Thank you for responding with this nicely concise definition.
Now ... I see that the computer-gurus have made 'fork in the road'
synonymous with 'offshoot' ;-)
well, I remember when all libraries had the OED prominently
displayed.
From: Bruce Byfield <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 7:45 PM
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks
To: [email protected]
Cc: anne-ology <[email protected]>
"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
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