- folk is the ultimate form of [peer review
from Cultivation of the Nowhere Sphere
Of course, forking a project or distributing unofficial patches is also a direct attack on the reputation of the original developer group. If I fork your project or distribute unofficial patches, I am saying: “You made a bad decision. （And everyone who uses my forked version supports my challenge to you. And everyone who uses my folk version endorses my challenge to you, which is a fair challenge in itself. But this in itself is a fair challenge, albeit an extreme one. This is the ultimate form of peer review.
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