# Mercurial fellowship donation

DevFeed: [Mercurial fellowship donation](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/mercurial-fellowship-donation-35661.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<http://blogs.atlassian.com/developer/2011/09/mercurial_fellowship_donation.html>)

Author: Justen Stepka

Published: 2011-09-21T23:27:35Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Atlassian Developer Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/atlassian-developer-blog.md>)

Topics: [bitbucket](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/bitbucket.md>), [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>)

Tags: [announce](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/announce.md>), [bitbucket](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bitbucket.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>)

## AI overview

The article announces a Mercurial fellowship donation and explains Bitbucket's interest in distributed version control systems and software development.

## Source excerpt

We see DVCS as a transformative shift in the way software is developed. Needless to say, Bitbucket has a lot invested in DVCS. This is why we are excited to announce...