SQLite Code of Conduct

[crispyambulance]

Of course it is satirical but I think people forget that the CoC's that been gaining traction lately are themselves a response to a real problem.

Yes, some CoC's may be fodder for satire and criticism because they cross the line when it comes to being excessively dogmatic. However, these things exist because online communities have been beset by hordes of assholes for a very long time. Many people feel excluded or are dismissed just because some jerk manages to wield a measure of virtual power.

It would be a mistake to move in the reverse direction now and abandon CoC's. If they're not working, perhaps change them or try something else, but the problem needs to be addressed.

[Topolomancer]

I do not think it is supposed to be satirical. I think it was Richard Hipp's way of writing something down that aligns with his personal values. The CoC even states that people should just try to follow it as well as they can:

> This rule is strict, and none are able to comply perfectly. Grace is readily granted for minor transgressions. All are encouraged to follow this rule closely, as in so doing they may expect to live happier, healthier, and more productive lives. The entire rule is good and wholesome, and yet we make no enforcement of the more introspective aspects.

EDIT: Saw that someones else had already commented on this. Leaving it up anyway. Sorry, folks!

[klohto]

What problem? We didn't need CoC for 20 years, why do we need it now?

[bassman9000]

Don't like the project community, don't use it, don't advocate for it, don't contribute to it, create an alternative.

Why is this so difficult to understand? Why this wave of active policing?

[OldManAndTheCpp]

It is not obvious that this is satire. Mr Hipp (main contributor) links his homepage at http://www.hwaci.com/drh/. From that page, he links his wife (Mrs. Wyrick): http://www.hwaci.com/ggw/index.html. She has among her interests: http://www.hwaci.com/ggw/allerton.pdf "Church Music Resources".

As mentioned elsewhere in this thread: SQLite is "Open-Source, not Open-Contribution". In that context, an openly religious CoC does not seem out of the question.

[cholantesh]

We don't need to rely on this circumstance. We can point directly to Hipp's own words: https://twitter.com/DRichardHipp/status/1054360847319994368?...

[danielvf]

Note that SQLite is, in it's own words, "Open-Source, not Open-Contribution". SQLite does not accept patches from the public.

See https://www.sqlite.org/copyright.html

Looking at the commit history for the project, all of the commits for 2018 have been from just three people (with 98% of those coming from just two of those).

[keldaris]

This is a lovely piece of satire given the prevailing obsession with silly CoCs all around.

[ahje]

Replace "God" with "Linus" and "Christ" with "The Linux Kernel Mailing List", and we'll have a decent candidate for a Linux CoC. ;)

[julian-klode]

CoCs are not silly, they solve very important and real problems.

[BaldricksGhost]

While we often confuse religion with the practices of the idiots fawning over politicians here in the US, there is beauty to be found in the wisdom of the ancients on occasion.

[lazyloop]

"1. First of all, love the Lord God with your whole heart, your whole soul, and your whole strength."

[kchoudhu]

Hell, I'm a Muslim and I'd sign on to this CoC without hesitation.

[fatbird]

> 66. Do not love quarreling

I'm seeing a problem here.

[candiodari]

Yeah, us Sparrow-keepers are OFFENDED !

[AdriaanvRossum]

What has God to do with SQLite?

[empthought]

About as much as pronouns have to do with FreeBSD.

[catacombs]

Nothing. You use TempleOS if you want to talk to God.

[allanmacgregor]

Best I can tell is satire

[moocowtruck]

what does anyone have to do with anything?

[Traut]

pure awesomeness

[spaniard89277]

I agree. I'm enjoying so much the reaction...

[sabertoothed]

That's a joke, right? Right?

[frou_dh]

Bad bad man. Goofy documents shall only get the benefit of the doubt if they're brought in by postmodernists.

[mohammedbin]

Dang why is this flagged?

Also as a muslim, it's very amusing to me that there are people who are fighting for me without my asking them and yet them telling me and other muslim it's bad.

It's hilarious what the politically programmed noise-makers think of themselves.

[atom-morgan]

"Politics* isn't allowed on HN"

*right-leaning

[allanmacgregor]

WTF? Please tell this isn't for real.

``` This rule is strict, and none are able to comply perfectly. Grace is readily granted for minor transgressions. All are encouraged to follow this rule closely, as in so doing they may expect to live happier, healthier, and more productive lives. The entire rule is good and wholesome, and yet we make no enforcement of the more introspective aspects.

Everyone is free to use the SQLite source code, object code, and/or documentation regardless of their opinion of and adherence to this rule. SQLite has been and continues to be completely free to everyone, without precondition.```

Do I have to go for confession before every pull request now?

[empthought]

You would have never made a pull request for SQLite anyway, since anyone in a position to do that would know they don't use GitHub.