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SourceGear acquires Cyclic

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the getting-more-stuff dept.

David Neto writes "SourceGear Corp., the parent of AbiSource, has acquired Cyclic. SourceGear will assure continued development of CVS. " Good news for all-SourceGear is going to be the new parent umbrella for AbiSource, trying to extend their name in the public domain.

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  1. GPL wins again... by Seth+Cohn · · Score: 3

    That's the beauty of GPL or other open source software: Someone always steps up to the plate
    and takes over.

    Try to get support for anything 5 years old from a major 'software vendor'... good luck.
    Try to get support for a GPLed program, and odds are someone will be willing and able... and it's almost never abandoned, unless something superior (and often compatible) comes along.

    Good for SourceGear aka AbiSource

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  2. Good news indeed! by aedil · · Score: 3

    This is good news indeed, given that CVS is quite a nice source control system. With the past news that Cyclic was dropping support for it, and handing over support to the open source community, quite some people I spoke with did have worries about the future for CVS. While open source communities tend to work well, it is more of a problem to get an established project like CVS under new "management".

    With the still existing "fear" from many companies to bring what they consider unsupported software in-house, this may actually ensure that some doors stay open for CVS to enter the business world.