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February 7, 2007 - 4:56pm
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Riyonuk
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Other "Versions" of Programs

You read how Open SOurce software can be freely distrubited and modified, but does anyone know of some? Take firefox for example, only other version Ive heard of is Swiftfox.

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February 9, 2007 - 3:40am
Ryan McCue
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Yes

They are called "forks". I know of heaps.
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February 9, 2007 - 12:42pm
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Care to list a few good

Care to list a few good ones? And that link leads nowhere.

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February 9, 2007 - 9:23pm
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Oops

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork_%28software_development%29
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Person 2: What?
Person 1: I can't remember, I've forgotten.

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