ETN will fork from Monero. Can someone explain?

[mrnewguy]

So, on ETN site this announcement was made
electroneum.com/2017/10/28/electroneum-announce-adoption-of-monero-codebase/

Basically, they hired a cote Monero developer to "create a fork of electroneum from Monero coin".

Why does ETN need this? I thought ETN already had its own blockchain, but maybe I do not really know what a fork is.
I thought that when a fork happen, a new coin is born from another coin blockchain (like bitcoin cash from bitcoin).
Does this mean a new type of electroneum will be created? Can someone explain?

[vish]

As far as i understod they just used Moneros open source base code to work off of to create Electroneums... meaning the exchanges already have Monero on the go already so the slightly tweeked Electroneum code is far easier to get listed than a totally different code that electroneum originally was planning to use.

I think the fork your worrying about isnt the same as the fork they suggested, rather a better word to use would be deviation from the monero code. Not as in hard fork to subdevide the coin.

[mrnewguy]

Oct 29, 2017 6:59:33 GMT -6 vish said:

As far as i understod they just used Moneros open source base code to work off of to create Electroneums... meaning the exchanges already have Monero on the go already so the slightly tweeked Electroneum code is far easier to get listed than a totally different code that electroneum originally was planning to use.

I think the fork your worrying about isnt the same as the fork they suggested, rather a better word to use would be deviation from the monero code. Not as in hard fork to subdevide the coin.

ooh, ok i see then. Thank you very much