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The SQLite Code of Ethics

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Re: The SQLite Code of Ethics

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Post by molyss »

seeing as some people have already added some comments criticizing the code of conduct, I thought I'd add what I think is the most important parts of that code of Ethics :

> No one is required to follow The Rule [...] or even think that [it] is a good idea. [...] anyone is free to dispute or ignore that idea [...]

> This is a one-way promise [...]. the developers are saying "we will treat you this way regardless of how you treat us"

No one is forcing their beliefs onto anyone. keep the pitchforks in the shed.

Re: The SQLite Code of Ethics

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Post by jccooper »

youngNed wrote: post #9

It takes a special kind of arrogance to believe that you can rewrite the 10 commandments. But to rewrite them, see them there on the screen and not realise you have done it, in a much more inefficient way, and also much, much worse. Thats just a breakdown.

Tell it St Benedict. He's the one who wrote it.

Re: The SQLite Code of Ethics

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Post by adamgordonbell »

Before I got to talk with Richard, I found many things online about his Christian values and public domain license and how odd it was.

And I thought this was THE fascinating thing about Richard that led to the database and other things.

But then I talked to him. He's a great engineer but a regular guy running a business around a thing he built.

He gets to be a bit whimsical because he can. He can use his own source control and license, and he can certainly make up a code of ethics, to check a check box on some form somewhere.

The cool thing about SQLite is that he built this thing and gets to do things his way.

This is just a specific instance of that.

Shameless plug: https://corecursive.com/066-sqlite-with-richard-hipp/

Re: The SQLite Code of Ethics

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Post by quinnjh »

At a time of decaying social bonds, cultural fragmentation, and no consensus reality, i would much rather work somewhere with an explicit code like this than the countless "we are good people" places that will never define what "being good people" is until they are on the opposite side of a courtroom. Having shared values is very important for a team.

Re: The SQLite Code of Ethics

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Post by zoomablemind »

ThalesX wrote: post #3

Hmm, is this some sort of Meta I’m missing? It feels strange to mix so many cultural ‘suggestions’ with a database product. > Listen willingly to holy reading. > Devote yourself frequently to prayer. > Daily in your prayers, with tears and sighs, confess your past sins to God, and amend them for the future. Anyway, sqlite is a good product and I don’t even mind all that much to have a code of Ethics associated to it,…

> "... No one is required to follow The Rule, to know The Rule, or even to think that The Rule is a good idea. The Founder of SQLite believes that anyone who follows The Rule will live a happier and more productive life, but individuals are free to dispute or ignore that advice if they wish."

> "...[the developers] view The Rule as their promise to all SQLite users of how the developers are expected to behave. This is a one-way promise, or covenant. "

This speaks of the Founder and his team. Evangelism this is not, but an invitation to learn of the principles they pledge to adhere to.

I trust their sincerity, I trust the efforts they put into the products they shared.

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