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2009-06-12T17:27:48Z

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wikademia>Wikademia: moved Fork to Project fork

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wikademia>Wikademia at 17:58, 11 April 2009

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wikademia>Wikademia at 04:55, 8 April 2009

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	[[free software\|Free]] or [[open source]] software is that which may be forked from the original development team. However, licensed forks of proprietary software (''e.g.'' [[Unix]]) also happen.		[[free software\|Free]] or [[open source]] software is that which may be forked from the original development team. However, licensed forks of proprietary software (''e.g.'' [[Unix]]) also happen.
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	== Branching ==		== Branching ==
	A kind of fork that is standard practice in many projects is a '''''stable''''' or '''''release''''' version, modified only for bug fixes, while a ''development'' tree develops new features. Such forks are usually referred to as "[[branching (software)\|branches]]".		A kind of fork that is standard practice in many projects is a '''''stable''''' or '''''release''''' version, modified only for bug fixes, while a ''development'' tree develops new features. Such forks are usually referred to as "[[branching (software)\|branches]]".

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2009-04-05T08:31:03Z

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wikademia>Wikademia: 207 revisions

2009-04-04T20:33:15Z

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64.21.105.205: /* Free software */ "Bad Thing" doesn't need to be a link; that page will never exist.

2009-03-25T21:11:35Z

Free software: "Bad Thing" doesn't need to be a link; that page will never exist.

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	On the matter of forking, the [[Jargon File]] says:		On the matter of forking, the [[Jargon File]] says:
	:"Forking is considered a [[Bad Thing]]—not merely because it implies a lot of wasted effort in the future, but because forks tend to be accompanied by a great deal of strife and acrimony between the successor groups over issues of legitimacy, succession, and design direction. There is serious social pressure against forking. As a result, major forks (such as the [[GNU Emacs\|Gnu-Emacs]]/[[XEmacs]] split, the fissioning of the [[386BSD]] group into three daughter projects, and the short-lived GCC/EGCS split) are rare enough that they are remembered individually in hacker folklore."		:"Forking is considered a Bad Thing—not merely because it implies a lot of wasted effort in the future, but because forks tend to be accompanied by a great deal of strife and acrimony between the successor groups over issues of legitimacy, succession, and design direction. There is serious social pressure against forking. As a result, major forks (such as the [[GNU Emacs\|Gnu-Emacs]]/[[XEmacs]] split, the fissioning of the [[386BSD]] group into three daughter projects, and the short-lived GCC/EGCS split) are rare enough that they are remembered individually in hacker folklore."

	It is easy to declare a fork, but can require considerable effort to continue independent development and support. As such, forks without adequate resources can soon become inactive, ''e.g.'', GoneME, a fork of [[GNOME]] by a former developer, which was soon discontinued despite attracting some publicity. Some well-known forks have enjoyed great success, however, such as the [[X.Org Server\|X.Org]] [[X Window System\|X11]] server, a fork from [[XFree86]] which gained widespread support from developers and users and notably sped up X development.		It is easy to declare a fork, but can require considerable effort to continue independent development and support. As such, forks without adequate resources can soon become inactive, ''e.g.'', GoneME, a fork of [[GNOME]] by a former developer, which was soon discontinued despite attracting some publicity. Some well-known forks have enjoyed great success, however, such as the [[X.Org Server\|X.Org]] [[X Window System\|X11]] server, a fork from [[XFree86]] which gained widespread support from developers and users and notably sped up X development.

59.93.218.65: /* References */

2009-03-10T22:20:11Z

References

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	*MiaCMS (and Lite) is a fork of Mambo (and Lite). As well as Joomla! 1.0.xx is a fork.		*MiaCMS (and Lite) is a fork of Mambo (and Lite). As well as Joomla! 1.0.xx is a fork.

	==~~References~~==		==External links==
	* [http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Licensing_and_Law/forking.html Fear of forking] - An essay about forking in [[free software]] projects, by Rick Moen		* [http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Licensing_and_Law/forking.html Fear of forking] - An essay about forking in [[free software]] projects, by Rick Moen
	* [http://www.dwheeler.com/oss_fs_why.html#forking Forking] ([[David A. Wheeler]])		* [http://www.dwheeler.com/oss_fs_why.html#forking Forking] ([[David A. Wheeler]])

121.243.170.233 at 05:50, 12 February 2009

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	In [[software engineering]], a '''project fork''' happens when developers take a copy of [[source code]] from one [[Computer software\|software package]] and start independent development on it, creating a distinct piece of software.		In [[software engineering]], a '''project fork''' happens when developers take a copy of [[source code]] from one [[Computer software\|software package]] and start independent development on it, creating a distinct piece of software.

	[[free software\|Free]] or [[open source]] software is~~, by definition,~~ that which may be forked ~~without permission of~~ the original ~~creator~~. However, licensed forks of proprietary software (''e.g.'' [[Unix]]) also happen.		[[free software\|Free]] or [[open source]] software is that which may be forked from the original development team. However, licensed forks of proprietary software (''e.g.'' [[Unix]]) also happen.

	== Branching ==		== Branching ==

wikademia>DepartedUser4: /* Other notable forks */ Wikipedia is not a soapbox

2008-12-27T13:22:00Z

Other notable forks: Wikipedia is not a soapbox

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	*[[NeoOffice]] is a fork of [[OpenOffice.org]], with an incompatible license (GPL rather than LGPL), due to disagreements about licensing and about the best method to [[porting\|port]] OpenOffice.org to [[Mac OS X]].		*[[NeoOffice]] is a fork of [[OpenOffice.org]], with an incompatible license (GPL rather than LGPL), due to disagreements about licensing and about the best method to [[porting\|port]] OpenOffice.org to [[Mac OS X]].
	*MiaCMS (and Lite) is a fork of Mambo (and Lite). As well as Joomla! 1.0.xx is a fork.		*MiaCMS (and Lite) is a fork of Mambo (and Lite). As well as Joomla! 1.0.xx is a fork.
	* In October 2008 Twiki.NET (a company created by Twiki founder Peter Theony to provide support for the Open Source project) locked all non-company developers out of the code repository and project websites, backed up by the company's control of the "Twiki" trademark and server hardware for the project. To regain access contributors would be required to sign up to new terms formally recognising the leadership of the company, and the authority of Theony as "Benevolent Dictator for Life". In response to the action, the community forked Twiki under the working name NextWiki.

	==References==		==References==