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[–] chebra@mstdn.io 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

@sweng

> Why on earth would the license use Github’s very niche definition?

Maybe because it's ON GITHUB??

[–] sweng@programming.dev 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thst's not at all how it works. The definitions made in the TOS do not "leak" out of said TOS (unless the TOS specifies that, which it does not).

[–] chebra@mstdn.io 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

@sweng It's much more likely that the term follows the github's definition, because it's on github, rather than the wikipedia's definition, because why would it? You keep hanging on one word in a wikipedia article, let me fix that article and maybe we can stop this nonsense discussion.

[–] sweng@programming.dev 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Can you fix dictionary.com as well?

Computers. to copy the source code from (a piece of software) and develop a new version independently, resulting in two unique pieces of software

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/fork