In their words, io.js is "A spork of Node.js with an open governance model".
Hmm. Lets hope the spork gets spooned so that no projects get knifed. If not then I guess we have to hope for a knork so we don't get stuck with a couple of chopsticks.
Glossary
Forking : Creating a fork to intentionally diverge from main-line development.
Spooning : Merging a fork back into the main line of a project
Sporking : Creating a fork that you would really like to become the next main-line version but you kinda have to prove its awesome first (sporks are pretty awesome)
Knifing : Action killing a project, abandon hope :(
Knorking : A fork replaces the original project which dies off i.e. a fork knifes the original
Chopsticking : Two forks vie for popularity splitting the community and becoming lone chopsticks. Chopsticks need to work together to make stuff happen!
Don't get me wrong, thanks for the information. But seriously. It's like when you come up with a whimsical naming scheme for your home network devices and you get trapped in that naming scheme and have to come up with more and more obscure Lithuanian folk demons that fit into your conventions and it becomes a parody of itself and you're not sure if you're serious or joking anymore.
Hmm. Lets hope the spork gets spooned so that no projects get knifed. If not then I guess we have to hope for a knork so we don't get stuck with a couple of chopsticks.
Glossary
Forking : Creating a fork to intentionally diverge from main-line development.
Spooning : Merging a fork back into the main line of a project
Sporking : Creating a fork that you would really like to become the next main-line version but you kinda have to prove its awesome first (sporks are pretty awesome)
Knifing : Action killing a project, abandon hope :(
Knorking : A fork replaces the original project which dies off i.e. a fork knifes the original
Chopsticking : Two forks vie for popularity splitting the community and becoming lone chopsticks. Chopsticks need to work together to make stuff happen!