In reply to Stefanos.

True, anyone can fork any GPL project privately or publicly. Will it be as publicly profiled as WP this or next year? Probably not. Also wasn't being sarcastic. I'm actually a fan of choice which ClassicPress may resemble more than WP itself these days (at least in spirit) even if it ultimately goes nowhere.

However any fork soon becomes removed from the ecosystem of the original due to compatibility, etc and either gains enough momentum to create it's own or dies off. Such things can become impractical to use but I actually hope it does well.