There are many ways a large fork can go in an open source project. A great description of the io.js&#x2F;node split is:
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=8884874" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=8884874</a><p>&quot;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&#x27;t get stuck with a couple of chopsticks.&quot;