As to a fork, doubtful. It’s too large a project. Generally the EU wants to fund open projects not companies. So funding the implementation of a Web Standard

As to a fork, doubtful. It’s too large a project. Generally the EU wants to fund open projects not companies. So funding the implementation of a Web Standard in a Firefox, say, is “out”, but implementation of a browser extension is “in” as it’s (more-or-less) browser independent.