SourceForge has been caught out “adopting” open-source projects that are “orphaned”. Observers accuse the project repository of adding malware to compiled downloads and littering the site with deceptive ads. The two most recent victims seem to have been GIMP and Nmap.

Oh dear. What a mess. And how the once-trusted mighty appear to have fallen.

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