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Newer page: | version 6 | Last edited on Saturday, December 25, 2004 6:51:40 pm | by AristotlePagaltzis | Revert |
Older page: | version 5 | Last edited on Thursday, November 6, 2003 11:12:51 am | by JohnMcPherson | Revert |
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-BitKeeper is a RevisionControlSystem like
[CVS]. From what I can gather it does things quite differently
.
+[
BitKeeper | http://www.bitkeeper.com/]
is the VersionControlSystem used for the LinuxKernel development since sometime around 2.4.13. Its major distinguishing characteristic is that it keeps distributed repositories, unlike the
[CVS] model where everyone commits to the same machine
.
-''I believe
it's quite different because CVS thinks
about "per file"
changes, where BitKeeper thinks about "changesets" -- PerryLorier''
+It is not FreeSoftware that does some strange things like making all your changes/log files public unless you buy a commercial licence. (The idea is that OpenSource projects can use
it without charge, but people who want to keep changes proprietary need to pay up.) I
'm not sure
about the licence details, but I think it requires you to accept
changes to the licence
, and to use newer versions of the software.
-Linus is now using BitKeeper for the kernel sources since sometime around 2.4.13
-
-BitKeeper isn't FreeSoftware. It does some strange things; for example, it will make all your changes/log files public, unless you buy a commercial licence (the idea being that open source software can use it without charge, but people who want to keep changes proprietary need to pay $$). I'm not sure about the licence details, but I think it requires you to accept changes to the licence, and to use newer versions of the software.
-
Another contentious issue is that they changed their licence so that people could not use it who are
working on a competing product, for example
, SubVersion
.
There has (IMHO quite rightly)
been a lot of anger over this move.
-
-
-More information [here|http://www.bitkeeper.com/].
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+Another contentious issue is that they changed their licence so that people working on a competing product, eg SubVersion
, cannot use it
. There has been a lot of anger over this move, probably rightly
.