It's very hard, that's what I was trying to say. In your 10 people example, it seems that there are a few problems to me: - finding like minded peers - ge

It's very hard, that's what I was trying to say. In your 10 people example, it seems that there are a few problems to me: - finding like minded peers - getting critical mass (are 10 enough to maintain the fork?) - getting them all to agree on what subset of features to keep If I were in the market for a fork, I would search Github first before forking my own, so I think the first item is basically solved. The second varies on a case by case basis, of course. The third seems more critical to me, probably dispersing the effort more than anything else.