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I had never thought that the "you can always fork it" as a way of shutting down discussion. I maintain forks that are frequently rebased on main/master with a

I had never thought that the "you can always fork it" as a way of shutting down discussion. I maintain forks that are frequently rebased on main/master with a few users. I have even suggested this as an action to people who wanted different features that I was not capable of maintaining.

zen21 4y ago
For sure. And presumably those projects are ones in which maintaining a fork is practical. I have both forked and suggested forking. However for many projects ‘just fork it’ is not a good faith suggestion, so it can’t be a blanket answer that applies to all FOSS.