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Russia Mulls Forking Linux in Response to Developer Exclusions (cyberinsider.com)
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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 14 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Because Russia is under sanctions. They would have to take everything into there own hands which means they would basically have a separate project.

[–] 0x0@programming.dev -3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

they would basically have a separate project.

That's what a fork is. Happens all the time.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 weeks ago

It really doesn't happen all the time. It is pretty rare for a fork to be successful especially if most of the development is still happening on the original project. I don't see Russia having much success with this.