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5# Did you fork the Nagios Plugins? 5# Did you fork the Nagios Plugins?
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7TL;DR: No. They forked us. 7Short answer: No. They forked us.
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9Long answer: 9Long answer:
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18However, because you asked, here's our view on the happenings. 18However, because you asked, here's our view on the happenings.
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20Originally, there was a Nagios Plugins project that was maintained by us; 20* Originally, there was a Nagios Plugins project that was maintained by us;
21i.e., a [team][team] of volunteers not affiliated with [Nagios 21 i.e., a [team][team] of volunteers not affiliated with [Nagios
22Enterprises][enterprises]. In 2011, we transferred the `nagios-plugins.org` 22 Enterprises][enterprises].
23domain to Nagios Enterprises on their request. This transfer was coupled with 23* In 2011, we transferred the `nagios-plugins.org` domain to Nagios
24an [agreement][agreement] that we would continue to run the project 24 Enterprises on their request. This transfer was coupled with an
25independently. Early in 2014, Nagios Enterprises copied most of our web site 25 [agreement][agreement] that we would continue to run the project
26and changed the DNS records to point to their web space instead, which then 26 independently.
27served a slightly modified version of our site including the tarballs we 27* Early in 2014, Nagios Enterprises copied most of our web site and changed
28created. This was done without prior notice. Presumably, their 28 the DNS records to point to their web space instead, which then served a
29[reasoning][reasoning] for this move was that they weren't happy with us 29 slightly modified[^changed-site] version of our site, including the tarballs
30[mentioning Icinga and Shinken][mentioning] on our home page. 30 we created. This was done without prior notice. Presumably, their
31 31 [reasoning][reasoning] for this move was that we [mentioned Icinga and
32So, today there are two projects: 32 Shinken][mentioning] on our home page.
33 33
34One driven by the team that lost its domain, but that did the actual 34So today, there are two projects:
35maintenance work in the past, and that continues to maintain the same project 35
36with the same infrastructure (e.g., the GitHub [repositories][repositories] 36* One driven by the company that controls the domain.
37and [trackers][trackers], the [mailing lists][support], and the [automated 37* The other one driven by the team that lost its domain, but that did the
38test builds][tests]) under the new name. 38 actual maintenance work in the past, and that continues to maintain the same
39 39 project with the same infrastructure (e.g., the GitHub
40The other project is driven by the company that controls the domain. 40 [repositories][repositories] and [trackers][trackers], the [mailing
41 41 lists][support], and the [automated test builds][tests]) under the new name.
42So, if you ask us (as you did by definition when reading this): They clearly 42
43forked us, not vice versa. We just see two differences to a "typical" fork 43Thus, in our view, they clearly forked us, not vice versa. We just see two
44which makes this case less obvious: 44differences to most other forks, which make this case less obvious:
45 45
461. The project that has been forked didn't own its domain name. 46* The project that has been forked didn't own its domain name.
472. The project that performed the fork did so without showing any previous 47* The project that performed the fork did so without showing any previous
48 development activities. 48 development activities.
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50[^changed-site]: In the meantime, they changed the contents and design of
51 parts of their web site.
49 52
50[nagios-plugins]: http://www.nagios-plugins.org/ "Nagios Plugins" 53[nagios-plugins]: http://www.nagios-plugins.org/ "Nagios Plugins"
51[monitoring-plugins]: index.html "Monitoring Plugins" 54[monitoring-plugins]: index.html "Monitoring Plugins"