IDG Contributor Network: SourceForge ‘hijacks’ GIMP, wraps it inside ads
GNU Image Manipulation Program, or GIMP as it’s commonly known, is at loggerheads with SourceForge, once again. GIMP just learned that SourceForge has ‘taken over’ the account of Jernej Simončič who was maintaining the Windows version of the project.
GIMP posted in their Google+ page:
It appears that +SourceForge took over the control of the ‘GIMP for Windows’ account and is now distributing an ads-enabled installer of GIMP. They also locked out original owner of the account, Jernej Simončič, who has been building the Windows versions of GIMP for our project for years.
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