> Why isn't it _actually_ a fork though? I don't like when projects do this and don't actually make it a fork. From Wikipedia: In software development, a proj

> Why isn't it _actually_ a fork though? I don't like when projects do this and don't actually make it a fork. From Wikipedia: In software development, a project fork happens when developers take a copy of source code from one software package and start independent development on it, creating a distinct and separate piece of software. This seems exactly what happened here. Are you asking why they didn't use Github's "fork" mechanism? Github's "fork" mechanism creates a relationship between the two repositories that the developers of this software may not want. For example if the "upstream" ever becomes unavailable, all Github "forks" are auto-deleted. This is surprising to some people and definitely not what an independent separate development would want.