Well, it is stated on the help page, regarding private repositories and its fork: https://help.github.com/articles/what-happens-to-forks-when-a-repository-is-de

Well, it is stated on the help page, regarding private repositories and its fork: https://help.github.com/articles/what-happens-to-forks-when-a-repository-is-deleted-or-changes-visibility/ https://help.github.com/articles/what-happens-to-forks-when-... > Private forks inherit the permissions structure of the upstream or parent repository.