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[S.00] Fork Network
no student tech scene in your city? fork one.
Build with people.
Ship publicly.
On GitHub, a fork is your own copy of an upstream repo: you change it, run it your way, and it stays linked to the original so work flows back. A bits&bytes™ fork is the same thing for a city or school. You take the playbook and brand from upstream, run your own room, and ship the work back.
§01 — bits&bytes™ forks
Not a franchise. Not a branch office. A fork: your copy of upstream, and the work flows back.
§02 — [05]
how it works
- [01]
one city
One fork per city.
- [02]
student-led
Students run it, always.
- [03]
local identity
Your city's name, the same mission.
- [04]
ship publicly
Something public within 90 days.
- [05]
core support
Help from upstream, no hand-holding.
§03 — Forks [live]
own the room.
A fork gives your city a reason to gather, and a public record of the people who built something there.
fork-manifestjson [live]
bangalore.jsonBangalore"node": "bitsnbytes/bangalore", "lead": "Sparsh Sharma"
kolkata.jsonKolkata"node": "bitsnbytes/kolkata", "lead": "Shoryavardhaan Gupta"
chennai.jsonChennai"node": "bitsnbytes/chennai"
bhubaneswar.jsonBhubaneswar"node": "bitsnbytes/bhubaneswar"
nagpur.jsonNagpur"node": "bitsnbytes/nagpur"
mumbai.jsonMumbai"node": "bitsnbytes/mumbai"
delhi.jsonDelhi"node": "bitsnbytes/delhi"
noida.jsonNoida"node": "bitsnbytes/noida", "lead": "Aryan Chauhan"
lucknow.jsonLucknow"node": "bitsnbytes/lucknow"
hyderabad.jsonHyderabad"node": "bitsnbytes/hyderabad", "lead": "Shreethan Kagitha"
§04 — [06]
what forks get
- brand resources
- fork playbook
- website structure
- council support
- launch kit
- templates + assets
§05 — Apply
lead your city's fork.
Apply if you can get people into one room and ship something in public.
The Fork Covenant / Rules
1. Upstream Governance
Forks are operational subunits recognized by the Board. GOBITSNBYTES FOUNDATION is the upstream steward. Forks have no independent legal personality.
2. Centralized Financial Routing
All funds must route upstream to GOBITSNBYTES FOUNDATION. Local bank accounts, personal UPI IDs, or cash collections are strictly prohibited.
3. No Unapproved Representation
Fork Leads and Maintainers are local facilitators and do not hold statutory authority, directorship, or the power to bind the Foundation legally.
bits&bytes™ forks
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