BitMover decided to provide free commercial BitKeeper licenses to some kernel developers .
It refused to give or sell licenses to anyone employed by OSDL , including Linus Torvalds and Andrew Morton , placing OSDL developers in the same position as other kernel developers .
Although BitMover decided to provide free commercial BitKeeper licenses to some kernel developers , it refused to give or sell licenses to anyone employed by OSDL , including Linus Torvalds and Andrew Morton , placing OSDL developers in the same position as other kernel developers .