[EdHominem]

> it bums me out when a bad actor makes legitimate efforts to turn their act around, and get mostly shit and snark for it.

If there are no punishments then a rational (ie amoral) actor will betray initially and cooperate (for a while) when caught. If there's no cost for a turnaround you incentivize bad behavior.

The financially correct way to handle this is to penalize SourceForge perpetually so that it's of less value. This ties behavior to valuation and actually provides a disincentive going forward.

> we've largely started embracing Microsoft of all companies after their recent about-face.

Doesn't it seem unfair to all the honest companies out there for us to keep going back to MS? If we don't penalize their illegal past we're essentially burdening all the companies who complied with the law.

In that ecosystem when do new players get their first chance?