It's meant to make it so, if you don't like the project, you can fork it and chart your own direction for it. ...accompanied by the wrath of countless others d

It's meant to make it so, if you don't like the project, you can fork it and chart your own direction for it. ...accompanied by the wrath of countless others discouraging you from trying to fork if you even so much as give slight indications of wanting to do so, and then when you do, they continue to spread FUD about how your fork is inferior. I've seen plenty of discussions here and elsewhere where the one who suggests forking got a virtual beating for it.