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It was more that Tridge "reversed"[1] the Bitkeeper protocol, leading to licensing issues and the eventual separation of Linux from Bitkeeper. The need for a hi
by amboar 11y ago
It was more that Tridge "reversed"[1] the Bitkeeper protocol, leading to licensing issues and the eventual separation of Linux from Bitkeeper. The need for a high performance, distributed replacement motivated Linus to write a git.
[1] https://lwn.net/Articles/132938/ https://lwn.net/Articles/132938/
- lmm 11y agoThe license issues were there all along. Tridge just made it harder to ignore them.