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:Kuro5hin: The SourceForge Hegemony
Kuro5hin: The SourceForge Hegemony
May 3, 2004, 21 :15 UTC (10 Talkback[s]) (7665 reads)

"Recently, a project I have been sharing co-admin responsiblities for was hijacked. I won't mention the name of the project because the actual hijacking isn't the subject of this rant, but I will go so far as to say said project has been around for several years, and appears in several Linux distros. Why do I call this a hijacking? Because I was removed from both admin and developer lists without my consent. Because the developers of the project were removed, and replaced with two developers who later confirmed in separate e-mails that they did not request to be put on the project, have no knowledge of the project, and were not asked if they wanted to join the project. I might also add I have been the major contributor to this project for the last three years, and while the project hasn't seen much in the way of activity over the last year or so, it was by no means an abandoned project..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
WHAT ?,... won't mention the name of ...   I won't mention the name of the project !!!   
GH
May 3, 2004, 22:55:18
 
Of course it will never come to that, do ...   If Microsoft bought VA Linux..   
David D. Huff Jr.
May 3, 2004, 23:45:32
 
Well then put your project on your own w ...   Well then...   
NeoSadist
May 3, 2004, 23:49:25
 
sourcefourge is sleazeballed? Well now,  ...   sourcefourge is sleazeballed ?   
Robert M. Stockmann
May 4, 2004, 04:06:32
 
 Of course it will never come to that, d ...   DAVID IS NOT KIDDING.....   
GreyGeek
May 4, 2004, 12:27:50
 
They'll gonna wipe everyone from the ...   Wintel hijack   
Zoki
May 4, 2004, 14:14:05
 
WHAT ?,... won't mention the name of ...   Re: I won't mention the name of the project !!   
df
May 4, 2004, 15:05:53
 
...is "don't give admin privileges t ...   The moral of the story...   
DanielB
May 4, 2004, 15:45:27
 
It should be clear from the article cite ...   Re: If Microsoft bought VA Linux..   
C. Whitman
May 4, 2004, 15:58:34
 
The complaints against Sourceforge are n ...   Re: Re: I won't mention the name of the projec   
horne
May 4, 2004, 16:59:31
 
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