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>But man, there's something really off-putting about downloading from Sourceforge. I can't put my finger on it, but it seems scammy.

They were caught adding malware to installers. As in the installers you downloaded were modified to have an extra "Do you also want to install yahoo toolbar" step when installing.

https://www.infoworld.com/article/2610419/retro-repo-sourcef...

They since stopped. But the reputation damage persists to this day.

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Hasn't ownership changed hands since then?

It has, but the damage is already done and building back a lost reputation is hard even when we 'know' that the people in charge now are not the same people that where in charge then.

Be that as it may, that doesn't make it appropriate to accuse the current team of bundling malware.

They are the ones who removed that, in a stated effort to put SF back on the right track. They don't deserved to be maligned for their efforts.

Nobody did that, though? One person mentioned it felt scammy for an ineffable reason. Another responded with that bit of history, including the fact it is only history. That's it.

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