I agree it does... fork() creates a new process by duplicating the calling process. Thats similar to what happens on git providers, you create a new repo by

I agree it does... fork() creates a new process by duplicating the calling process. Thats similar to what happens on git providers, you create a new repo by duplicating it, and the repo is linked aka child. Many forks do go their own way. You can choose to pull from upstream or completely ignore it.