"Since Linus Torvalds' decision to stop using BitKeeper for the Linux kernel--for licensing reasons, not technical reasons--a number of people have suggested Subversion as a possible replacement version control system. Linus himself has said he doesn't want to switch to Subversion, most recently in a footnote at the end of http://lwn.net/Articles/130681/.
"We, the Subversion development team, would like to explain why we agree that Subversion would not be the right choice for the Linux kernel.
"Subversion was primarily designed as a replacement for CVS. It is a centralized version control system..."