Forking is a cancer upon FOSS and the entire community would've

>>55611257
Bump for Akarin-chan~

>>55611257
Your issue lies in your misunderstanding of what ``forks'' actually are. They are not separate programs and the code is compatible between forks. Your problem is actually with people and there disgusting habits.

>>55611257
This is true. There are so many not-Firefox version of Firefox out there right now it is ridiculous. How many bugs could have been fixed had they just contributed to the existing codebase instead of splitting off and forming their own shit?

openSSL vs libreSSL
open Office vs LibreOffice
ownCloud vs NextCloud

>>55611257
not always, mpv for instance much better than mplayer2.

>>55611425
So special snowflake autists?

>>55611257
egcs led to further development of gcc when it was adopted as the next version.

LibreOffice

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>>55611257
Is this the /g/-chan thread?

>>55611429
owncloud vs nextcloud only exists because they could not agree on a financial model.
Owncloud wanted investors while Nextcloud wanted enterprise support.

>>55613914
daisuki

>>55611257
I don't have to prove you wrong. You have to prove yourself right.

I can develop my own fork at my own pace, and I don't have to wait for my changes to get merged into upstream. Also, I can change the code in the way I want, and add features that I need.

There's absolutely nothing wrong with forking.

>Nautilus
>Caja
>Nemo

I'll just leave this here:
https://nano-editor.org/news.php

It is a world without forking

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>>55616755
>the website functions and looks just like the editor

>>55611422
Their* you fucking nigger

>>55611257
>if it was never allowed
Forking is a natural product of open source software. Everything may as well be proprietary without it. But this post is bait anyways.

>>55611257
Let me fork this post.

Forking is a blessing upon FOSS and the entire community would've been much better off if it was allowed.

Prove me wrong.

PROTIP: You can't.

>>55618144
Zach complained that the community fragmented when he made Infiniminer open sores

>>55611429
/thread

>>55618144
Forking splits the pool of available labor apart and results in a marketplace filled with inferior products. This is not controversial. It is a fact.

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>>55611257
Forking is the core idea behind FOSS
It unfortunately is the core weakeness as well

You can't give people code without restrictions and not expect them to take it in their direction

I do wish that there was a more unified effort in the FOSS community without a corporate arm needing to be the manipulating force (see systemd) but I might as well be wishing for world peace

>>55613914
Why did you post a picture of empty sky and trees?

>>55620965
mean

>>55611257
>forking is bad
>were you forked by your uncle?

>>55611257
I want to cum in akari

>>55611429
open office got oracle'd so libreOffice was necessary

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>>55621604
No