Github Forkme Marketing Ribbon (2008)

Github Forkme Ribbon

This is the beginning, of corp take over of opensource movement, circa 2008.

• This ribbon, became super popular, was plastered all over the web.
• It changed how programers perceive the concept of forking a project.
• Before, forking a software project is frowned upon, considered divisive, not be done unless there is irreconcilable disagreement.
• After the github gimmick, such notion eroded away.
• Everyone forks every project, even just as a mean to bookmark it.

Github Marketing Psychology Awards

Open Source and Free Software Are Run by Corporations

• The community aspect, of the open source or free software, is gone.
• You are no longer a nice person doing good for the world, by conscious choice.
• You are just a name tag.
• Your open source code, belongs to the mega corps.
• If you dared to cry out loud, CODE OF CONDUCT made sure you disappear.