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[Semi-OT] Odd ban by Sourceforge

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This is only tangentially related to Java programming, but it is somewhat 
urgent. It seems that Sourceforge has banned me from viewing certain 
parts of projects there. In particular, commit logs ("History" link from 
code repositories) and tags. Any attempt to view tags or commit logs for 
any project by me results in a page claiming "something went wrong", even 
though I didn't do anything wrong (in particular, it's simply point and 
click, and the links are internal to their web site, so not subject to 
linkrot beyond their control).

Apparently, I've been accused of an unspecified wrongdoing and sentenced 
to never being able to view commit logs or tags again, without anything 
remotely resembling due process. In particular I can recall no occasion 
where I was formally accused, informed of the content of the allegations 
against me, given opportunity to confront the evidence and witnesses 
against me, or given opportunity to present a defense. Instead, while I 
was asleep two nights ago, a decision was made in some star chamber 
somewhere to lock me out of those features of the site (even at MY OWN 
PROJECTS) and I have no idea who made the decision, what they based it 
on, what I can do to appeal it and try to get it reversed, or much of 
ANYTHING else about the situation.

This is grossly improper behavior on Sourceforge's part. Though as a 
private party they are not technically bound by such Constitutional 
niceties as the Fifth Amendment, this behavior can still only be 
characterized as extremely shoddy.

Making matters worse, all attempts by me to circumvent this ban (which I 
view as improper and unwarranted, and thus fair game for circumvention) 
have failed. I've tried viewing it without being logged in, even from an 
"incognito mode" browser with no cookie history or other data that might 
identify me. I've tried viewing it through a proxy. I've tried a VPN. 
I've tried combining all of the above. And still I cannot view commit 
logs or tags. Somehow Sourceforge's web server sniffs me out and responds 
with its bogus "something went wrong" message instead of honoring the 
HTTP request I issued for a known-valid URL.

I have several questions for you programmers:

1. Have any of the rest of you run into any similar capricious behavior
   there?

2. If the answer to 1 is "yes", were you able to find out why you were
   barred from viewing(!) particular types of pages at all projects?
   What did it turn out you were accused of?

3. If the answer to 1 is "yes", were you able to appeal the ban? If so,
   what was the procedure?

4. If the answer to 1 is "yes", but you were unable to appeal the ban or
   your appeal was denied, did you attempt to circumvent the ban anyway?
   Did you succeed? If so, how?

Note: the scope of the ban appears to be to *certain* pages at *all* 
projects. It doesn't seem to be restricted to Java projects, though my 
own projects, which are affected, are Java projects -- I can't even view 
the commit log for one project on which I'm the admin and sole committer! 
Which undermines my administrative rights over that project, in 
contravention, so far as I can determine, of Sourceforge's commitments 
under the terms of service as of when I created my account there, given 
that I don't believe I am in breach of said terms myself. Which is why I 
find this whole thing very puzzling. I'm quite certain I did not breach 
the terms, yet I've been punished anyway. Why?

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[Semi-OT] Odd ban by Sourceforge Yog-sothoth <yss@0.n33dler.net> - 2015-01-21 00:55 +0000
  Re: [Semi-OT] Odd ban by Sourceforge Andreas Leitgeb <avl@auth.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2015-01-21 15:41 +0000
    Re: [Semi-OT] Odd ban by Sourceforge Yog-sothoth <yss@0.n33dler.net> - 2015-01-21 23:05 +0000
      Re: [Semi-OT] Odd ban by Sourceforge Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2015-01-21 19:14 -0500
        Re: [Semi-OT] Odd ban by Sourceforge Yog-sothoth <yss@0.n33dler.net> - 2015-01-22 00:31 +0000
          Re: [Semi-OT] Odd ban by Sourceforge Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2015-01-21 19:50 -0500
      Re: [Semi-OT] Odd ban by Sourceforge Brixomatic <brixomatic@yahoo.com> - 2015-02-01 22:51 +0100
  Re: [Semi-OT] Odd ban by Sourceforge Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2015-01-21 20:08 -0800

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