Linux, BitKeeper and Git
A nice tutorial on GIT explains the development of the program, and Linux’s history.
Torvalds began working on Git as an interim solution to replace BitKeeper, which had previously been the primary source code tool in use by Linux kernel developers worldwide. Some members of the open source community felt that the BitKeeper license was not the best fit for the open source world, and thus Torvalds decided to investigate revision control systems with more permissive licenses.
Has to make you wonder what this guy was smoking, as I remember it went down quite a bit differently.
Over the next three months, BitMover intends to phase out the free BitKeeper product. Some money has been set aside to provide commercial licenses for certain kernel developers, however Linus Torvalds is not one of them. Larry suggested, “if Linus and Andrew and the others moved elsewhere, we’d glady comp them licenses”, referring to their current employment with OSDL.
But it’s good to hear that GIT is gaining momentum.
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