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	<h3>Forks to Organizations</h3>
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		<p>
			Forks to personal user accounts are a great way to contribute code.
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			Forks to organizations can be troublesome, as they promote multiple (sometimes even incompatible) versions of the same component within a company.
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			Therefore, you should try to reduce them.
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		<p>
			See <a href="https://medium.com/@larsxschneider/talk-dont-fork-743a1253b8d5">this blog post</a> for more information.
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