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Re: In place of a legal notice, here is a blessing

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Post by m12k »

ridaj wrote: post #42
durkie wrote: post #35

I almost feel like SQLite could have documentary made about it at this point. There are so many things about it that are just unique and fascinating.

There is one https://corecursive.com/066-sqlite-with-richard-hipp/ (I liked it)

That story about how Mitchell Baker helped set up the SQLite Consortium is interesting, hadn't heard of that before. She gets a lot of flak for the direction Mozilla has been heading, so it's heartening to hear how she advocated that the Consortium be set up in a way where the developers retain the power.

Re: In place of a legal notice, here is a blessing

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Post by denton-scratch »

gojomo wrote: post #56
voidfunc wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

100% agree. I'd argue they were the #2 landmark in NYC after The Statue of Liberty at the time. 1. Statue of Liberty, without question. 2. Twin Towers - showed up in just about shot of NYC put into mainstream media from the date of inception until destruction. 3. Empire State Building - Yes it is really recognizable but never got the media exposure of the WTC. After that things get a little muddier. If I'm doing a to…

Of course the Statue of Liberty & Empire State Building were the undisputed 1/2 (in either order) NYC landmarks for many decades before the WTC arrived. The Empire State Building had been the tallest building in the world for almost 40 years, from 1931-1970. It was arrival of the taller WTC twin towers in 1970, & to a lesser extent the proliferation of other midtown skyscrapers, that gradually chipped away at the Emp…

Chrysler building?

Re: In place of a legal notice, here is a blessing

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Post by mnw21cam »

rvense wrote: post #38
throwaway984393 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's funny is the principals of what modern progresive intellectuals find right or wrong were introduced by Abrahamic (specifically Christian) teachings. Before that, the whole framework of the poor or meek being something everyone should protect wasn't a common idea. Even devout Atheists are basically Christian philosophers with scientific faith replacing theistic faith.

It says somewhere that there is nothing new under the sun... Christianity, including its ethics, obviously also had sources and influences. Both in its inception and as it has changed, fractured and adapted to its surroundings over time. And if you truly think that Jesus invented helping the poor and acting righteous, I can only recommend you read about religions. Both those that influenced Christianity and those tha…

> It says somewhere that there is nothing new under the sun...

Ah yes, that's most of Ecclesiastes. Everything is meaningless. King Solomon sometimes comes across as a bit of whinger, but then what do you expect if you're ultra-rich and bored and questioning the meaning of it all.

I agree that many aspects of Christianity have precedent. The one rather novel thing that it introduced was the concept of a God who would voluntarily suffer excruciating punishment so that we wouldn't have to.

Re: In place of a legal notice, here is a blessing

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Post by josefx »

randerson wrote: post #26
Georgelemental wrote: post #4

See also the Code of Ethics: https://sqlite.org/codeofethics.html

Some mental gymnastics must have been involved when writing this list considering SQLite was originally built for guided-missile destroyers.

As far as I understand the code of conduct is more or less an in joke. They don't have any community integration worth noting as all SQLite contributors are full time employees. It mainly exists to tick of a checkbox in their customers/donors requirements without actually adopting any of the CoCs people kept pushing.

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Post by swebs »

graderjs wrote: post #84
swebs wrote: post #65

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>who’s life was ruined by mental illness If some FOIA request decades down the line reveals that the CIA was actually involved, I wouldn't be surprised. MKULTRA happened after all.

That would be a disaster for them. But I don't think we'd have to wait decades, I'm sure those things are already known. Although, attributing all the world's ills to a shadowy cabal of corrupt operatives is a pretty crazy conspiracy theory... that might just be the problem. However, looking at how crazy society is today you can kind of understand how people would reach that conclusion..

Sometimes conspiracy theories get proven right.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_MKUltra

Re: In place of a legal notice, here is a blessing

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Post by hprotagonist »

jll29 wrote: post #89

Richard Hipp is a devout Christian, and demonstrates James 2:18: "Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works." Thanks for the blessings and the beautiful code; you really can be a poet in any language.

take that, sola fide!

Re: In place of a legal notice, here is a blessing

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Post by sydthrowaway »

cmacleod4 wrote: post #95
sydthrowaway wrote: post #52

Imagine if one day every product in the world was released for free under this license Make it happen.

Note that while the sqlite code is public domain, the enormous test suite that every release has to pass is not!

And so we find the catch
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