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{{quotation|3. Derived Works: The license must allow modifications and derived works, and must allow them to be distributed under the same terms as the license of the original software.|[[The Open Source Definition]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://opensource.org/docs/osd|title=The Open Source Definition|publisher=The Open Source Initiative|accessdate=15 October 2013|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015144021/http://opensource.org/docs/osd|archivedate=15 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>}}
In free software, forks often result from a schism over different goals or personality clashes. In a fork, both parties assume nearly identical code bases, but typically only the larger group, or whoever controls the Web site, will retain the full original name and the associated user community. Thus, there is a reputation penalty associated with forking.<ref name=wheeler/> The relationship between the different teams can be cordial or very bitter. On the other hand, a ''friendly fork'' or a ''soft fork'' is a fork that does not intend to compete, but wants to eventually merge with the original.
[[Eric S. Raymond]], in his essay ''[[Homesteading the Noosphere]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/homesteading/ar01s03.html|title=Promiscuous Theory, Puritan Practice|date=15 August 2002|authorlink=Eric S. Raymond|first=Eric S.|last=Raymond|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061006010031/http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/homesteading/ar01s03.html|archivedate=6 October 2006|df=dmy-all}}</ref> stated that "The most important characteristic of a fork is that it spawns competing projects that cannot later exchange code, splitting the potential developer community". He notes in the [[Jargon File]]:<ref>[http://catb.org/jargon/html/F/forked.html Forked] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111108171515/http://catb.org/jargon/html/F/forked.html |date=8 November 2011 }} ([[Jargon File]]), first added to [http://magic-cookie.co.uk/jargon/jarg422/ v4.2.2] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114192615/http://magic-cookie.co.uk/jargon/jarg422/ |date=14 January 2012 }}, 20 Aug 2000)</ref>
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