-<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>To Fork or Not To Fork</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.78.1"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="article"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a name="paper-11194"></a>To Fork or Not To Fork</h2></div><div><h3 class="subtitle"><i>Lessons From Ubuntu and Debian</i></h3></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Benjamin</span> <span class="othername">Mako</span> <span class="surname">Hill</span></h3><div class="affiliation"><span class="orgname">Canonical Limited<br></span></div><div class="affiliation"><span class="orgname">The Debian GNU/Linux Project<br></span></div><div class="affiliation"><span class="orgname">Software in the Public Interest, Inc.<br></span></div></div></div><div><p class="copyright">Copyright © 2005 Benjamin Mako Hill</p></div><div><div class="legalnotice"><a name="idp27154528"></a><p>This material is licensed under the <a class="ulink" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/" target="_top">Creative
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© 2005 Benjamin Mako Hill</p></div><div><div class="legalnotice"><a name="idp27154528"></a><p>This material is licensed under the <a class="ulink" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/" target="_top">Creative
Commons Attribution-Sharealike 2.0 License</a>.</p><p>The canonical location for the most recent version of this
document is <a class="ulink" href="http://mako.cc/" target="_top">at the author's
website</a>.</p></div></div><div><div class="revhistory"><table style="border-style:solid; width:100%;" summary="Revision History"><tr><th align="left" valign="top" colspan="2"><b>Revision History</b></th></tr><tr><td align="left">Revision 0.2</td><td align="left">August 7, 2005</td></tr><tr><td align="left" colspan="2">Correction and improvements.</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Revision 0.1</td><td align="left">May 15, 2005</td></tr><tr><td align="left" colspan="2">
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