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[News] Forks Can Make Free Software Stronger

Is forking good for open-source software?

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| Forking can be good, and in many cases has allowed projects that were stalled 
| to go on to bigger and better things. In some cases, the new project has 
| actually been eventually folded back into and replaced the original project, 
| the most notable being the GNU C Compiler (gcc), which was forked as the EGCS 
| project and then folded back in.     
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http://www.pcpro.co.uk/realworld/351109/is-forking-good-for-open-source-software


Recent:

Oracle: We're Not Forking Red Hat Linux

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| Yet, as it turns out, Oracle Enterprise Linus's binary compatibility does not
| mean that its version is entirely identical to Red Hat's. In fact, there are
| some important differences, including support for a key file system
| technology.
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http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3811456/Is+Oracle+Forking+Red+Hat+Linux.htm

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