Git good with Epic Games' new open source VCS, Lore
Got big binaries? Tired of other version control systems that treat them like inferior files? Lore might be worth a look
Fortnite maker and Apple nemesis Epic Games has decided to git good all on its own with the open-source release of its homemade version control system, dubbed Lore.
The project began life as Unreal Revision Control, and was used by internal teams and as the version control system (VCS) built into Unreal Editor for Fortnite. Now, Epic is ready to share its handiwork with the world.
Lore is a centralized, content-addressed VCS that’s meant to be more flexible for developers, as it's licensed under the less restrictive MIT License instead of the copyleft requirements inherent in the GNU standard. MIT is generally considered more permissive because, unlike GNU, it doesn't require derivatives to be licensed in the same way (e.g., a fork of Lore could be proprietary).
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