Editing SourceForge (section)

==History==
[[File:Sourceforge_logo.png|thumb|Former logo of SourceForge]]
SourceForge, founded in 1999 by [[VA Software]], was the first provider of a centralized location for free and open-source software developers to control and manage software development and offering this service free of charge.<ref name="earthweb2007" /> The software running the SourceForge site was released as free software in January 2000<ref>{{cite web|title=SourceForge Code Release|url=http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=4024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000301031158/http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=4024|archive-date=March 1, 2000|url-status=dead|publisher=VA Software|date=January 14, 2000|quote=It's finally here...The Code behind this site is being released under the terms of the GPL.|access-date=February 11, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url-status=dead|url=http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010418102945/http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=1|archive-date=April 18, 2001|access-date=February 11, 2017|title=SourceForge - Files}} Early code releases</ref> and was later named SourceForge Alexandria.<ref>{{cite web|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020302153115/http://sourceforge.net/projects/alexandria-dev/|archive-date=March 2, 2002|access-date=February 11, 2017|url=http://sourceforge.net/projects/alexandria-dev/|title=SourceForge Alexandria}}</ref> The last release under a free license was made in November 2001.<ref name="lwn2002">{{cite web|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/17822/|website=[[LWN.net]]|title=Restarting free SourceForge development|date=December 11, 2002}}</ref> After the [[Dot-com bubble#Companies|dot-com bubble]], SourceForge was later powered by the proprietary [[SourceForge Enterprise Edition]], a separate product re-written in [[Java (programming language)|Java]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Apps/sourceforge-forks.html|title=Sourceforge forks|access-date=February 11, 2017|author=Rick Moen|quote=...around 2002, VA Software decided to junk the entire SourceForge codebase ... as the basis for its proprietary SourceForge Enterprise product, and recode the entire thing from scratch in Java...}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310204135/http://www.vasoftware.com/sourceforge/difs.php|url=http://www.vasoftware.com/sourceforge/difs.php|archive-date=March 10, 2007|access-date=February 11, 2017|title=Differences Between SourceForge.net® and SourceForge® Enterprise Edition|quote= SourceForge.net was built ... using popular web scripting languages including PHP, Perl and Python and many Open Source tools and components. ... By contrast, SourceForge Enterprise Edition was architected and built from the ground up ... [with a] Platform-independent J2EE architecture|author=VA Software|author-link=VA Software}}</ref> which was marketed for use in [[offshore outsourcing]].<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20031208005258/en/Latest-Product-VA-Software-Governance-Offshore-Outsourcing|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211075748/http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20031208005258/en/Latest-Product-VA-Software-Governance-Offshore-Outsourcing|archive-date=February 11, 2017|author=Business Wire|author-link=Business Wire|date=December 8, 2003|title=Latest Product from VA Software Provides Better Governance for Offshore Outsourcing|quote=VA Software Corporation (Nasdaq:LNUX), provider of SourceForge Enterprise Edition ... today announced the release of a product designed to address key challenges related to offshore application development. SourceForge Enterprise Edition 3.5...}}</ref>

SourceForge has been temporarily banned in [[People's Republic of China|China]] three times: in September 2002,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2119983/china-asta-la-vista-altavista|title=China Says Asta la Vista to Altavista|website=VNUNet.com|date=September 6, 2002|access-date=December 4, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011203709/http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2119983/china-asta-la-vista-altavista|archive-date=October 11, 2008}}</ref> in July 2008 (for about a month)<ref>[http://www.moon-blog.com/2008/07/sourceforge-unblocked-in-china.html SourceForge Unblocked in China]. Moonlight Blog. July 24, 2008.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/topic.asp?topic_id=500647 |title=Gamedev.net |website=GameDev.net |date=April 14, 2012 |access-date=April 19, 2012}}</ref> and on August 6, 2012 (for several days).

In November 2008, SourceForge was sued by the French [[collection society]] [[Société civile des Producteurs de Phonogrammes en France]] (SPPF) for hosting downloads of the file sharing application [[Shareaza]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://torrentfreak.com/record-labels-to-sue-vuze-limewire-and-sourceforge-081114/ |title=Record Labels to Sue Vuze, Limewire and SourceForge |website=TorrentFreak.com |access-date=April 19, 2012}}</ref>

In 2009, SourceForge announced a new site platform known as Allura, which would be an extensible, open source platform licensed under the [[Apache License]], utilizing components such as [[Python (programming language)|Python]] and [[MongoDB]], and offering [[REST]] [[API]]s.<ref name="sf-anopenforge">{{cite web|title=An Open Forge|url=https://sourceforge.net/blog/an-open-forge/|website=SourceForge|date=March 11, 2011|access-date=February 4, 2016}}</ref> In June 2012, the Allura project was donated to the [[Apache Software Foundation]] as Apache Allura.<ref>{{cite web|last=Proffitt |first=Brian |url=http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/281561/sourceforge-back-end-code-be-donated-apache |title=SourceForge back-end code to be donated to Apache |work=ITworld |date=June 18, 2012 |access-date=October 19, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/SourceForge-submits-Allura-to-Apache-s-Incubator-1620747.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006221325/http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/SourceForge-submits-Allura-to-Apache-s-Incubator-1620747.html |archive-date=October 6, 2013|title=SourceForge submits Allura to Apache's Incubator |website=H-Online.com |date=June 19, 2012 |access-date=October 19, 2012}}</ref>

In September 2012, SourceForge, [[Slashdot]], and [[Freecode]] were acquired from [[Geeknet]] by the online job site [[Dice.com]] for $20 million, and incorporated into a subsidiary known as Slashdot Media.<ref name="dice2012">{{cite web|url=http://www.dhigroupinc.com/press/Press-Release-Details/2012/Dice-Holdings-Inc-Acquires-Online-Media-Business-from-Geeknet-Inc/|title=DHI Group Inc. - Dice Holdings, Inc. Acquires Online Media Business from Geeknet, Inc.|access-date=April 30, 2016}}</ref><ref name=theh2012>{{cite web|url=http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Dice-Holdings-acquires-Slashdot-and-SourceForge-1711181.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131208023450/http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Dice-Holdings-acquires-Slashdot-and-SourceForge-1711181.html |title=Dice Holdings acquires Slashdot and SourceForge|date=September 19, 2012|archive-date=December 8, 2013|access-date=April 30, 2016}}</ref> In July 2015, Dice announced that it planned to sell SourceForge and Slashdot,<ref name="ars-dhisell">{{cite web
  | title      = DHI Group plans to sell off Slashdot and SourceForge
  | url        = https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/07/dhi-group-plans-to-sell-off-slashdot-and-sourceforge/
  | website    = Ars Technica
  | date = July 28, 2015
 | access-date = February 4, 2016
}}</ref> and, in January 2016, the two sites were sold to the San Diego–based BIZX, LLC for an undisclosed amount.<ref name="sdbj-bizx">{{cite web
  | title      = Slashdot Media Acquired by BIZX for Undisclosed Price
  | url        = https://www.sdbj.com/news/2016/jan/28/slashdot-media-acquired-bizx-undisclosed-price/
  | website    = San Diego Business Journal
  | date = January 28, 2016
 | access-date = February 4, 2016
}}</ref> In December 2019, [[BIZX]] rebranded as [[Slashdot Media]].<ref name="markets.businessinsider.com" />

On September 26, 2012, it was reported that attackers had compromised a SourceForge mirror, and modified a download of [[phpMyAdmin]] to add security exploits.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itworld.com/security/298675/compromised-sourceforge-mirror-distributes-backdoored-phpmyadmin-package |title=Compromised SourceForge mirror distributes backdoored phpMyAdmin package | author = Lucian Constantin | date = September 26, 2012 | website= ITWorld.com |access-date= January 23, 2013}}</ref>