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 !!!1. A split or divergence in the source code. 
  
-When SourceCode is forked, two or more groups, with different visions, develop the code to their own ends. The NetworkEffect is a powerful deterient to forking, since halving the number of developers working on the source for a project move than halves the productivity of each group. In most cases all but one of the forks eventually withers and dies, ironically leaving the remaining fork with a much more clearly defined vision. 
+When SourceCode is forked, two or more groups, with different visions, develop the code to their own ends. The NetworkEffect is a powerful deterient to forking, since halving the number of developers working on the source for a project more than halves the productivity of each group. In most cases all but one of the forks eventually withers and dies, ironically leaving the remaining fork with a much more clearly defined vision. 
  
 Well-known examples include 
 * [GCC] and egcs (egcs eventually became the new "official" gcc) 
 * [Mandrake] and RedHat (I think Mandrake was originally RedHat with [KDE]?)