# Symmetric Balancer Friendly Fork Proposal

**URL:** <https://forum.balancer.fi/t/symmetric-balancer-friendly-fork-proposal/2634>\
**Category:** General Proposal\
**Created:** [March 22, 2022, 3:26pm UTC](https://forum.balancer.fi/t/symmetric-balancer-friendly-fork-proposal/2634 "2022-03-22T15:26:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kaioken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@Kaioken](https://forum.balancer.fi/u/Kaioken)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2022, 3:17am UTC](https://forum.balancer.fi/t/symmetric-balancer-friendly-fork-proposal/2634/19 "2022-03-23T03:17:49Z")

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You raised a solid point about this deal being heavily in favor of Symmetric.

I observe the past Friendly Fork Proposal it seems that Balancer didn’t have to contribute any grants or BAL tokens toward the friendly forking team. Approving this could be a precedent for future projects.

the past discussion could also be found here [Balancer on other chains: Friendly Forks (aka Franchise Model)](https://forum.balancer.fi/t/balancer-on-other-chains-friendly-forks-aka-franchise-model/2279)

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