"Fork" is a free software term for a project that branches off from an existing project to develop the code in its own way. For example, LibreOffice is a fork of OpenOffice.org.
The term's been in use for at least 20 years, so I didn't think twice about using it. On Tuesday 14 October 2014 06:50:56 PM anne-ology wrote: > would you like a spoon & knife with that ;-) > > If 'fork' has now become a computer term - > [and I just 'searched' it to see] - > then just what is it? > > Curiously wondering what the next word will be that will be > transformed by the computer industry ;-) > > > > From: Bruce Byfield <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 4:36 PM > Subject: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks > To: [email protected] > > > Can anyone point me to a list of LibreOffice and OOo forks? > > Thanks, > -- > Bruce Byfield 604-421-7189 (on Pacific time) > blog: https://brucebyfield.wordpress.com > website: http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield/ -- Bruce Byfield 604-421-7189 (on Pacific time) blog: https://brucebyfield.wordpress.com website: http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield/ -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
