Let's define 2 new word replacements to the word "ripoff".

code fork - a new project based on parent project, that no longer
maintains active contact with it's parent. (like Qemu/VirtualBox)
...in OSS world later unification into one is possible. (like EGCC and GCC)

code branch - a new, derivative project based on parent project, but
the new project being rebased on the parent project on every release.
(like RHEL/Fedora, or VMlite/VirtualBox, or Novell OpenOffice/Sun
OpenOffice)

the term "ripoff" in my understanding is code branch, that not
introduces new features, but only branding. (like CentOS/RHEL)

Do you agree on such definitions ?

-- 
-Alexey Eromenko "Technologov"

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