From af29fd2ad31f964b53fa5293be5d2407d4cf00df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "D. Joe" Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2020 18:33:59 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] io.js forks from node.js and then merges in again under foundational managment --- node.js-io.js.md | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) create mode 100644 node.js-io.js.md diff --git a/node.js-io.js.md b/node.js-io.js.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..add9dbb --- /dev/null +++ b/node.js-io.js.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ + +As per the [Wikipedia node.js article][10]: + + In December 2014, Fedor Indutny started io.js, a fork of Node.js. Due to the internal conflict over Joyent's governance, io.js was created as an open governance alternative with a separate technical committee. + + In September 2015, Node.js v0.12 and io.js v3.3 were merged back together into Node v4.0. + +The Node.js Foundation was formed to support development, later merging with the JS Foundation [to form the OpenJS Foundation][30]. + +[10]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Node.js +[20]: https://nodejs.org/en/download/releases/ +[30]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenJS_Foundation