On: Linus Torvalds's first public mention of git (2005)

[npsimons]

Actually, I could much rather believe that 'git' referred to Larry McVoy, Mr. Bitkeeper himself. I've never met the man, but the fact that the license was onerous and he basically took his ball and went home speaks volumes. Also, and again hearsay, but I've heard stories about him.

That being said, I'll take BitKeeper over Perforce any day of the week.

[jordigh → npsimons]

Unlikely. Linus praises Larry several times and said that he had absolutely no problem with Larry making Bitkeeper non-free:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/11/torvalds_attack/

On the other hand, he was quite angry with Tridgell:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/14/torvalds_attacks_tri...

[dwyer → jordigh]

> McVoy was adamant: "sorry, we're not in the business of helping you develop a competing product," he replied.

This business model is precisely what lead to a killer competing product being developed. Good job.

[Rayearth → jordigh]

In the end, it might be fair to say that everyone involved (Linus, Larry and Tridgell) was a git.