TIL: the super-religious SQLite "code of ethics" is quite something... https://sqlite.org/codeofethics.html
@Floppy as something of a connoisseur of Codes of Ethics, this is definitely the weirdest one I've seen
@CatherineFlick yeah, it's... special.
@Floppy I mean there are a lot of good things in there! But also a lot of not good things!
Can someone help me understand what's happening here? Is this a joke on their part? Or are they genuinely ridiculing the idea of a code of conduct and code of ethics?
@mhucka @Floppy @CatherineFlick the way they describe how people were upset about them calling it a CoC tells me everything I need to know
@Floppy That is rather, ummm, unique.
@Floppy I wouldn't class that as superrelgious it was written by a ancient Italian Mystic.
It looks intimidating because they used the 5th century version, and not one of the modern restatements. Most modern followers of The Rule of Benedict are quite chill. Not as progressive on the whole as the followers of The Rule of St Francis But they ain't Fundies
@Floppy I have not *personally* (checks notes) buried dead. May I still be part of then SQLite congregation?
@gilesdring I think 54 and 55 count me out.
@Floppy That is …a vibe.
@Floppy I much prefer 'Don't be a dick'.
@Floppy that's got to be some kind of commentary on codes of conduct rather than a serious attempt at one, right? Surely? Bit of a headscratcher if not.
@astrovore It's a copy of The Rule of St. Benedict, if I remember correctly. It is a code of conduct, very literally, for 6th century monks.
@Floppy
@astrovore Yes. If I remember correctly, I think they were told that, for regulatory compliance reasons related to grant funding, their project had to have a code of conduct. However, the regulation was not any more specific than that. Hence: technical compliance.
@Floppy 36, 37 and 38 feel like a personal attack
@coldclimate I just reached 54 and 55; bet the SQLite office parties are quite the event.
@Floppy it doesn't mention which god, so I could get behind lots of it
@coldclimate @Floppy given it's a relational database, presumably that's E.F. Codd
(My old CS professor John Mariani will be most impressed I can still remember that, 30 years after his lectures )
@Floppy Wow. I would have never in a million years expected an SQL variant to have opinions on chastity
@Floppy it also spits on the idea of a code of conduct in general. libsql accepts contributions and looks super cool https://circumstances.run/@hipsterelectron/112972529002920266