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A '''fork''' is a divergence in a software project where one codebase becomes two. The second codebase is said to have ''forked'' from the first.
 
A '''fork''' is a divergence in a software project where one codebase becomes two. The second codebase is said to have ''forked'' from the first.
  
This usually happens when the original project makes changes that a significant number of users/developers dislike. e.g. Palemoon forked Firefox, Cinnamon forked Gnome Shell and MATE forked Gnome2.
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This usually happens when the original project makes changes that a significant number of users/developers dislike. e.g. Palemoon forked [[Firefox]], Cinnamon forked Gnome Shell and MATE forked Gnome2.
  
 
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A fork is a divergence in a software project where one codebase becomes two. The second codebase is said to have forked from the first.

This usually happens when the original project makes changes that a significant number of users/developers dislike. e.g. Palemoon forked Firefox, Cinnamon forked Gnome Shell and MATE forked Gnome2.