Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks

Hi :)
A fork is often a single piece of metal.  The handle is usually a single,
slightly wider cylinder (ish).  The 2, 3 or 4 prongs are typically a
corresponding fraction of the width of the handle section.  With 2 or 4
prongs (tines?) it is usually difficult to identify any 1 of them as being
the original continuation of the handle and the other(s) as being
"off-shoots" or "child".

So i think "fork" is an excellent term.  It only gets confusing when people
try to say that this or that prong is "the original".


When TDF split away from OpenOffice.org it took away sooo much that
OpenOffice.org was barely recognisable as the entity it once was.  It was
only the name staying the same that kept it afloat, that and the amazing
hard-work of the few remaining people.

Regards from
Tom :)



On 16 October 2014 03:42, Bruce Byfield <bbyfield@axion.net> wrote:

> On Wednesday 15 October 2014 10:34:39 PM Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster
> wrote:
>
> > The key to me is not whether or not it is a fork, child, or any other
> > relation to the original OOo project, but the fact that the people
> > behind LibreOffice in the early days decided that they did not want to
> > see the idea of an FOSS office suite package to die do to the lack of
> > "caring" by the one who owns the brand name of the current FOSS
> > package.
>
> All very well, but the original context was defining the term "fork" to
> someone
> who had never heard the term. By now, I'm sure, she's hopelessly confused,
> and
> a little sorry she asked. ;-)
>
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