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A '''Fork''' is a line of [[computer]] [[software]] which has split of from the original product. When a fork begins, the [[source code]] of a program is taken and modified independently of the original project. Although based on the original software line, it will become progressively more distinctive unto itself. Forks are generally created when the main project is thought to be dying or going in the wrong direction.
==Examples of forked software==
*[[Ubuntu]] (from [[Debian]])<ref name="pingdom">http://royal.pingdom.com/2008/09/11/10-interesting-open-source-software-forks-and-why-they-happened</ref>
*[[Joomla]] (from Mambo)<ref name="pingdom"></ref>
*Drizzle (from [[MySQL]])<ref name="pingdom"></ref>
*NeoOffice (from [[OpenOffice]].org)<ref name="pingdom"></ref>
*[[LibreOffice]] (from [[OpenOffice]].org)<ref name="pingdom"></ref>
*[[Pale Moon]] (from [[Mozilla Firefox]])
*Carrier (from [[Pidgin_(software)|Pidgin]])<ref name="pingdom"></ref>
*Webkit (from KHTML)<ref name="pingdom"></ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[category:Free Software]]
==Examples of forked software==
*[[Ubuntu]] (from [[Debian]])<ref name="pingdom">http://royal.pingdom.com/2008/09/11/10-interesting-open-source-software-forks-and-why-they-happened</ref>
*[[Joomla]] (from Mambo)<ref name="pingdom"></ref>
*Drizzle (from [[MySQL]])<ref name="pingdom"></ref>
*NeoOffice (from [[OpenOffice]].org)<ref name="pingdom"></ref>
*[[LibreOffice]] (from [[OpenOffice]].org)<ref name="pingdom"></ref>
*[[Pale Moon]] (from [[Mozilla Firefox]])
*Carrier (from [[Pidgin_(software)|Pidgin]])<ref name="pingdom"></ref>
*Webkit (from KHTML)<ref name="pingdom"></ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[category:Free Software]]