• Sibbo@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    228·
    1 year ago

    From their “code of ethics”

    • First of all, love the Lord God with your whole heart, your whole soul, and your whole strength.
    • Deny oneself in order to follow Christ.
    • Fulfill not the desires of the flesh; hate your own will.

    There are even more strange ones, but I hope you get the picture. Reason enough to use something else if possible.

    • colonial@lemmy.worldEnglish
      323·
      1 year ago

      If you actually read the page, it’s intended as a tongue-in-cheek box-checker.

      This document was originally called a “Code of Conduct” and was created for the purpose of filling in a box on “supplier registration” forms submitted to the SQLite developers by some clients.

      This document continues to be used for its original purpose - providing a reference to fill in the “code of conduct” box on supplier registration forms.

      • Rob Zazueta@toot.robzazueta.com
        141·
        1 year ago

        @colonial @Sibbo I’m actually glad I did read the page itself - it’s clearly satire, making fun of how “sacred” others seem to hold their codes of conduct/ethics. I’m glad I read through that - I see no problems with it or in using SQLite.

        • colonial@lemmy.worldEnglish
          125·
          1 year ago

          They are serious about the religious stuff.

          I fail to see how that’s an issue.

          Also, in the very page you linked, he clarified:

          In the face of today’s attention, which has included a wave of aggressive responses accusing Hipp of un-Christian behavior – he tells us he updated the preface to highlight the fact that by adopting St Benedict’s rules he was not seeking to exclude anyone.

          “Nobody is excluded from the SQLite community due to biological category or religious creed,” he told us. “The preface to the CoC should make this clear. The only way to get kicked out of the SQLite community is by shouting, flaming, and disrespectful behavior. In 18 years, only one person has ever been banned from the mailing list.”

          He also said that he considered only retaining the bullet points that would be relevant to the project, but ultimately decided that would be disrespectful to the original text and its author. Seems fine to me.

          • hassanmckusick@lemmy.discothe.questEnglish
            13·
            1 year ago

            He also said that he considered only retaining the bullet points that would be relevant to the project, but ultimately decided that would be[ing] disrespectful to the original text and its author. Seems [other religions] is fine to me.

    • words_number@programming.devEnglish
      101·
      1 year ago

      Thanks, everyone knows they have a weird coc. It obviously only applies to the maintainers/members of the project though and is more of a statement than something that is actually enforced. As a convinced atheist, I also find it pretty weird but see absolutely no reason at all to avoid sqlite because of that. What matters is: Code quality/correctness (which is absolutely superb when it comes to sqlite) and license, of course. Why would I care about the authors beliefs? They don’t even directly benefit from me using their product.

    • nothackingEnglish
      74·
      1 year ago

      I would think that’s satire of insanely long and irrelevant rules documents.

      • hassanmckusick@lemmy.discothe.questEnglish
        11·
        1 year ago

        In other words, the developers are saying: “We will treat you this way regardless of how you treat us.”

        I dk I don’t think you can fake a persecution complex like that.

    • Xeelee@kbin.social
      119·
      1 year ago

      Holy crap. I’ve used this thing for years and never had a clue they’re a bunch of fruitcakes.

    • venia_sil@fedia.io
      21·
      1 year ago

      Reason enough to <del>use something else if possible</del> read the docs.