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.github/CODEOWNERS

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 /CONSTITUTION.md @jaekwon
 /DECENTRALISTS.md @jaekwon
 /GOVERNANCE.md @giunatale @jaekwon
+/FORKING.md @moul @jaekwon
 
 # XXX: Pending Ownership Assignments
 # The CODEOWNERS file will be invalid if it lists users without write permissions to the repository.

FORKING.md

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+# Forking Guide
+
+> "The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old,
+> but on building the new." - Socrates. 
+
+In a similar fashion to the CONTRIBUTING.md, the FORKING.md file helps people
+understand when and how they should fork. This isn't a common practice, so let's
+dive into the specifics.
+
+For context, you can refer to this issue: [Proposal: ‘How-to-Fork’ Guide #64](https://github.com/atomone-hub/genesis/issues/64). 
+
+## What is this repository about?
+
+This 'genesis' repository is about branching (which is like forking software but chains and communities),
+specifically forking and branching cosmoshub-4 aka Gaia. The primary objective here is to help people switch from the perception
+that forking and branching is necessarily bad, to the understanding that it could be useful
+and eventually the best thing to do.
+
+Forking and branching are not necessarily about competition with the original.
+It can also be about exploring alternative paths that could potentially merge or be used in
+parallel. A fork or branch is also, by nature, something that can fail and just be an
+experiment. But even in failure, the goal is to learn lessons.
+
+Forking and branching are not necessarily bad, but the goal is to avoid making bad ones. We
+aim to optimize the forking and branching processes to maximize chances of success and efficiency.
+
+This repository was created with the expectation that it will be forked, a lot,
+and probably recursively with many descendants.
+
+## What to Fork or Branch?
+
+You can fork the software of a chain, or more broadly you can branch the chain itself
+(with the same software, or with a fork of the software, or even a different choice of
+the software altogether; but always with some meaningful subset of the original community
+and token distribution, and possibly with new external members and air-drops included).
+When the chain branches itself, they need to have a plan; this repo is that emergent plan
+to fork and branch Gaia to AtomOne. You can also fork this genesis repository to propose
+an alternative plan.
+
+Once our Founding Documents and Plan are finished, the goal is for blockchain(s) to be run using
+those documents. The Plan is intended to become finished at some point, so those who want to
+change the plan must either get a Constitutional Majority to update the Plan and perhaps 
+other parts of the Founding Documents including the Constitution; or they must create a new branch
+of AtomOne (or Gaia) and they can do so by first forking this repository.
+
+## Why to Fork this Repo?
+
+You can fork this genesis repository for multiple reasons:
+
+1. **Contributing:** If you want to contribute to the development of this
+   project, forking is the first step.
+2. **Maintaining a branch:** You might want to maintain a branch for an
+   alternate plan for a fork of gaia in the spirit of this repository.
+3. **Splitting another project:** If you want to discuss the genesis of a split
+   for another project.
+
+## How to Fork?
+
+If you want to fork this repo, make sure:
+- the vision/mission statements and the development/growth/maintenance plans in
+the README are substantially different (you should explain why the fork is
+needed).
+- Branding, trademark, tickers also need to be unique.
+- XXX
+
+### About Trademark Terms and Token Names
+
+GovNo may be used for any chain, if it is preceded by your chain's name, such as
+"Osmosis GovNo". Likewise "Osmosis GovNoA" to include abstainers, is acceptable.
+
+AtomOne and Atone, and $ATONE are reserved for the AtomOne branch of Gaia. Unless
+you are proposing a contribution to the github.com/atomone-hub/genesis repository,
+please choose distinct names for your project name, repo, and token.
+XXX