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Authored by: mcinsand on Monday, April 23 2012 @ 01:40 PM EDT |
>>How do you define a fork?
I think a pretty good definition is:
>> >>It is a brand new implementation. Sure, it includes
>> >>some things from (original)
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Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, April 23 2012 @ 02:39 PM EDT |
A fork is when two different groups have two different visions for the direction
of a product and go their separate ways, both starting from the same codebase.
There have been cases where code has been replaced piecemeal, and eventually a
codebase is declared free of the original code, so the license can be changed,
but in general, a fork will have to have the same license as the original
because it contains code from the original.
Of course, that predates this whole API-is-copyrightable nonsense -- if that
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Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, April 23 2012 @ 05:23 PM EDT |
Answer: it's not a spoon!
Sorry, a bit of facetiousness has
struck!
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Authored by: mexaly on Saturday, April 28 2012 @ 07:16 PM EDT |
...upon which petard Oracle has hoisted themselves.
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IANAL, but I watch actors play lawyers on high-definition television.
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