Every time there is a fork, and I think forks are actually good things, it means somebody sees a need and a technical reason to do something different from the standard kernel. But most forks are failures. They find that the things they needed were not actually worth doing and as a result, most forks die. — Linus Torvalds.
Many forks at May the Fork Be with You: A Short History of Open Source Forks – The New Stack [WayBack]
Notably missing: OpenSSL forks (especially since OpenSSH is mentioned).
–jeroen
via: Good overview by +Swapnil Bhartiya. I wish I’d written this one. – Joe C. Hecht – Google+ [WayBack]
The Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff 