address users of forks as well

mojolicious · Mar 27, 2016 · c8569aa · c8569aa
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-6.58  2016-03-26
+6.58  2016-03-27
   - Added fork policy to Mojolicious::Guides::Contributing.
 
 6.57  2016-03-23

diff --git a/lib/Mojolicious/Guides/Contributing.pod b/lib/Mojolicious/Guides/Contributing.pod
@@ -287,6 +287,13 @@ fork pieces of the L<Mojolicious> distribution without our consent. As doing so
 is against our express wishes, individuals who engage in unauthorized forking
 may be denied from participating in community sponsored spaces.
 
+For users considering the use of a forked module, we strongly recommend that you
+inform yourself about the history of said fork and the maintainers behind it.
+While many parts of L<Mojolicious> have been forked in the past, sometimes for
+good reasons such as compatibility with older versions of Perl, very few have
+been able to keep up with L<Mojolicious>, and are often missing critical bug
+fixes.
+
 =head1 MORE
 
 You can continue with L<Mojolicious::Guides> now or take a look at the