BitKeeper

BitKeeper是一套BitMover公司開發的分佈式版本控制软件，它曾是一款专有软件，其主要競爭对手是Git和Mercurial。BitMover公司總部位於美國加州坎貝爾 BitMover company information，總裁拉里·麥沃伊，曾設計TeamWare。

BitKeeper的許多概念取自TeamWare。它的主要賣點是“分佈式”版本控制工具，不同于中心式的CVS或SVN。

歷史
2002年至2005年間，Linux內核開發團隊以BitKeeper來管理Linux內核程式碼。因為BitKeeper的公司收回了給林納斯·托瓦茲（Linus Torvalds）及Linux核心開發者的免費軟體授權，所以林納斯·托瓦茲自行開發Git取而代之。 

2016年5月11日，BitKeeper宣布以Apache 2.0许可证开源。

注釋

外部連結

BitKeeper homepage* 
"Not quite Open Source" 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 and Torvalds knifes Tridgell, two articles describing Tridgell's 2005 linux.conf.au keynote and comparing what he did to statements by Torvalds and McVoy
SourcePuller 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 Crunch time for Linus
BitKeeper at the "Better SCM" Site - a collection of articles and essays about BitKeeper and its history.

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