To a large extent I share your concerns about sourceforge. However I
think article to
which you linked is overstating the issue. The
concerns that were mentioned on the Gimp page relate to Advertisements
on Sourceforge, not to malware in downloads.
So far as I'm aware, sourceforge never has made any warranty about this -
you have to decide whether to trust the person who uploaded the softare
in the first place.
But yeah, SF is becoming a more and more annoying site to deal with.
(Harry, is it time to consider another option?)
But Sandy, I am rather confused by the position you take. You don't trust
sourceforge, but you do trust Windows! Windows is known to have DRM, spyware
and back doors which allow others to install/delete software without your
permission or knowledge. See
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/malware-microsoft.htmlFor this reason, (as well as technical reasons) we do
not recommend running PSPP
on Windows (but we try to help people who choose to do so).
If you want the best chance to run PSPP in a secure, trusted environment,
install GNU/Linux and run PSPP on that.
J'
On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 09:45:31PM +0100, SAR&BAWS wrote:
I hope I am e-mailing/posting to the correct address for the
pspp users list which I got from
http://pspp.awardspace.com/ I also hope that I am phrasing this request correctly as am not
familiar with the etiquette.
Appologies if I get anything wrong.
I would very much like to try out a copy of pspp to run on a
windows 7, 64 bit box . It sounds to be a really useful package.
I found the downloads page at
http://pspp.awardspace.com/ but
could only see links to sourceforge.
Given recent concerns about malware/adware being bundled with
downloads from sourceforge, I did not feel comfortable/safe with
downloading a copy from there. (for example GNU's GIMP no longer
uses sourceforge for the installers http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/08/gimp_dumps_sourceforge_over_dodgy_ads_and_installer/,
and comments on wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SourceForge seem to indicate
that, sadly, sourceforge is no longer trustworthy repository) .
Are there any download sites for pspp (windows 7 64bit or 32bit )
[other than sourceforge], which do not risk the installers having
malware/adware bundled with them?
Unfortunately I do not have the experience/confidence/software to
build an installer for windows from the source code.
Advice would be most welcome.
Many thanks in anticipation, Sandy
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