
Journal sybercorp's Journal: SourceForge is a scam
Okay, so in 2001 I created a project on SourceForge.net called "SyberCorp Software". I didn't really do much with it until 2005-2006, in which time I wrote a program called "Windows Product Key Viewer". After roughly 30 revisions (minor versions) I decided that I was going to turn the software into shareware and try to make some money off of it. After about a week straight of coding to implement a custom designed registration method I went to close the project on SourceForge.net only to find out that the site administrators wouldn't LET me. Going back and forth with them through numerous emails and forum posts about how I was the one that created the software and put in all the time, and explaining that I had turned the software into shareware (customers would have to buy it) they still refused. Their reasoning was that I initially posted it on their site and now it's their software. So, I pleaded -- why would anyone BUY my software if they could simply visit SourceForge.net to download an open-source copy of it for free -- no response. I took action. I logged into the project as an administrator and removed ALL of the files. About 2 days later I go the project page to check something else only to find out that I have been removed as the project administrator and ALL of the files from EVERY release have been recreated from their backups. I'm writing this in hopes that others will take action via words on forums and posts to SourceForge.net about their actions and that everyone out there with a project hosted on their site reads this before they run into a similar issue. All comments are welcome and wanted. Let me know what you think.
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