Alexander Antimonov <alexander.antimonov.od...@gmail.com> writes: > On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 1:21 PM, Klaus Ethgen <klaus+gee...@ethgen.de> wrote: >> Am So den 15. Sep 2013 um 0:31 schrieb Jeffery Small: >> [Sensless add] >>> Who is adding these obnoxious ads? Is Sourceforge responsible, or someone >>> else? >> >> I think, that is the new policy of sourceforge; to make money out of >> free software. > I can't recall any of the most used free software licenses which ban > making money out of free software. Even the most virus like GPL > doesn't ban use of GPL'ed software in the commercial projects.
If a license prohibits making money ("no commercial use"), then it is
not Free Software, and it is not Open Source.
>> One more reason to completely go to another platform.
> There is no guaranty that another platform will not start adding its ads
> (if it didn't already).
True. But it's a reason to associate with an non-profit charity with
free software as a purpose. That's still not a guarantee, but such
organizations are obligated to act in the best interests of free
software, rather than their shareholders.
So I think that's
https://savannah.nongnu.org/
http://gna.org/
and perhaps ASF, but that is much heavier weight.
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