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-[Git] is an OpenSource VersionControlSystem
(although it originally started as just a storage backend). It was initially written by LinusTorvalds for the needs of the LinuxKernel developers, but due to a clever but simple internal design it can be tailored to nearly any development workflot. It is itself kept [in a Git repository | http://master.kernel.org/git/?p=git/git.git;a=summary]. The project was born of necessity when BitKeeper's licence was changed such that it was no longer an acceptable home for the LinuxKernel, but all other VersionControlSystem~s were found inadequate.
+[Git] is an OpenSource [DVCS]
(although it originally started as just a storage backend). It was initially written by LinusTorvalds for the needs of the LinuxKernel developers, but due to a clever but simple internal design it can be tailored to nearly any development workflot. It is itself kept [in a Git repository | http://master.kernel.org/git/?p=git/git.git;a=summary]. The project was born of necessity when BitKeeper's licence was changed such that it was no longer an acceptable home for the LinuxKernel, but all other VersionControlSystem~s were found inadequate.
> Torvalds seemed aware that his decision to drop BitKeeper would also be controversial. When asked why he called the new software, "git," British slang meaning "a rotten person," he said. "I'm an egotistical bastard, so I name all my projects after myself. First Linux, now git."
From [PC World: After controversy, Torvalds begins work on "git" | http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;1852076002]
