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Subject: Re: BK, deltas, snapshots and fate of -pre...
From: Alexander Viro (viro@math.psu.edu)
Date: Sun Apr 21 2002 - 01:27:56 EST
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/fa.linux.kernel/msg/caede4c7fd703c4e
 
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Sigh...  When it comes to software there are three systems of beliefs.
One of them:
 
    * Thou shalt know by your heart that all software sucks.
    * Beware of those who say that their software does not suck, for they
      are either fools or liars.
    * Beware of those who give you garments and do not allow to mend them,
      for sooner or later thou shalt find what needs mending.
    * But beware also of those who give you badly rotten garments and say
      "Thou shalt prefer that above everything, for thou art allowed to
      mend it".
    * Thou shalt not treat software as a living being, for it is not one.
    * Choose a license of thine liking for sofware thou writest and do not
      blame those who choose differently for software they write.
    * Know when to say "It can be mended, I shalt do that" and when to
      say "It is rotten beyond repair".
    * Choose free over non-free when it is better or when thou art willing
      to fix what is broken.
    * When shit happens, think how to fix it.
 
Another:
 
    * All software wants to be free
    * Thou shalt not use non-free software
    * Thou shalt not mention non-free software
    * Thou shalt make all thine software free
    * Thou shalt choose free above working, even if free one is broken
      beyond repair
    * When shit happens, add new features
 
and the last one:
 
    * Our 3133t!  K3wl!  Software!  Does Not Suck!!!
    * Always choose our software above everything else
    * When shit happens, we add new features