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@Floppy as something of a connoisseur of Codes of Ethics, this is definitely the weirdest one I've seen

@Floppy I mean there are a lot of good things in there! But also a lot of not good things!

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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 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 @Floppy I appreciate the religious tenor here is definitely not for everyone, but the Rule of St Benedict is I think very interesting in the history of the enabling constraints of community, per Alasdair MacIntyre.

@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.

@twipped @Floppy @rysiek yeah, iirc theres been some not great / weird stuff from the core/founding folks in the past?

@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.
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@krans @Floppy is its inclusion here commentary/satire on modern software project codes of conduct? The small amount of searching I've done since posting suggests... Maybe? Sort of?

@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.

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@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