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SourceForge.net
URL	http://sourceforge.net/
Alexa rank	< 200[1]
Commercial?	Yes
Type of site	collaborative revision control and software development management system
Registration	optional
Available language(s)	English
Owner	SourceForge, Inc. (Formerly VA Software)
Created by	VA Software
Launched	November 1999
Current status	Active

SourceForge.net is a source code repository and acts as a centralized location for software developers to control and manage open source software development. SourceForge.net is operated by Sourceforge, Inc. (formerly VA Software) and runs a version of the SourceForge software, forked from the last open-source version available. A large number of open source projects are hosted on the site (it had reached 169,281 projects and 1,789,014 registered users[1] as of 2008, although it does contain many dormant or single-user projects. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... // Uniform Resource Locator (URL) formerly known as Universal Resource Locator, is a technical, Web-related term used in two distinct meanings: In popular usage and many technical documents, it is a synonym for Uniform Resource Identifier (URI); Strictly, the idea of a uniform syntax for global identifiers of network-retrievable... Alexa Internet, Inc. ... LNUX stock price (December 9, 1999 through December 9, 2000) SourceForge, Inc. ... LNUX stock price (09-Dec-1999 through 09-Dec-2000) VA Software Corporation (NASDAQ: LNUX), formerly VA Linux Systems, is the provider of the SourceForge Development Intelligence application. ... A source code repository is a place where large amounts of source code are kept, either publicly or privately. ... LNUX stock price (December 9, 1999 through December 9, 2000) SourceForge, Inc. ... In software engineering, a project fork or branch happens when a developer (or a group of them) takes a copy of source code from one software package and starts to independently develop a new package. ...

SourceForge.net has offered free access to hosting and tools for developers of free software / open source software for several years, and has become well-known within such development communities for these services. Free software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with minimal restrictions only to ensure that further recipients can also do these things. ... ...

SourceForge.net competes with other providers such as RubyForge, Tigris.org, BountySource, BerliOS, JavaForge and GNU Savannah. RubyForge is a collaborative software development management system delicated to projects related Ruby programming language. ... Tigris. ... BountySource is a collaborative project management service for use by any Open Source Software with an OSI-approved license. ... The BerliOS project was founded by FOKUS, a Fraunhofer society institute, to coordinate the different interest groups in the field of open source software (OSS) and to assume a neutral coordinator function. ... JavaForge. ... GNU Savannah is a project of the Free Software Foundation, which serves as a collaborative software development management system for Free Software projects. ...

The domain sourceforge.net attracted at least 28 million visitors annually by 2008 according to a Compete.com survey.^[2]

Offerings

SourceForge.net allows any project uniquely named in its registry to be sub-domained as http://project-name.sourceforge.net or http://project-name.sf.net. This gives some prominent URL branding to a project and a high activity in it can get the project listed on the main page http://sourceforge.net as a Top Project. Having a high number of registered members numbering over a million, and often been researched for project information, any participating project can gain fast access to the market of developers and users for a short and efficient adoption rate. // Uniform Resource Locator (URL) formerly known as Universal Resource Locator, is a technical, Web-related term used in two distinct meanings: In popular usage and many technical documents, it is a synonym for Uniform Resource Identifier (URI); Strictly, the idea of a uniform syntax for global identifiers of network-retrievable...

SourceForge.net provides ample storage space for a project to completely house their contents such as a wiki, MySQL database, source code versions managed with CVS or Subversion, and even their own website pages at the subdomain location. Wiki wiki redirects here. ... MySQL (pronounced (IPA) , my S-Q-L[1]) is a multithreaded, multi-user SQL database management system (DBMS)[2] which has, according to MySQL AB, more than 10 million installations. ... This article is about computing. ... The Concurrent Versions System (CVS), also known as the Concurrent Versioning System, is an open-source version control system invented and developed by Dick Grune in the 1980s. ... In computing, Subversion (SVN) is a version control system (VCS) initiated in 2000 by CollabNet Inc. ...

By uploading code to SourceForge.net, you grant SourceForge a perpetual proprietary license.^[3]

Temporary ban in mainland China

Main article: Golden Shield Project

The entire SourceForge.net website was banned in mainland China around 2002,^[4] though the ban was later lifted in 2003^{[citation needed]}. The Golden Shield Project (Chinese: ; pinyin: ), sometimes referred to as the Great Firewall of China, is a censorship and surveillance project operated by the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Banned countries

In its terms of use^[5], SourceForge states that its services are not available to users in countries on the sanction list of the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (e.g., Cuba and Iran). As of January 2008, people from those countries can browse SourceForge projects and download from them, but access to the secure server (https://sourceforge.net) is not allowed. This means, people coming from those IPs can't login to SourceForge or contribute to the source codes. For other uses of terms redirecting here, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation) Motto In God We Trust(since 1956) (From Many, One; Latin, traditional) Anthem The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City National language English (de facto)1 Demonym American... The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the United States Department of the Treasury administers and enforces economic and trade sanctions based on US foreign policy and national security goals against targeted foreign countries, terrorists, unapproved international narcotics traffickers, and those engaged in activities related to the unapproved proliferation... 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

See also

• Comparison of free software hosting facilities
• CodePlex

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References

1. ^ sourceforge.net - Site Information from Alexa
2. ^ Sourceforge attractes almost 30m visitors yearly
3. ^ Terms and Conditions of Use. SourceForge.net. SourceForge, Inc. (2000-08-15). Retrieved on 2008-02-22. “By submitting, posting or displaying Content on or through SourceForge.net, you grant Company a worldwide, non-exclusive, irrevocable, perpetual, fully sublicensable, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, create derivative works from, publish, perform, display, rent, resell and distribute such Content (in whole or part) on SourceForge.net and incorporate Content in other works, in any form, media, or technology developed by Company, though Company is not required to incorporate Feedback into any Company products or services. Company reserves the right to syndicate Content submitted, posted or displayed by you on or through SourceForge.net and use that Content in connection with any service offered by Company.”
4. ^ China says asta la vista to Altavista. vnunet.com (2002-09-06). Retrieved on 2007-12-04.
5. ^ http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?group_id=1&docid=6048

Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... This article is about the day of the year. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance to the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 53rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... is the 338th day of the year (339th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• SourceForge.net
• "The SourceForge Story", by James Maguire (2007-10-17)