Not every open source project is destined to be forked. But when it happens, it's both a sign of its popularity and disagreement within the developer community over how the project ought to evolve.
Now, a "boring" fork of Docker, proposed by a vocal group of developers who build on the container software, may be the next big thing in open source.
The New Stack writes that as-yet-unconfirmed discussions to fork the Docker engine are taking place among companies that have built a commercial business out of supporting the technology.