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That's a second-order observation. We could use any noun for that if and when it's relevant - I suggest alternadoodley. Like I said, "fork" already has a usefu
by frou_dh 8y ago
That's a second-order observation. We could use any noun for that if and when it's relevant - I suggest alternadoodley.
Like I said, "fork" already has a useful meaning with regard to an OSS project, so there's no need to overload it. Is the following sentence not confusing? When you fork on GitHub you create a fork but not every fork is a fork.
- chc 8y agoEvery fork is a fork. They're just not all long-lived or significant, which seems to be the distinction you're drawing here.
- frou_dh 8y agoPut it this way, when the user presses the Fork button in the GitHub UI, is their intention to contribute to the project, or is it to create a competitor/alternative to the project. I say the former situation is an obfuscated permission system and the latter is a fork. [ I've gone rather off-topic from TFA so will stop commenting now! ]