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Why MotherDuck refuses to fork DuckDB

MotherDuck, a cloud-based analytics platform, has publicly stated it will not fork the open-source database DuckDB, despite the potential benefits of creating a separate codebase. The company argues that forking would fragment the community and undermine the collaborative development that drives DuckDB's rapid innovation. This decision reinforces MotherDuck's commitment to contributing upstream and maintaining compatibility with the broader DuckDB ecosystem.

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