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Comment Every branch of linux is a fork (Score 2, Informative) 455

Linux has no central repository, so the concept of forking linux is meaningless. Linus' branch is considered "official" because it historical and institutional reasons, not technical ones. Anyone can create their own branch and start incorporating patches, even pulling from others' branch. I believe this is exactly the reason why Linus switched to the new SCM system (Git).

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