IMHO, there is a time an place for everything. Sometimes forking is a good idea sometimes not. When you want to make idealogcal changes to an existing codebas

IMHO, there is a time an place for everything. Sometimes forking is a good idea sometimes not. When you want to make idealogcal changes to an existing codebase that does not mesh with the idealologies of the maintainer(s), forking is a great way to make your changes happen. Time will tell if your ideas were good ones. That and how well your maintain and promote your fork. :-) In the case of OpenSSL vs LibreSSL, it appears the OpenBSD team made a great call and they are making it work really well. As for if anyone else agrees and adopts it, only time will tell.