You call yourself a Christian engineer, but you haven\u2019t given your life to Open Source? Huh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What license would Jesus choose? I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s GPL or MIT, but sure as heck it isn\u2019t proprietary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Letting proprietary code dictate your life is like following a Bible you\u2019re not allowed to read. Beware those who would seek to mediate your relationship to the divine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Happy Easter, y\u2019all. \ud83d\ude4f\ud83d\udc30\ud83c\udf08 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Update: BTW, the above would probably be a lot better if I spoke it, because people would hear a very humorous tone, but that’s not clear from the text! So some have said I come off pretty jerky,<\/em> and some said blasphemous. Fair! I’m also not saying it’s literally funny, it just would be a little clearer I was trying. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, I mean examples as possible metaphors or parallels and not literally, but never say that up front. Also as thought experiment, not literally as judgey. “No” or “it is totally fine” are valid answers to the first question, lots of more possibilities \u2014 the “Huh” is meant more out of curiosity than judgment, a conversation starter, not an ender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Finally the ender “Happy Easter, y’all)”<\/strong> in my Houston culture and context<\/em> \/ the South would be pretty clear as actually happy, friendly and playful. But said in a different tone or without that context, the opposite! I have friends in NYC for whom that would read deep sarcasm, a big FU and rude bye. I didn’t think of that!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Anyway, I’ve learned a lot from the feedback, will probably still learn more, and want to deeply appreciate the people who care enough to give it to me and spend time explaining and answering my questions. Thanks, y’all! (Not sarcastic \ud83d\ude42 \ud83d\ude42 \ud83d\ude42 <— Real smiles and gratitude, not smug.) <\/p>\n\n\n\n I’m not thanking all the Twitter \/ X trolls, though, and I’m not going to engage any more because the real or perceived trolling makes it almost impossible to change, nor do I harbor any illusions of changing some minds. I’ve devoted hundreds of hours to it in the past, but it didn’t help, and that took a lot of time away from my favorite people and loved ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (Also, I think something has changed; in open source and WordPress, we’d fight like crazy, but ended up coming together or having a meal afterward before diving back in. Social media I think has made that rarer and harder.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n (and the new Spring colors are on the site.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" You call yourself a Christian engineer, but you haven\u2019t given your life to Open Source? Huh. What license would Jesus choose? I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s GPL or MIT, but sure as heck it isn\u2019t proprietary. Letting proprietary code dictate your life is like following a Bible you\u2019re not allowed to read. Beware those who … Continue reading Easter Thoughts<\/span>