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* [XFree86] and [XOrg], where an unpopular change to the licensing terms of the former caused a wholesale defection of developers, distributors and users to the latter
* X Consortium and [XFree86], same as previous example, but XFree86 on the other side, and years earlier :)
* More recently, the forking of [cdrkit] off from <tt>cdrtools</tt>, because of a licence change to the latter. It remains to be seen how this one will play out
* [RPM] and RPM5 (see [http://www.linux.com/articles/114339])
+ * A new entry: Debian is moving from [glibc to eglibc|http://lwn.net/Articles/332000/].
Some interesting analyses of the pros and cons of forking are:
* Rick Moen's [Fear of Forking|http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Licensing_and_Law/forking.html], subtitled "Why Linux Won't Fork, And why being able to fork is still A Good Thing."
