Open Source in 2025: The Year the Forks Worked

2025 was supposed to be the year open source fractured. License changes, consolidation, maintainer burnout—the doom narrative wrote itself. &#xA; Instead, something interesting happened. The forks worked. The community adapted. And open source ended the year stronger than it started. &#xA; Let&rsquo;s talk about what actually happened, and what&rsquo;s coming in 2026. &#xA; The forks worked &#xA;…