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

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

> 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.

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