SourceForge replacing GIMP Windows downloads

In 2013, we reported that SourceForge.net had started to redirect the download links clicked on by some users, providing those users with an installer program that bundled in not just the software the user had requested, but a set of side-loaded "utilities" as well. The practice raised the ire of many in the community, even though it was an optional service that SourceForge offered to project owners. Matters may have changed recently, however, as the GIMP project discovered that "GIMP for Windows" downloads had suddenly become side-loading installers—and that the project could no longer access the SourceForge account that was used to distribute them.

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