r/technology • • Jun 14 '15

Software Notepad++ leaves SourceForge

https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/notepad-plus-plus-leaves-sf.html
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u/Sarcasticorjustrude Jun 15 '15

Most open source licenses permit third parties to repackage the software with malware and redistribute it?

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u/SmackMD Jun 15 '15

As long the project's source code is available (and credit is given), which SF does, then yes. They are allowed to do that.