We discussed this with Typesafe and Martin in advance of the announcement for exactly that reason. Notwithstanding the reasons for forking the compiler, the last thing we want to do is fork the community too. This is a community project, and Typesafe are a large part of that community!

I think this will be great for the community. I didn't realize that you were involved as well Jon, should be interesting to see what comes out of it.

I'm sure it was at least thoroughly considered in advance. I'm sure Miles Sabin's announcement of interest in forking [1] on the 25th did not escape Typesafe's notice. I'm sure Odersky's got to be a little bit anxious about a fork, but I'd bet he's pretty relieved to hear that they want to keep it significantly interoperable, and maybe even a little bit excited to gain a sandbox for faster innovation than Typesafe can achieve.

[1] https://twitter.com/milessabin/status/503929023635161088

Nice thread, thanks.

Checkout impromptu meeting of the "ScalaWags" recorded last night [1]. As usual it's a bit of a meandering, relaxed discussion, but they do manage to get on point at times re: Typelevel forking Scala and other issues pertinent to Scala's future.

[1] https://plus.google.com/events/c574immvc8319s8ks2a8brjqt34