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Torvalds uses the best tool for the job. The only reason git was even created was because some Linux developers refused to use BitKeeper. The message of Torval
by uiri 15y ago
Torvalds uses the best tool for the job. The only reason git was even created was because some Linux developers refused to use BitKeeper.
The message of Torvalds is "use the best available to you" while the message of Stallman is "use the least restrictive available to you, and accept no substitutes"
- gillianseed 15y agoNo, although alot of kernel developers disliked the proprietary nature of Bitkeeper, the decision of making Git came when BitMover revoked the Linux developers right to use Bitkeeper for free. Good thing though, as Git turned out to be great as it's popularity shows.
- ctulek 15y agoMany times it doesn't matter if things are free or not. Even if thins block people doing things, after a short hiccup, people find a solution to their problems. Stallman's ideology is, at the end, just about preventing hiccups...