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In the future, should someone wish to become a core developer of SQLite and is in every way qualified except that he or she does not feel comfortable with some details of this rule (for example, the overtly religious elements), then appropriate adjustments can be made at that point. The objective of the rule is not to impose a particular religious creed, but rather to use time-tested behavioral guidelines to promote a productive and peaceful community.
- The Rule
First of all, love the Lord God with your whole heart, your whole soul, and your whole strength.
Then, love your neighbor as yourself.
Do not murder.
Do not commit adultery.
Do not steal.
Do not covet.
Do not bear false witness.
Honor all.
Do not do to another what you would not have done to yourself.
Deny oneself in order to follow Christ.
Chastise the body.
Do not become attached to pleasures.
Love fasting.
Relieve the poor.
Clothe the naked.
Visit the sick.
Bury the dead.
Be a help in times of trouble.
Console the sorrowing.
Be a stranger to the world's ways.
Prefer nothing more than the love of Christ.
Do not give way to anger.
Do not nurse a grudge.
Do not entertain deceit in your heart.
Do not give a false peace.
Do not forsake charity.
Do not swear, for fear of perjuring yourself.
Utter only truth from heart and mouth.
Do not return evil for evil.
Do no wrong to anyone, and bear patiently wrongs done to yourself.
Love your enemies.
Do not curse those who curse you, but rather bless them.
Bear persecution for justice's sake.
Be not proud.
Be not addicted to wine.
Be not a great eater.
Be not drowsy.
Be not lazy.
Be not a grumbler.
Be not a detractor.
Put your hope in God.
Attribute to God, and not to self, whatever good you see in yourself.
Recognize always that evil is your own doing, and to impute it to yourself.
Fear the Day of Judgment.
Be in dread of hell.
Desire eternal life with all the passion of the spirit.
Keep death daily before your eyes.
Keep constant guard over the actions of your life.
Know for certain that God sees you everywhere.
When wrongful thoughts come into your heart, dash them against Christ immediately.
Disclose wrongful thoughts to your spiritual mentor.
Guard your tongue against evil and depraved speech.
Do not love much talking.
Speak no useless words or words that move to laughter.
Do not love much or boisterous laughter.
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.
Fulfill not the desires of the flesh; hate your own will.
Obey in all things the commands of those whom God has placed in authority over you even though they (which God forbid) should act otherwise, mindful of the Lord's precept, "Do what they say, but not what they do."
Do not wish to be called holy before one is holy; but first to be holy, that you may be truly so called.
Fulfill God's commandments daily in your deeds.
Love chastity.
Hate no one.
Be not jealous, nor harbor envy.
Do not love quarreling.
Shun arrogance.
Respect your seniors.
Love your juniors.
Pray for your enemies in the love of Christ.
Make peace with your adversary before the sun sets.
Never despair of God's mercy.
I know it's going to be a controversial view, but overall it seems like a pretty solid list. Obviously, the whole laughing thing makes life a bit boring.
- The Rule
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I know it's going to be a controversial view, but overall it seems like a pretty solid list. Obviously, the whole laughing thing makes life a bit boring.
Mmm. No. It might be arguably fine as a "rules to live by" list, but it's not a good code of conduct for an open source software project because it doesn't do anything to protect contributors from hateful behaviour or discrimination.
Normal codes of conduct written by normal people are very precise about what is and isn't permitted because if you have vague stuff like "guard your tongue against evil and depraved speech" then people will suck up months of your time with bad-faith rules lawyering about the definitions of "evil" and "depraved".
But hey, the guy says that in 18 years only one person who contributes to the project has ever done or said anything unpleasant to anybody else, so I guess it's fine. He also refuses to use git, so I expect that the high barrier to entry for the project means that there will be far fewer contributors than there are compared to other projects, so his project is less likely to be exposed to the types of people who contribute to complete trash fires like this one.
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/10/22/sqlite_code_of_conduct/
SQLITE's code of conduct goes all old school Christian...
"Open-source database SQLite has told its developers it expects them to follow Christ, love chastity, clothe the naked, and not murder, steal, nor sleep with their colleagues' spouses."
Ehm...