<s>
SourceForge	B-Application
is	O
a	O
web	O
service	O
that	O
offers	O
software	O
consumers	O
a	O
centralized	O
online	O
location	O
to	O
control	O
and	O
manage	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
projects	O
and	O
research	O
business	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
provides	O
source	B-General_Concept
code	I-General_Concept
repository	I-General_Concept
hosting	O
,	O
bug	B-Application
tracking	I-Application
,	O
mirroring	O
of	O
downloads	O
for	O
load	B-Application
balancing	I-Application
,	O
a	O
wiki	B-Protocol
for	O
documentation	O
,	O
developer	O
and	O
user	O
mailing	O
lists	O
,	O
user-support	O
forums	B-Application
,	O
user-written	O
reviews	O
and	O
ratings	O
,	O
a	O
news	O
bulletin	O
,	O
micro-blog	B-Application
for	O
publishing	O
project	O
updates	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SourceForge	B-Application
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
to	O
offer	O
this	O
service	O
free	B-Application
of	O
charge	O
to	O
open-source	B-Application
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2012	O
,	O
the	O
website	O
has	O
run	O
on	O
Apache	B-Application
Allura	I-Application
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SourceForge	B-Application
offers	O
free	B-Application
hosting	O
and	O
free	B-Application
access	O
to	O
tools	O
for	O
developers	O
of	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
software	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
the	O
SourceForge	B-Application
repository	B-General_Concept
claimed	O
to	O
host	O
more	O
than	O
502,000	O
projects	O
and	O
had	O
more	O
than	O
3.7	O
million	O
registered	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SourceForge	B-Application
is	O
a	O
web-based	O
source	B-General_Concept
code	I-General_Concept
repository	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
acts	O
as	O
a	O
centralized	O
location	O
for	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
software	I-License
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
to	O
offer	O
this	O
service	O
for	O
free	B-Application
to	O
open-source	B-Application
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Project	O
developers	O
have	O
access	O
to	O
centralized	O
storage	O
and	O
tools	O
for	O
managing	O
projects	O
,	O
though	O
it	O
is	O
best	O
known	O
for	O
providing	O
revision	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
systems	I-Architecture
such	O
as	O
CVS	B-Application
,	O
SVN	B-Application
,	O
Bazaar	B-Protocol
,	O
Git	B-Application
and	O
Mercurial	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Major	O
features	O
(	O
amongst	O
others	O
)	O
include	O
project	O
wikis	B-Protocol
,	O
metrics	O
and	O
analysis	O
,	O
access	O
to	O
a	O
MySQL	B-Application
database	O
,	O
and	O
unique	O
sub-domain	O
URLs	O
(	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
http://project-name.sourceforge.net	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
vast	O
number	O
of	O
users	O
at	O
SourceForge.net	B-Application
(	O
over	O
3	O
million	O
as	O
of	O
2013	O
)	O
exposes	O
prominent	O
projects	O
to	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
developers	O
and	O
can	O
create	O
a	O
positive	O
feedback	O
loop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
project	O
's	O
activity	O
rises	O
,	O
net	O
's	O
internal	O
ranking	O
system	O
makes	O
it	O
more	O
visible	O
to	O
other	O
developers	O
through	O
SourceForge	B-Application
directory	O
and	O
Enterprise	O
Directory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Given	O
that	O
many	O
open-source	B-Application
projects	O
fail	O
due	O
to	O
lack	O
of	O
developer	O
support	O
,	O
exposure	O
to	O
such	O
a	O
large	O
community	O
of	O
developers	O
can	O
continually	O
breathe	O
new	O
life	O
into	O
a	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SourceForge	B-Application
's	O
traditional	O
revenue	O
model	O
is	O
through	O
advertising	O
banner	O
sales	O
on	O
their	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
SourceForge	B-Application
Inc	O
.	O
reported	O
quarterly	O
takings	O
of	O
US	O
$6.5	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
SourceForge	B-Application
reported	O
a	O
gross	O
quarterly	O
income	O
of	O
US$23	O
million	O
through	O
media	O
and	O
e-commerce	O
streams	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
a	O
revenue	O
of	O
US$20	O
million	O
was	O
reported	O
for	O
the	O
combined	O
value	O
of	O
the	O
SourceForge	B-Application
,	O
slashdot	O
and	O
freecode	O
holdings	O
,	O
prior	O
to	O
SourceForge	B-Application
's	O
acquisition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2013	O
additional	O
revenue	O
generation	O
schemes	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
bundleware	B-Application
models	O
,	O
have	O
been	O
trialled	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
goal	O
of	O
increasing	O
SourceForge	B-Application
's	O
revenue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
result	O
has	O
in	O
some	O
cases	O
been	O
the	O
appearance	O
of	O
malware	O
bundled	O
with	O
SourceForge	B-Application
downloads	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
9	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
SourceForge	B-Application
announced	O
they	O
had	O
eliminated	O
their	O
DevShare	B-Application
program	O
practice	O
of	O
bundling	O
installers	O
with	O
project	O
downloads	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Negative	O
community	O
reactions	O
to	O
the	O
partnership	O
program	O
led	O
to	O
a	O
review	O
of	O
the	O
program	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
nonetheless	O
opened	O
up	O
to	O
all	O
SourceForge	B-Application
projects	O
on	O
February	O
7	O
,	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SourceForge	B-Application
,	O
founded	O
in	O
1999	O
by	O
VA	O
Software	O
,	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
provider	O
of	O
a	O
centralized	O
location	O
for	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
software	I-License
developers	O
to	O
control	O
and	O
manage	O
software	O
development	O
and	O
offering	O
this	O
service	O
without	O
charge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
running	O
the	O
SourceForge	B-Application
site	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
in	O
January	O
2000	O
and	O
was	O
later	O
named	O
SourceForge	B-Application
Alexandria	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
release	O
under	O
a	O
free	B-Application
license	O
was	O
made	O
in	O
November	O
2001	O
;	O
after	O
the	O
dot-com	O
bubble	O
,	O
SourceForge	B-Application
was	O
later	O
powered	O
by	O
the	O
proprietary	O
SourceForge	B-Protocol
Enterprise	I-Protocol
Edition	I-Protocol
,	O
a	O
separate	O
product	O
re-written	O
in	O
Java	B-Language
which	O
was	O
marketed	O
for	O
offshore	O
outsourcing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SourceForge	B-Application
has	O
been	O
temporarily	O
banned	O
in	O
China	O
three	O
times	O
:	O
in	O
September	O
2002	O
,	O
in	O
July	O
2008	O
(	O
for	O
about	O
a	O
month	O
)	O
and	O
on	O
August	O
6	O
,	O
2012	O
(	O
for	O
several	O
days	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2008	O
,	O
SourceForge	B-Application
was	O
sued	O
by	O
the	O
French	O
collection	O
society	O
Société	O
civile	O
des	O
Producteurs	O
de	O
Phonogrammes	O
en	O
France	O
(	O
SPPF	O
)	O
for	O
hosting	O
downloads	O
of	O
the	O
file	O
sharing	O
application	O
Shareaza	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
SourceForge	B-Application
announced	O
a	O
new	O
site	O
platform	O
known	O
as	O
Allura	B-Application
,	O
which	O
would	O
be	O
an	O
extensible	O
,	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
platform	I-Application
licensed	O
under	O
the	O
Apache	B-Application
License	I-Application
,	O
utilizing	O
components	O
such	O
as	O
Python	B-Language
and	O
MongoDB	B-Application
,	O
and	O
offering	O
REST	O
APIs	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2012	O
the	O
Allura	B-Application
project	O
was	O
donated	O
to	O
the	O
Apache	O
Software	O
Foundation	O
as	O
Apache	B-Application
Allura	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2012	O
SourceForge	B-Application
,	O
Slashdot	O
,	O
and	O
Freecode	O
were	O
acquired	O
from	O
Geeknet	O
by	O
the	O
online	O
job	O
site	O
Dice.com	O
for	O
$20	O
million	O
,	O
and	O
incorporated	O
into	O
a	O
subsidiary	O
known	O
as	O
Slashdot	O
Media	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2015	O
Dice	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
planned	O
to	O
sell	O
SourceForge	B-Application
and	O
Slashdot	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
January	O
2016	O
the	O
two	O
sites	O
were	O
sold	O
to	O
the	O
San	O
Diego-based	O
BIZX	O
,	O
LLC	O
for	O
an	O
undisclosed	O
amount	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
26	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
reported	O
that	O
attackers	O
had	O
compromised	O
a	O
SourceForge	B-Application
mirror	O
,	O
and	O
modified	O
a	O
download	O
of	O
phpMyAdmin	B-Application
to	O
add	O
security	O
exploits	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
SourceForge	B-Application
's	O
monetization	O
practices	O
have	O
been	O
met	O
with	O
criticism	O
by	O
developers	O
and	O
end	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2013	O
SourceForge	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
provide	O
project	O
owners	O
with	O
an	O
optional	O
feature	O
called	O
DevShare	B-Application
,	O
which	O
places	O
closed-source	O
ad-supported	O
content	O
into	O
the	O
binary	O
installers	O
and	O
gives	O
the	O
project	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
ad	O
revenue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2013	O
GIMP	B-Application
,	O
a	O
free	B-Application
image	O
manipulation	O
program	O
,	O
removed	O
its	O
download	O
from	O
SourceForge	B-Application
,	O
citing	O
misleading	O
download	O
buttons	O
that	O
potentially	O
confuse	O
customers	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
SourceForge	B-Application
's	O
own	O
Windows	O
installer	O
,	O
which	O
bundles	O
potentially	B-Application
unwanted	I-Application
programs	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
statement	O
,	O
GIMP	B-Application
called	O
SourceForge	B-Application
a	O
"	O
once	O
useful	O
and	O
trustworthy	O
place	O
to	O
develop	O
and	O
host	O
FLOSS	B-License
applications	O
"	O
that	O
now	O
faces	O
"	O
a	O
problem	O
with	O
the	O
ads	O
they	O
allow	O
on	O
their	O
sites	O
...	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
response	O
to	O
the	O
DevShare	B-Application
adware	O
many	O
users	O
and	O
projects	O
migrated	O
to	O
GitHub	B-Application
,	O
other	O
software	O
hosting	O
facilities	O
,	O
or	O
self-host	O
their	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2015	O
,	O
SourceForge	B-Application
took	O
control	O
of	O
pages	O
for	O
five	O
projects	O
that	O
had	O
migrated	O
to	O
other	O
hosting	O
sites	O
and	O
replaced	O
the	O
project	O
downloads	O
with	O
adware-laden	O
downloads	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Community	O
concerns	O
triggered	O
a	O
prompt	O
review	O
of	O
SourceForge	B-Application
mirroring	O
program	O
,	O
and	O
third-party	O
bundling	O
of	O
mirrored	O
content	O
was	O
discontinued	O
on	O
May	O
27	O
,	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
SourceForge	B-Application
was	O
sold	O
to	O
BizX	O
in	O
2016	O
,	O
DevShare	B-Application
was	O
discontinued	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
17	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
SourceForge	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
they	O
were	O
now	O
scanning	O
all	O
projects	O
for	O
malware	O
,	O
and	O
displaying	O
warnings	O
on	O
projects	O
detected	O
to	O
have	O
malware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GIMP	B-Application
,	O
who	O
discontinued	O
their	O
use	O
of	O
SourceForge	B-Application
as	O
a	O
download	O
mirror	O
in	O
November	O
2013	O
,	O
reported	O
in	O
May	O
2015	O
that	O
SourceForge	B-Application
was	O
hosting	O
versions	O
of	O
their	O
Windows	O
binaries	O
that	O
"	O
put	O
other	O
software	O
apart	O
from	O
GIMP	B-Application
on	O
our	O
users	O
 '	O
systems	O
"	O
on	O
their	O
Open	B-License
Source	I-License
Mirror	O
directory	O
,	O
which	O
SourceForge	B-Application
claims	O
is	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
abandoned	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
came	O
despite	O
SourceForge	B-Application
's	O
commitment	O
in	O
November	O
2013	O
to	O
never	O
bundle	O
adware	O
with	O
project	O
downloads	O
without	O
developers	O
 '	O
consent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GIMP	B-Application
said	O
"	O
To	O
us	O
,	O
this	O
firmly	O
places	O
SourceForge	B-Application
among	O
the	O
dodgy	O
crowd	O
of	O
download	O
sites.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
1	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
SourceForge	B-Application
claimed	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
stopped	O
coupling	O
"	O
third	O
party	O
offers	O
"	O
with	O
unmaintained	O
SourceForge	B-Application
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
this	O
announcement	O
was	O
made	O
,	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
other	O
developers	O
have	O
reported	O
that	O
their	O
SourceForge	B-Application
projects	O
had	O
been	O
taken	O
over	O
by	O
SourceForge	B-Application
staff	O
accounts	O
(	O
but	O
have	O
not	O
had	O
binaries	O
edited	O
)	O
,	O
including	O
nmap	B-Language
,	O
and	O
VLC	B-Application
media	I-Application
player	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
18	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
SourceForge	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
SourceForge-maintained	O
mirrored	O
projects	O
were	O
removed	O
,	O
and	O
anticipated	O
the	O
formation	O
of	O
a	O
Community	O
Panel	O
to	O
review	O
their	O
mirroring	O
practices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
No	O
such	O
Community	O
Panel	O
ever	O
materialized	O
,	O
but	O
SourceForge	B-Application
ended	O
the	O
bundling	O
of	O
installers	O
after	O
new	O
ownership	O
took	O
over	O
in	O
early	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2002	O
,	O
SourceForge	B-Application
has	O
featured	O
a	O
pair	O
of	O
Projects	O
of	O
the	O
Month	O
,	O
one	O
chosen	O
by	O
its	O
community	O
and	O
the	O
other	O
by	O
its	O
staff	O
,	O
but	O
these	O
have	O
not	O
been	O
updated	O
since	O
December	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
the	O
SourceForge	B-Application
repository	B-General_Concept
hosted	O
more	O
than	O
300,000	O
projects	O
and	O
had	O
more	O
than	O
3	O
million	O
registered	O
users	O
,	O
although	O
not	O
all	O
were	O
active	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
domain	O
sourceforge.net	B-Application
attracted	O
at	O
least	O
33	O
million	O
visitors	O
by	O
August	O
2009	O
according	O
to	O
a	O
Compete.com	O
survey	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
its	O
terms	O
of	O
use	O
,	O
SourceForge	B-Application
states	O
that	O
its	O
services	O
are	O
not	O
available	O
to	O
users	O
in	O
countries	O
on	O
the	O
sanction	O
list	O
of	O
the	O
U.S.	O
Office	O
of	O
Foreign	O
Assets	O
Control	O
(	O
including	O
Cuba	O
,	O
Iran	O
,	O
North	O
Korea	O
,	O
Sudan	O
and	O
Syria	O
)	O
.	O
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By	O
the	O
following	O
month	O
,	O
SourceForge	B-Application
relaxed	O
the	O
restrictions	O
so	O
that	O
individual	O
projects	O
could	O
indicate	O
whether	O
or	O
not	O
SourceForge	B-Application
should	O
block	O
their	O
software	O
from	O
download	O
to	O
those	O
countries	O
.	O
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