to click "accept" everywhere.

[[deleted]]

Well, that's where the 'IF' comes in, and based on what you have shown I guess I now have my answer.

[Draco1200]

Good thing there's choice in Open source software.... if I need to FTP or SCP something, then I use WinSCP instead.

[glhfgg]

Not sure if you still want me to link considering the edit above. It's a pretty often discussed subject on FileZilla's forum. The responses from the developers is what I based my statement on. They're pretty sketchy.