BitKeeper
原作者 | BitMover Inc. |
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首次发布 | 2000年5月4日 |
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编程语言 | C语言 |
操作系统 | AIX、FreeBSD、HP-UX、IRIX、 Linux、Mac OS X、NetBSD、 OpenBSD、Solaris、Windows |
类型 | 分散式版本控制 |
许可协议 | Apache 2.0 |
网站 | www |
BitKeeper是一套BitMover公司开发的分布式版本控制软件,它曾是一款专有软件,其主要竞争对手是Git和Mercurial。BitMover公司总部位于美国加州坎贝尔[2],总裁拉里·麦沃伊,曾设计TeamWare。
BitKeeper的许多概念取自TeamWare。它的主要卖点是“分布式”版本控制工具,不同于中心式的CVS或SVN。
历史
2002年至2005年间,Linux内核开发团队以BitKeeper来管理Linux内核程式码[3]。因为BitKeeper的公司收回了给林纳斯·托瓦兹(Linus Torvalds)及Linux核心开发者的免费软体授权,所以林纳斯·托瓦兹自行开发Git取而代之[3]。
2016年5月11日,BitKeeper宣布以Apache 2.0许可证开源。[4]
注释
- ^ https://users.bitkeeper.org/t/bk-7-3-3-released-2018-12-29/1111.
- ^ 存档副本. [2010-04-27]. (原始内容存档于2009-09-07). BitMover company information
- ^ 3.0 3.1 McAllister, Neil. Linus Torvalds' BitKeeper blunder. InfoWorld. [2017-03-19]. (原始内容存档于2015-08-26) (英语).
- ^ Git诞生11年后,BitKeeper宣布开源. solidot. [2016-05-15]. (原始内容存档于2016-05-12).
外部链接
- BitKeeper homepage* (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆)
- "Not quite Open Source"(页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆) 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(页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆) and Torvalds knifes Tridgell(页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆), two articles describing Tridgell's 2005 linux.conf.au keynote and comparing what he did to statements by Torvalds and McVoy
- SourcePuller(页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆) 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(页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆) Crunch time for Linus
- BitKeeper at the "Better SCM" Site - a collection of articles and essays about BitKeeper and its history.