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[–] Luci@lemmy.ca 1 point 7 months ago (3 children)

Is it ethical to fork it?

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[–] Dr_Del_Fuego@slrpnk.net 1 point 7 months ago* (2 children)

Yes it is. That is what forking is for

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[–] Luci@lemmy.ca 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

So if you think a code base or project is unethical, forking it fixes the problem?

XLibre comes to mind.

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[–] Dr_Del_Fuego@slrpnk.net 1 point 7 months ago

It's either fork and continue the work or start from scratch and hope the pattern doesn't repeat somehow 🤷

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