SourceForge.JP

This article is about the website. For other uses, see SourceForge (disambiguation).
OSDN
Web address https://osdn.jp/ or https://en.osdn.jp/
Commercial Yes
Type of site
 collaborative revision control and software development management system
Registration optional
Owner OSDN K.K.
Created by VA Linux Systems Japan
Launched April 2002
Current status Active
Official character of OSDN.JP[1]

OSDN, formerly SourceForge.JP, is a website for Open Source Projects. It provides source code repositories and web hosting services. Most features are similar to SourceForge.net which acts as a centralized location for Open Source software developers.

The OSDN repository hosts more than 5,000 projects and more than 50,000 registered users.[2] Registered software is mostly specialized for Japanese use, such as input method systems, fonts, and so on, but there are popular applications like Cabos, TeraTerm, and Shiira.

History

SourceForge.JP was started by VA Linux Systems (latterly SourceForge, Inc.) and its subsidiary VA Linux Systems Japan on April 18, 2002.[3][4] As of June 2009, OSDN K.K. was operating the SourceForge.JP. OSDN K.K. spun off of VA Linux Systems Japan in August 2007.[5][6]

On May 11, 2015, the site was renamed from "SourceForge.JP" to "OSDN".[7][8] In the same month that OSDN changed the site name. SourceForge.net caused two controversies: DevShare adware and project hijacking. In contrast, OSDN totally refuses adware bundling and project hijacking.[9][10] For that reason, the changing of the site name to OSDN is perceived to have been done based on criticism of and adverse reactions to SourceForge.net's monetization.[11]

Features

OSDN provides revision control systems such as CVS, SVN, Git, Mercurial, and every feature in SourceForge.net. What makes the OSDN different from the SourceForge.net is Bug tracking system and Wiki system. These are very Trac-like systems [12] on OSDN.

See also

References

  1. ↑ OSDN.JP. "OSDNの公式キャラクター". Retrieved 2012-05-09.
  2. ↑ "Site Information at OSDN.JP TOP page".
  3. ↑ "OSDN Press Release". 2002-04-18.
  4. ↑ ITmedia Enterprise (2002-03-19). "VA Linux，オープンソースソフト開発サイト「SourceForge.jp」を運用開始".
  5. ↑ "OSDN Press Release". 2007-09-01.
  6. ↑ ITmedia Enterprise (2007-09-03). "Slashdot Japanはどうなる？　OSDN事業部がサンブリッジの100％子会社に".
  7. ↑ "OSDN Site Announce". 2015-05-11.
  8. ↑ impress (2015-04-08). "「Slashdot Japan」が「スラド」に、「SourceForge.JP」が「OSDN」に名称変更".
  9. ↑ "OSDN Site Announce". 2015-06-01.
  10. ↑ Windows Forest (2015-06-01). "米SourceForgeが開発者に無断で「GIMP for Windows」へソフトをバンドル".
  11. ↑ impress. "SourceForgeとGIMPのバンドル論争". Retrieved 2015-06-17.
  12. ↑ "Cabos Project Tickets".

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