OpenBSD - Trial of the BSD Knights video free download


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Duration: 03:11
Uploaded: 2009/01/18

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Not so very long ago

and not so far away

AT&T made system code

and gave some bits away

Some Berkeley geeks rebuilt it

better, faster, more diverse

This open thing was wonderful

for everyone on Earth

And then the roaring 90's came

The Empire changed its mind

And good old greed was back again

The geeks were in a legal bind

The Empire's Unix Lab

sued BSDi from above

The code is free but

only we can sell it bub!

The University came calling

in full protective mode

and proved the source in Net/2

didn't use the Empire's code

Then Bostic brought the Empire's books

n' slammed them dandys down

And showed the giant chunks

of BSD code all around

They didn't even give an ounce

of credit front to back

This broke the license USL

was using to attack

The case was thrown out by the judge

and "settled" out of court

And UCB was big enough

to take it like a sport

And to this day the geekfolk say

Now did we win or lose?

They shoulda made 'em reprint

every book with proper dues

And take out ads in major rags

apologetically

And maybe now it wouldn't be

the same monopoly

The Empire might have tumbled

down if everybody saw

How greed became so big

they couldn't see that glaring flaw

But only one community

the one that makes it tick

Is there to fight for everyone

exposing hypocrites

And OpenBSD is here

to tell the story right

Once again the fight is fought

and kept in shining light

And may the source be with you

May the Empire fall apart

Ya like that's gonna happen!

But we gotta keep heart!

Comments

12 years ago

27182871

the OpenBSD artwork is one of the best features of OpenBSD :P Simply cool.

13 years ago

as34ful

OpenBSD...NetBSD... FreeBSD... and many else

13 years ago

Drew Adams

I am an openSUSE user but I love this song so very much! Thank you openBSD!!!!

14 years ago

Facundo de la Cruz

I love OpenBSD

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