BitKeeper
BitKeeper is a set of distributed version control software developed by BitMover. It was once a proprietary software , and its main competitors were Git and Mercurial . BitMover is headquartered in Campbell, California, and its president, Larry McEvoy, once designed TeamWare.
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| original author | BitMover Inc. |
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| Initial Release | May 4, 2000 |
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| programming language | C language |
| operating system | AIX、FreeBSD、HP-UX、IRIX、 Linux、Mac OS X、NetBSD、 OpenBSD、Solaris、Windows |
| type | Decentralized version control |
| agreement | Apache 2.0 |
| website | www.bitkeeper.org/  |
BitKeeper takes many of its concepts from TeamWare. Its main selling point is a "distributed" version control tool, unlike centralized CVS or SVN .
history
From 2002 to 2005, the Linux kernel development team used BitKeeper to manage Linux kernel code. Because BitKeeper's company withdrew the free software license to Linus Torvalds and Linux core developers, Linus Torvalds developed Git instead.
On May 11, 2016, BitKeeper announced that it would be open sourced under the Apache 2.0 license .
Comment
- ^ Bk-7.3.3 released 2018-12-29 - Releases - BitKeeper.
- ^ . [2010-04-27]. ( Archived from the original on 2009-09-07). BitMover company information
- ^ McAllister, Neil. . InfoWorld. Retrieved 2017-03-19. ( Archived from the original on 2015-08-26) (English).
- ^ . solidot. [2016-05-15]. ( Archived from the original on 2016-05-12).
external link
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Related reports from Wikinews : Bitmover ends free Bitkeeper, replacement sought for managing Linux kernel code |
- BitKeeper homepage * ( page archive backup , stored in)
- "Not quite Open Source" Article on Linux Weekly News, circa 1999, discussing features, licensing, Larry McVoy, and OSI.
- "No More Free BitKeeper" Discusses BitMover's decision to phase out the free version of BitKeeper
- "BitKeeper and Linux: The end of the road?" discusses the BitKeeper fiasco from three viewpoints: Linus Torvalds, Larry McVoy, Andrew "Tridge" Tridgell (the alleged reverse-engineer who offers a short explanation of the situation)
- How Tridge reverse -engineered Bitkeeper and Torvalds knives Tridgell , two articles describing Tridgell 's 2005 linux.conf.au keynote and comparing what he did to statements by Torvalds and McVoy
- SourcePuller ( page archive backup , stored in) is the result of Tridgell's efforts
- RMS: BitKeeper bon-voyage is a happy ending Richard Stallman on the Linux/BitKeeper fallout (formerly on NewsForge, currently on Linux.com)
- The Age ( page archive backup , stored in) Crunch time for Linus
- BitKeeper at the "Better SCM" Site - a collection of articles and essays about BitKeeper and its history.
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