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1.1 deraadt 17: <p>
1.3 ian 18: <h2><font color="#e00000">Release Songs</font></h2><hr>
1.100 deraadt 19: <p>
20:
21: Every 6 months the OpenBSD project has the pleasure to release
22: software on an official CDROM set, with artwork and a matching song.
23: Ty Semaka (our artist) and Theo borrow and mutate some theme (from a
1.108 deraadt 24: classical setting, a movie, or some genre) into the fishy world of
25: Puffy, to describe some event or controversy the project went through
26: over the previous six months. To match the art released with the CD,
27: Ty and his friend Jonathan Lewis build the song and bring in
28: additional hired musicians from around Calgary. Theo then gets the
29: pleasure (and responsibility) to write a commentary explaining it all.
1.1 deraadt 30:
1.20 deraadt 31: <p>
1.71 deraadt 32: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%">
33: <tr>
1.72 deraadt 34: <td valign="top" width="45%">
1.108 deraadt 35: <a href="#45">4.5: "Games"<br>
1.104 deraadt 36: <a href="#44">4.4: "Trial of the BSD Knights"<br>
1.95 deraadt 37: <a href="#43">4.3: "Home to Hypocrisy"<br>
1.90 deraadt 38: <a href="#42">4.2: "100001 1010101"<br>
1.89 deraadt 39: <a href="#41">4.1: "Puffy Baba and the 40 Vendors"<br>
40: <a href="#40">4.0: "Humppa Negala"</a> and
41: <a href="#audio_extra">"OpenVOX" (extra track)</a><br>
1.72 deraadt 42: <a href="#39">3.9: "Blob!"</a><br>
43: <a href="#38">3.8: "Hackers of the Lost RAID"</a><br>
44: <a href="#37">3.7: "The Wizard of OS"</a><br>
45: <a href="#36">3.6: "Pond-erosa Puff (live)"</a><br>
46: <a href="#35">3.5: "CARP License" and "Redundancy must be free"</a><br>
47: <a href="#34">3.4: "The Legend of Puffy Hood"</a><br>
48: <a href="#33">3.3: "Puff the Barbarian"</a><br>
49: <a href="#32">3.2: "Goldflipper"</a><br>
1.108 deraadt 50: </td><td valign="top" width="1%">
51: <br>
52: </td><td valign="top" width="54%">
1.72 deraadt 53: <a href="#31">3.1: "Systemagic"</a><br>
54: <a href="#30">3.0: "E-Railed (OpenBSD Mix)"</a><br>
1.71 deraadt 55: <br>
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1.71 deraadt 58: </a>
59: The 3.0 - 4.0 songs are available on an Audio CD celebrating
60: 10 years of OpenBSD releases.
61: <br>
62: <br>
1.76 deraadt 63: An <a href="#audio_extra">extra track</a> by the artist Ty Semaka
64: (who really has "had Puffy on his mind") is included which details
65: the process of making the art and music each release.
1.71 deraadt 66: <br clear=all>
1.72 deraadt 67: <br>
1.71 deraadt 68: <a href="https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order?CDA1=1&CDA1=Add">
1.72 deraadt 69: Order an Audio CDROM from our International site</a><br>
1.71 deraadt 70: </td></tr></table>
1.20 deraadt 71: <p>
1.104 deraadt 72:
73: <hr>
1.108 deraadt 74: <a name=45></a>
75: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="45.html">
76: 4.5: "Games"</a></font></h2>
77: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%">
78: <tr>
79: <td valign="top" width="33%">
80: <a href="orders.html">[Order OpenBSD 4.5 or other items]</a><br>
81: OpenBSD 4.5 CD2 track 2 is an<br>
82: uncompressed copy of this song.<br>
83: <br>
84: 3:29 minutes
85: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song45.mp3">(MP3 6.4MB)</a>
1.110 deraadt 86: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song45.ogg">(OGG 4.5MB)</a><br>
1.108 deraadt 87: <br>
88: <a href="images/Pufftron.jpg">
89: <img width=227 height=343 alt="XXX" src="images/Pufftron.jpg"></a>
90: <br>
91: <br>
92: <em>
93: [Commentary still being written]
94: <br>
95: </em>
96: </td><td valign="top" width="3%">
97: <br>
98: </td><td valign=top width="30%">
99: <br>
100: I love to hate my PC<br>
101: But now it's not so easy<br>
102: Just wanna get this job done<br>
103: But these A.M.L. games are dumb<br>
104: <br>
105: You wanna know the truth?<br>
106: Intel's controlling you<br>
107: And Microsoft is too<br>
108: But this is nothing new<br>
109: <br>
110: With A.C.P.I.<br>
111: This endless mess so corporate<br>
112: Tangles and angles<br>
113: In what could be straight forward<br>
114: <br>
115: Lost connections<br>
116: Lost my mind<br>
117: It's such a waste of time<br>
118: <br>
119: CHORUS<br>
120: <br>
121: Now on the motherboard<br>
122: Where all my life is stored<br>
123: Playing with garbage there<br>
124: With rules so unfair<br>
125: <br>
126: Ruled by A.C.P.I.<br>
1.109 deraadt 127: Whose heart is so corrupted<br>
1.108 deraadt 128: Forcing us all to play<br>
129: Our progress interrupted<br>
130: <br>
131: Lost connections<br>
132: Lost my mind<br>
133: It's such a waste of time<br>
134: <br>
135: CHORUS<br>
136: <br>
137: Yes I'm a user<br>
138: And I'm not the only one<br>
139: I'm not a loser<br>
140: With help from Puffy Tron<br>
141: <br>
142: And we will find it<br>
143: The pin in all this heartache<br>
144: Map our devices<br>
145: And we know what it'll take<br>
146: <br>
147: Lost connections<br>
148: Lost my mind<br>
149: Oh Ooh Woah end of line<br>
150: <br>
151: (bridge)<br>
152: On and on<br>
153: Can we all be wrong?<br>
154: All and all<br>
155: We are one<br>
156: Clean the dream<br>
157: Gone wrong<br>
158: We are Tron<br>
159: On and on and on<br>
160: <br>
161: Instrumental CHORUS (guitar solo)<br>
162: <br>
163: Instrumental pre-chorus<br>
164: <br>
165: CHORUS<br>
166: dumb dumb dumb<br>
167: <br>
168: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
169: <img width=395 height=1778 src="images/45song.jpg"><br>
170: </td></tr></table>
171: <p>
172: <em>
173: Music written and arranged by Jonathan Lewis. Lyrics by Ty Semaka and
174: Theo de Raadt. Synth, drum and bass programming by Jonathan Lewis,
175: guitar by Russ Broom, vocals by Jonny Sinclair.
176: Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Jonathan Lewis of Moxam Studios (1-403-617-2864).
177: <br>
178: <br>
179: </em>
180:
181: <hr>
1.104 deraadt 182: <a name=44></a>
183: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="44.html">
184: 4.4: "Trial of the BSD Knights"</a></font></h2>
185: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%">
186: <tr>
187: <td valign="top" width="33%">
188: <a href="orders.html">[Order OpenBSD 4.4 or other items]</a><br>
189: OpenBSD 4.4 CD2 track 2 is an<br>
190: uncompressed copy of this song.<br>
191: <br>
192: 3:05 minutes
193: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song44.mp3">(MP3 5.6MB)</a>
194: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song44.ogg">(OGG 4.4MB)</a><br>
195: <br>
196: <a href="images/SourceWars.jpg">
197: <img width=227 height=343 alt="XXX" src="images/SourceWars.jpg"></a>
198: <br>
199: <br>
200: <em>
201: Nearly 10 years ago Kirk McKusick wrote a history of
202: the Berkeley Unix distributions for the
203: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D1565925823/openbsdA/">
204: O'Reilly book "Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution"</a>.
205: We recommend you read his story, entitled
206: <a href="http://oreilly.com/catalog/opensources/book/kirkmck.html">
207: "Twenty Years of Berkeley Unix
208: From AT&T-Owned to Freely Redistributable"</a>
209: first, to see how Kirk remembers how we got here.
210: Sadly, since it showed up in book form originally, this text has
211: probably not been read by enough people.
212: <br>
213: <br>
214: The USL(AT&T) vs BSDI/UCB court case settlement documents were
215: not public until recently; their disclosure has made the facts more clear.
216: But the story of how three people decided to free the BSD codebase
217: of corporate pollution -- and release it freely -- is more interesting
218: than the lawsuit which followed. Sure, a stupid lawsuit happened which
219: hindered the acceptance of the BSD code during a critical period.
220: But how did a bunch of guys go through the effort of replacing so
221: much AT&T code in the first place? After all, companies had
222: lots of really evil lawyers back then too -- were they not afraid?
223: <br>
224: <br>
225: After a decade of development, most of the AT&T code had
226: already been replaced by university researchers and their associates.
227: So Keith Bostic, Mike Karels and Kirk McKusick (the main UCB CSRG group)
228: started going through the 4.3BSD codebase to cleanse the rest.
229: Keith, in particular, built a ragtag team (in those days, USENIX
230: conferences were a gold mine for such team building) and led these
231: rebels to rewrite and replace all the Imperial AT&T code, piece by
232: piece, starting with the libraries and userland programs.
233: Anyone who helped only got credit as a Contributor -- people like
234: Chris Torek and a cast of .. hundreds more.
235: <br>
236: <br>
1.105 deraadt 237: Then Mike and Kirk purified the kernel. After a bit more careful
1.104 deraadt 238: checking, this led to the release of a clean tree called Net/2 which
239: was given to the world in June 1991 -- the largest dump of free source
240: code the world had ever received (for those days -- not modern monsters like OpenOffice).
241: <br>
242: <br>
243: Some of these ragtags formed a company (BSDi) to sell a production system
244: based on this free code base, and a year later Unix System Laboratories
245: (basically AT&T) sued BSDi and UCB.
246: Eventually AT&T lost and after a few trifling fixes (described in the
247: lawsuit documents) the codebase was free. A few newer developments
248: (and more free code) were added, and released in June 1994 as 4.4BSD-Lite.
249: Just over 14 years later OpenBSD is releasing its own 4.4 release (and for
250: a lot less than <a href=orders.html>$1000 per copy</a>).
251: <br>
252: <br>
253: The OpenBSD 4.4 release is dedicated to Keith Bostic, Mike Karels, Kirk McKusick,
254: and all of those who contributed to making Net/2 and 4.4BSD-Lite free.
255: <br>
256: </em>
257: </td><td valign="top" width="3%">
258: <br>
259: </td><td valign=top width="30%">
260: <br>
261: <center>
262: <br>
263: Source Wars<br>
264: Episode IV<br>
265: Trial of the BSD Knights<br>
266: </center>
267: <br>
268: Not so very long ago<br>
269: and not so far away<br>
270: AT&T made system code<br>
271: and gave some bits away<br>
272: <br>
273: Some Berkeley geeks rebuilt it<br>
274: better, faster, more diverse<br>
275: This open thing was wonderful<br>
276: for everyone on Earth<br>
277: <br>
278: And then the roaring 90's came<br>
279: The Empire changed its mind<br>
280: And good old greed was back again<br>
281: The geeks were in a legal bind<br>
282: <br>
283: The Empire's Unix Lab<br>
284: sued BSDi from above<br>
285: The code is free but<br>
286: only we can sell it bub!<br>
287: <br>
288: The University came calling<br>
289: in full protective mode<br>
1.106 deraadt 290: and proved the source in Net/2<br>
1.104 deraadt 291: didn't use the Empire's code<br>
292: <br>
293: Then Bostic brought the Empire's books<br>
294: n' slammed them dandys down<br>
295: And showed the giant chunks<br>
296: of BSD code all around<br>
297: <br>
298: They didn't even give an ounce<br>
299: of credit front to back<br>
300: This broke the license USL<br>
301: was using to attack<br>
302: <br>
303: The case was thrown out by the judge<br>
304: and "settled" out of court<br>
305: And UCB was big enough<br>
306: to take it like a sport<br>
307: <br>
308: And to this day the geekfolk say<br>
309: Now did we win or lose?<br>
310: They shoulda made 'em reprint<br>
311: every book with proper dues<br>
312: <br>
313: And take out ads in major rags<br>
314: apologetically<br>
315: And maybe now it wouldn't be<br>
316: the same monopoly<br>
317: <br>
318: The Empire might have tumbled<br>
319: down if everybody saw<br>
320: How greed became so big<br>
321: they couldn't see that glaring flaw<br>
322: <br>
323: But only one community<br>
324: the one that makes it tick<br>
325: Is there to fight for everyone<br>
326: exposing hypocrites<br>
327: <br>
328: And OpenBSD is here<br>
329: to tell the story right<br>
330: Once again the fight is fought<br>
331: and kept in shining light<br>
332: <br>
333: And may the source be with you<br>
334: May the Empire fall apart<br>
335: Ya like that's gonna happen!<br>
336: But we gotta keep heart!<br>
337: <br>
338: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
339: <img width=395 height=1800 src="images/44song.jpg"><br>
340: </td></tr></table>
341: <p>
342: <em>
343: Music written and arranged by Jonathan Lewis. Lyrics and vocals by Ty Semaka.
344: Clarinet by Cedric Blary. Alto Sax 1 & 2, Tenor Sax by Lincoln Frey.
345: Drum, Bass, and Steel Drum programming by Jonathan Lewis.
346: Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Jonathan Lewis of Moxam Studios (1-403-617-2864).
347: <br>
348: <br>
349: </em>
1.20 deraadt 350:
351: <hr>
1.95 deraadt 352: <a name=43></a>
353: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="43.html">
354: 4.3: "Home to Hypocrisy"</a></font></h2>
355: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%">
356: <tr>
357: <td valign="top" width="33%">
358: <a href="orders.html">[Order OpenBSD 4.3 or other items]</a><br>
359: OpenBSD 4.3 CD2 track 2 is an<br>
360: uncompressed copy of this song.<br>
361: <br>
362: 4:48 minutes
363: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song43.mp3">(MP3 8.2MB)</a>
364: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song43.ogg">(OGG 6.5MB)</a><br>
365: <br>
366: <a href="images/Cryptonaut.jpg">
367: <img width=227 height=343 alt="Cryptonaut" src="images/Cryptonaut.jpg"></a>
368: <br>
369: <br>
370: <em>
371: We are just plain tired of being lectured to by a man
372: who is a lot like
373: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/08/campbell_grounded/">Naomi Campbell</a>.
374: <br>
375: <br>
376: In 1998 when a United Airlines plane was waiting in the queue at
1.102 deraadt 377: Washington Dulles International Airport for take-off to New Orleans
378: (where a Usenix conference was taking place), one man stood up from
379: his seat, demanded that they stop waiting in the queue and be permitted
1.95 deraadt 380: to deplane. Even after orders from the crew and a pilot from
381: the cockpit he refused to sit down. The plane exited the queue
1.96 deraadt 382: and returned to the airport gangway. Security personnel ran onto
1.95 deraadt 383: the plane and removed this man, Richard Stallman, from the plane.
384: After Richard was removed from the plane, everyone else stayed
385: onboard and continued their journey to New Orleans. A few
386: OpenBSD developers were on that same plane, seated very closeby,
387: so we have an accurate story of the events.
388: <br>
389: <br>
390: This is the man who presumes that he should preach to us
391: about morality, freedom, and what is best for us. He believes
392: it is his God-given role to tell us what is best for us, when he
393: has shown that he takes actions which are not best for everyone.
394: He prefers actions which he thinks are best for him -- and him
395: alone -- and then lies to the public. Richard Stallman is no Spock.
396: <br>
397: <br>
398: We release our software in ways that are maximally free. We
399: remove all restrictions on use and distribution, but leave a
400: requirement to be known as the authors. We follow a pattern of
401: free source code distribution that started in the mid-1980's
402: in Berkeley, from before Richard Stallman had any powerful
403: influence which he could use so falsely.
404: <br>
405: <br>
406: We have a development sub-tree called "ports". Our "ports" tree
407: builds software that is 'found on the net' into packages that
408: OpenBSD users can use more easily. A scaffold of Makefiles and
409: scripts automatically fetch these pieces of software, apply
410: patches as required by OpenBSD, and then build them into nice
411: neat little tarballs. This is provided as a convenience for
1.97 okan 412: users. The ports tree is maintained by OpenBSD entirely separately
1.95 deraadt 413: from our main source tree. Some of the software which is fetched
414: and compiled is not as free as we would like, but what can we do.
415: All the other operating system projects make exactly the same
416: decision, and provide these same conveniences to their users.
417: <br>
418: <br>
419: Richard felt that this "ports tree" of ours made OpenBSD non-free.
420: He came to our mailing lists and lectured to us specifically, yet
421: he said nothing to the many other vendors who do the same; many of
422: them donate to the FSF and perhaps that has something to do with it.
423: Meanwhile, Richard has personally made sure that all the official
424: GNU software -- including Emacs -- compiles and runs on Windows.
425: <br>
426: <br>
427: That man is a false leader. He is a hypocrite. There may be some
428: people who listen to him. But we don't listen to people who do not
429: follow their own stupid rules.
430: </em>
431: </td><td valign="top" width="3%">
432: <br>
433: </td><td valign=top width="30%">
434: <br>
435:
436: <br>
437: Puffy and the mighty Cryptonauts<br>
438: Trading with new lands by open C<br>
439: Corporate monsters, many closing passages<br>
440: Tempting harpies<br>
441: 13 years of treachery<br>
442: <br>
443: <br>
444: Journey's over, welcome home the heroes<br>
445: Offering the bounty of their trade<br>
446: Useful clothing spun from the golden fleece<br>
447: For the people, free and very strongly made<br>
448: <br>
449: <br>
450: But something's wrong with them<br>
451: They will not take our free wares<br>
452: "What's the matter good people?<br>
1.99 deraadt 453: Why are you so scared?<br>
454: Why?"<br>
1.95 deraadt 455: <br>
456: <br>
457: Then one brave soul spoke out<br>
458: "We're not allowed to take your gifts<br>
1.98 okan 459: Hypocrites has spoken<br>
1.95 deraadt 460: There are many new laws"<br>
461: <br>
462: <br>
1.98 okan 463: Hypocrites appears<br>
1.95 deraadt 464: "Puffy!<br>
465: You must obey my new rules!"<br>
466: <br>
467: <br>
468: "First rule one dictates<br>
469: You cannot give your code away"<br>
470: <br>
471: <br>
472: (In Greek) To your health, Nick, great bouzouki player and cool dude.<br>
473: <br>
474: <br>
475: "And rule two dictates<br>
476: You must give it to me<br>
477: So I can give it away properly for free"<br>
478: <br>
479: <br>
480: "The list goes on of course<br>
481: But for traders this is all you need"<br>
482: <br>
483: <br>
484: "This is madness!<br>
485: He has lost his mind!<br>
486: This defies the first law of free trade<br>
487: Rule zero came before this rule one<br>
488: Freedom means you cannot dictate to anyone"<br>
489: <br>
490: <br>
491: Then Hypocrites goes mad.<br>
492: <br>
493: <br>
494: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
495: <img width=395 height=1720 src="images/43song.gif"><br>
496: </td></tr></table>
497: <p>
498: <em>
499: Music written and arranged by Jonathan Lewis. Lyrics by Ty Semaka and
500: Nikkos Diochnos. Vocals and bouzouki by Nikkos Diochnos. Baglama,
501: second bouzouki, violin, bass, and drum programming by Stelios Pulos,
1.101 naddy 502: né Jonathan Lewis. Guitar by Methodios Valtiotis, né Allen Baekeland.
503: Percussion by Pentelis Yiannikopulos, né Ben Johnson. Recorded, mixed,
1.95 deraadt 504: and mastered by Jonathan Lewis of Moxam Studios (1-403-617-2864).
505: <br>
506: <br>
507: </em>
508:
509: <hr>
1.90 deraadt 510: <a name=42></a>
511: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="42.html">
512: 4.2: "100001 1010101"</a></font></h2>
513: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%">
514: <tr>
515: <td valign="top" width="33%">
516: <a href="orders.html">[Order OpenBSD 4.2 or other items]</a><br>
517: OpenBSD 4.2 CD2 track 2 is an<br>
518: uncompressed copy of this song.<br>
519: <br>
520: 4:40 minutes
521: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song42.mp3">(MP3 4.0MB)</a>
522: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song42.ogg">(OGG 6.4MB)</a><br>
523: <br>
524: <a href="images/Marathon.jpg">
525: <img width=227 height=343 alt="Marathon" src="images/Marathon.jpg"></a>
526: <br>
527: <br>
528: <em>
529: Those of us who work on OpenBSD are often asked why we do what we do.
1.91 merdely 530: This song's lyrics express the core motivations and goals which have
1.90 deraadt 531: remained unchanged over the years - secure, free, reliable software,
532: that can be shared with anyone. Many other projects purport to share
533: these same goals, and love to wrap themselves in a banner of "Open
534: Source" and "Free Software". Given how many projects there are one
535: would think it might be easy to stick to those goals, but it doesn't
536: seem to work out that way. A variety of desires drag many projects
537: away from the ideals very quickly.
538: <p>
1.93 jmc 539: Much of any operating system's usability depends on device support,
1.91 merdely 540: and there are some very tempting alternative ways to support devices
1.90 deraadt 541: available to those who will surrender their moral code. A project
542: could compromise by entering into NDA agreements with vendors, or
543: including binary objects in the operating system for which no source
544: code exists, or tying their users down with contract terms hidden
545: inside copyright notices. All of these choices surrender some subset
546: of the ideals, and we simply will not do this. Sure, we care about
547: getting devices working, but not at the expense of our original goals.
548: <p>
549: Of course since "free to share with anyone" is part of our goals,
550: we've been at the forefront of many licensing and NDA issues,
1.91 merdely 551: resulting in a good number of successes. This success had led to much
1.90 deraadt 552: recognition for the advancement of Free Software causes, but has also
553: led to other issues.
554: <p>
555: We fully admit that some BSD licensed software has been taken and used
556: by many commercial entities, but contributions come back more often
557: than people seem to know, and when they do, they're always still
558: properly attributed to the original authors, and given back in the
559: same spirit that they were given in the first place.
560: <p>
561: That's the best we can expect from companies. After all, we make our
562: stuff so free so that everyone can benefit -- it remains a core goal;
563: we really have not strayed at all in 10 years. But we can expect more
564: from projects who talk about sharing -- such as the various Linux
565: projects.
566: <p>
567: Now rather than seeing us as friends who can cooperatively improve all
568: codebases, we are seen as foes who oppose the GPL. The participants
569: of "the race" are being manipulated by the FSF and their legal arm, the
570: SFLC, for the FSF's aims, rather than the goal of getting good source
571: into Linux (and all other code bases). We don't want this to come off
572: as some conspiracy theory, but we simply urge those developers caution
573: -- they should ensure that the path they are being shown by those who
574: have positioned themselves as leaders is still true. Run for yourself,
575: not for their agenda.
576: <p>
577: The Race is there to be run, for ourselves, not for others. We do
578: what we do to run our own race, and finish it the best we can. We
579: don't rush off at every distraction, or worry how this will affect our
580: image. We are here to have fun doing right.
581: <p>
582: </em>
583: </td><td valign="top" width="3%">
584: <br>
585: </td><td valign=top width="30%">
586: <br>
587: The starting line is nervous<br>
588: we burst upon the course<br>
589: Electric is our passion<br>
590: An open hearted force<br>
591: <br>
592: The water's full of dangers<br>
593: That interrupt the flow<br>
594: And soon the spirit splinters<br>
1.92 deraadt 595: as temptation takes its toll<br>
1.90 deraadt 596: <br>
597: *Give and get back some<br>
598: Sharing it all<br>
599: Path we know best<br>
600: we're having a ball<br>
601: Opulent mission<br>
602: Lost in our passion<br>
603: You can still choose<br>
604: If you don't swim to win<br>
605: you'll never lose*<br>
606: <br>
607: One Zero Zero Zero Zero One<br>
608: <br>
609: The window is a wall by now<br>
610: A sieve of sickened holes<br>
611: The water chicken stealing maps<br>
612: Mistaking us for foes<br>
613: <br>
614: The sun a son of Icarus<br>
615: Flies too close to itself<br>
616: Forbidden fruit is blinded<br>
617: by the toys upon the shelf<br>
618: <br>
619: *CHORUS*<br>
620: <br>
621: One Zero One Zero One Zero One<br>
622: <br>
623: Slow and steady wins they say<br>
624: but this is not a race<br>
625: It's not about who takes a prize<br>
626: for first or second place<br>
627: <br>
628: Imaginary rings of brass<br>
629: Were traded for real goals<br>
630: The vision and the mission lost<br>
631: For those with corporate souls<br>
632: <br>
633: *Give and get back some<br>
634: Sharing it all<br>
635: Path we know best<br>
636: we're having a ball<br>
637: Give and get zeros<br>
638: Give and get ones<br>
639: Given to you but<br>
640: Not you to us<br>
641: Opulent mission<br>
642: Lost in our passion<br>
643: You can still choose<br>
644: If you don't swim to win<br>
645: you'll never lose<br>
646: You'll never lose*<br>
647: <br>
648: <br>
649: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
650: <img width=396 height=1876 src="images/42song.gif"><br>
651: </td></tr></table>
652: <p>
653: <em>
654: Music written and arranged by Jonathan Lewis. Recorded, mixed and
655: mastered by Jonathan Lewis of Moxam Studios (1-403-233-0350).
656: Vocals by Duncan McDonnald (www.thegreatgavalan.com). Drums by
657: John McNeil. Guitar by Jeff Drummond. Bass and keyboards by
658: Jonathan Lewis. Lyrics by Ty Semaka and Theo de Raadt.
659: <br>
660: <br>
661: </em>
662:
663: <hr>
1.81 deraadt 664: <a name=41></a>
665: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="41.html">
666: 4.1: "Puffy Baba and the 40 Vendors"</a></font></h2>
667: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%">
668: <tr>
669: <td valign="top" width="33%">
670: <a href="orders.html">[Order OpenBSD 4.1 or other items]</a><br>
671: OpenBSD 4.1 CD2 track 2 is an<br>
672: uncompressed copy of this song.<br>
673: <br>
674: 4:19 minutes
675: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song41.mp3">(MP3 4.1MB)</a>
676: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song41.ogg">(OGG 8.3MB)</a><br>
677: <br>
678: <a href="images/PuffyBaba.jpg">
679: <img width=227 height=343 alt="PuffyBaba" src="images/PuffyBaba.jpg"></a>
680: <br>
681: <br>
682: <em>
683: As developers of a free operating system, one of our prime responsibilities
684: is device support. No matter how nice an operating system is, it remains
685: useless and unusable without solid support for a wide percentage of the
686: hardware that is available on the market. It is therefore rather unsurprising
687: that more than half of our efforts focus on various aspects relating to
688: device support.
689: <p>
1.85 mbalmer 690: Most parts of the operating system (from low kernel, through to libraries,
1.81 deraadt 691: all the way up to X, and then even to applications) use fairly obvious
692: interface layers, where the "communication protocols" or "argument passing"
693: mechanisms (ie. APIs) can be understood by any developer who takes the
694: time to read the free code. Device drivers pose an additional and significant
695: challenge though: because many vendors refuse to document the exact behavior
696: of their devices. The devices are black boxes. And often they are surprisingly
697: weird, or even buggy.
698: <p>
699: When vendor documentation does not exist, the development process can
700: become extremely hairy. Groups of developers have found themselves focused
701: for months at a time, figuring out the most simple steps, simply because
702: the hardware is a complete mystery. Access to documentation can ease
703: these difficulties rapidly. However, getting access to the chip documentation
704: from vendors is ... almost always a negotiation. If we had open access to
1.84 matthieu 705: documentation, anyone would be able to see how simple all these devices
1.81 deraadt 706: actually are, and device driver development would flourish (and not just in
707: OpenBSD, either).
708: <p>
709: When we proceed into negotiations with vendors, asking for documentation,
710: our position is often weak. One would assume that the modern market is fair,
711: and that selling chips would be the primary focus of these vendors. But
712: unfortunately a number of behemoth software vendors have spent the last 10 or
713: 20 years building
1.83 wvdputte 714: <a href="papers/brhard2007/mgp00024.html">
1.81 deraadt 715: political hurdles against the smaller players</a>.
716: <p>
1.82 jsg 717: A particularly nasty player in this regard has been the Linux vendors and
1.87 tom 718: some Linux developers, who have played along with an American corporate model
1.81 deraadt 719: of requiring NDAs for chip documentation. This has effectively put Linux
720: into the club with Microsoft, but has left all the other operating system
721: communities -- and their developers -- with much less available clout for
722: requesting documentation. In a more fair world, the Linux vendors would
723: work with us, and the device driver support in all free operating systems
724: would be fantastic by now.
725: <p>
726: We only ask that
1.83 wvdputte 727: <a href="papers/brhard2007/mgp00027.html">
1.81 deraadt 728: users help</a> us in changing the political landscape.
729: </em>
730: </td><td valign="top" width="3%">
731: <br>
732: </td><td valign=top width="30%">
733: <br>
734: Here's an old story ...<br>
735: <br>
736: <br>
737: Puffy Baba and the 40 Vendors<br>
738: We all know the details<br>
739: Magic cave, magic words, some thieves,<br>
740: some serious loot,<br>
741: and lucky - Mister - Baba<br>
742: Who got a bad rap if you ask me<br>
743: The little guy who<br>
744: did the best with what he had<br>
745: <br>
746: <br>
747: Here are Mr. Baba's lessons<br>
748: Load one ass, take a few trips and spend<br>
749: in moderation<br>
750: Three things the average man can't - get - right<br>
751: <br>
752: <br>
753: If you know your brother is a greedy bastard<br>
754: never give him the password<br>
755: If he goes penguin on you,<br>
756: stop - being - his brother.<br>
757: When a cave is guarded by magic lawyers<br>
1.86 tom 758: A sea of blood will be its doormat<br>
1.81 deraadt 759: So do the best with what you have<br>
760: <br>
761: <br>
762: Beyond the lessons - you must know this<br>
763: that the Devil is as real as your address<br>
764: But unlike Vendors,<br>
765: he at least keeps the door open<br>
766: <br>
767: <br>
768: Vendors of water that should be free<br>
769: Look upon their words and despair<br>
770: Their badvertising made a thief of my brother<br>
771: then made him better off dead<br>
772: Now he hasn't got shit to do his best with<br>
773: <br>
774: <br>
775: Gratis. Free. Libre. Cuffo.<br>
776: The companies of thieves stole every good adjective<br>
777: and left us with open source (sores)<br>
778: sharing smaller and smaller bandages<br>
779: for each consecutive cut<br>
780: But with the salty water of labour<br>
781: parched desert becomes pregnant black soil<br>
782: <br>
783: <br>
784: It's not whether you're well off<br>
785: it's where you dig the well<br>
786: The best the little guy can do is what<br>
787: the little guy does right<br>
788: <br>
789: <br>
790: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
791: <img width=396 height=1904 src="images/41song.gif"><br>
792: </td></tr></table>
793: <p>
794: <em>
795: Recorded, mixed and mastered by Jonathan Lewis of Moxam Studios
796: (1-403-233-0350). Voice by Richard Sixto. Lyrics by Ty Semaka.
797: <br>
798: <br>
799: </em>
800:
801: <hr>
1.76 deraadt 802: <a name=audio_extra></a>
803: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="items.html#audio">
804: "OpenVOX"</a></font></h2>
805: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%">
806: <tr>
807: <td valign="top" width="33%">
808: <a href="orders.html">[Order the OpenBSD audio CD or other items]</a><br>
809: These are the lyrics for the extra track on the OpenBSD Audio CD.<br>
810: <br>
811: 4:00 minutes
812: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/songty.mp3">(MP3 3.9MB)</a>
813: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/songty.ogg">(OGG 6.0MB)</a><br>
814: <br>
815: <img height=158 width=158 hspace="5" src="images/cdaudio-m.gif">
816: <br>
817: <br>
818: <em>
819: This is an <a href="#audio_extra">extra track</a> by the artist Ty Semaka
820: (who really has "had Puffy on his mind") which we included on the audio CD.
821: <p>
822: This song details the process that Ty has to go through to make the art
823: and music for each OpenBSD release.
824: Ty and Theo really do go to a (very specific) bar and discuss what is
825: going on in the project, and then try to find a theme that will work...
1.111 ! deraadt 826: <p>
! 827: <a href="https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order?CDA1=1&CDA1=Add">
! 828: Order this CDROM from our International site.</a>
! 829: <p>
! 830: The OpenBSD Audio celebrates the artwork and songs that
! 831: have been released with each OpenBSD release. All the
! 832: songs from the 3.0 to 4.0 releases are included (plus
! 833: one bonus track by Ty Semaka explaining his role in the
! 834: development of the art that accompanies OpenBSD releases).
! 835: <p>
! 836: Includes a 11cm silver-on-clear die-cut wireframe Puffy sticker!
1.76 deraadt 837: </em>
838: </td><td valign="top" width="3%">
839: <br>
840: </td><td valign=top width="30%">
841: Be Open<br>
842: Be Vocal<br>
843: Stay Open<br>
844: Stay Vocal<br>
845: <br>
846: (repeat)<br>
847: <br>
848: OpenBSD<br>
849: <br>
850: Twice a year,<br>
851: me an' Theo Theorize over beer<br>
852: at the Ship and outhip all the misers<br>
853: and take strips out of liars.<br>
854: He sits me down and he tries to explain:<br>
855: He says "The badabadabingabanger<br>
856: button on the raidorama cuttin'<br>
1.78 deraadt 857: on the systematicalifornication<br>
1.76 deraadt 858: and a license application<br>
859: is a fishybomination<br>
860: and a random allocation<br>
861: got a copywritten melanoma<br>
862: sasafrazzin' wireless device".<br>
863: OK stop.<br>
864: I get it.<br>
865: Some asshole lied.<br>
866: <br>
867: And then he says,<br>
1.78 deraadt 868: "The crashorama villaination<br>
1.76 deraadt 869: lawyerific pornication threatifies<br>
870: the only honest hackerammerunderider<br>
871: in the cyber cider documation<br>
872: universal anagrama-attic (I'm outta here)<br>
873: cohabitationizizingation"<br>
874: OK stop.<br>
875: I get it.<br>
876: <a href="http://developer.osdl.org/dev/opendrivers/summit2006/james_ketrenos.pdf">
877: Some asshole said he was "open"<br>
878: but he was only open for business.<br></a>
879: I get it.<br>
880: Where's my pencils?<br>
881: Bring me my mic!<br>
882: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
883: Be Open<br>
884: Be Vocal<br>
885: Stay Open<br>
886: Stay Vocal<br>
887: <br>
888: (repeat)<br>
889: <br>
890: Then he has another beer and<br>
891: gets all, you know, pushy.<br>
892: Make Puffy kill pussies?<br>
893: And too much thinkin' and kitchen sinkin'<br>
894: the drawings or toons I should say,<br>
895: where a fish can talk, be an agent<br>
896: a hit man or walk, and ride horses<br>
897: and forces my hand to make Puffy a spy<br>
898: or a cowboy, or WHY a little girl, in a dream<br>
899: and fake Floyd as the theme?<br>
900: And squeeze in five concepts<br>
901: every time, every song!<br>
902: And the geeks and Theo lose it<br>
903: if I draw the device wrong!<br>
904: "It's four little buttons not five Ty"<br>
905: And pretty soon I'll be losing my mind<br>
906: cause it's a f@#!kin' cartoon!<br>
907: <br>
908: (beat boxin')<br>
909: <br>
910: <br>
911: </td></tr></table>
912: <p>
913: <em>
914: <br>
915: </em>
916:
917: <hr>
918: <a name=40></a>
919: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="40.html">
920: 4.0: "Humppa Negala"</a></font></h2>
921: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%">
922: <tr>
923: <td valign="top" width="33%">
924: <a href="orders.html">[Order OpenBSD 4.0 or other items]</a><br>
925: OpenBSD 4.0 CD2 track 2 is an<br>
926: uncompressed copy of this song.<br>
927: <br>
928: 2:40 minutes
929: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song40.mp3">(MP3 2.3MB)</a>
930: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song40.ogg">(OGG 3.6MB)</a><br>
931: <br>
932: <a href="images/Pufferix.jpg">
933: <img width=227 height=343 alt="Pufferix" src="images/Pufferix.jpg"></a>
934: <br>
935: <br>
936: <em>
937: The last 10 years, every 6 month period has (without fail)
1.77 deraadt 938: resulted in an official OpenBSD release making it to the FTP
1.76 deraadt 939: servers. But CDs are also manufactured, which the project
1.77 deraadt 940: sells to continue our development goals.
1.76 deraadt 941: <br>
942: <br>
943: While tests of the release binaries are done by developers
1.77 deraadt 944: around the world, Theo and some developers from Calgary
945: or Edmonton (such as Peter Valchev or Bob Beck) test that
1.76 deraadt 946: the discs are full of (only) correct code. Ty Semaka works for
947: approximately two months to design and draw artwork that will fit
948: the designated theme, and coordinates with his music buddies to
949: write and record a song that also matches the theme.
950: <br>
951: <br>
952: Then the discs and all the artwork gets delivered to the plant,
953: so that they can be pressed in time for an official release date.
954: <br>
955: <br>
956: This release, instead of bemoaning vendors or organizations that
957: try to make our task of writing free software more difficult, we
958: instead celebrate the 10 years that we have been given (so far) to
959: write free software, express our themes in art, and the 5 years
960: that we have made music with a group of talented musicians.
1.77 deraadt 961: <br>
962: <br>
1.76 deraadt 963: OpenBSD developers have been torturing each other for years now
964: with Humppa-style music, so this release our users get a taste
1.77 deraadt 965: of this too. Sometimes at hackathons you will hear the same
966: songs being played on multiple laptops, out of sync. It is
967: under such duress that much of our code gets written.
1.76 deraadt 968: <br>
969: <br>
970: We feel like Pufferix and Bobilix delivering The Three Discs of
971: Freedom to those who want them whenever the need arises, then
972: returning to celebrate the (unlocked) source tree with all the
973: other developers.
974: </em>
975: </td><td valign="top" width="3%">
976: <br>
977: </td><td valign=top width="30%">
978: <br>
979: <br>
980: <br>
981: Humppa negala<br>
982: Humppa negala<br>
983: Humppa negala<br>
984: Venismechah<br>
985: <br>
986: Humppa negala<br>
987: Humppa negala<br>
988: Humppa negala<br>
989: Venismechah<br>
990: <br>
991: Humppa neranenah<br>
992: Humppa neranenah<br>
993: Humppa neranenah<br>
994: Venismechah<br>
995: <br>
996: Humppa neranenah<br>
997: Humppa neranenah<br>
998: Humppa neranenah<br>
999: Venismechah<br>
1000: <br>
1001: Uru, uru achim!<br>
1002: Uru achim b'lev sameach<br>
1003: Uru achim b'lev sameach<br>
1004: Uru achim b'lev sameach<br>
1005: Uru achim b'lev sameach<br>
1006: uru achim!<br>
1007: uru achim!<br>
1008: OpenBSD!<br>
1009: <br>
1010: <br>
1011: (circus torture)<br>
1012: <br>
1013: <br>
1014: Humppa negala<br>
1015: Humppa negala<br>
1016: Humppa negala<br>
1017: Venismechah<br>
1018: <br>
1019: Humppa negala<br>
1020: Humppa negala<br>
1021: Humppa negala<br>
1022: Venismechah<br>
1023: <br>
1024: Humppa neranenah<br>
1025: Humppa neranenah<br>
1026: Humppa neranenah<br>
1027: Venismechah<br>
1028: <br>
1029: Humppa neranenah<br>
1030: Humppa neranenah<br>
1031: Humppa neranenah<br>
1032: Venismechah<br>
1033: <br>
1034: Uru, uru achim!<br>
1035: Uru achim b'lev sameach<br>
1036: Uru achim b'lev sameach<br>
1037: Uru achim b'lev sameach<br>
1038: Uru achim b'lev sameach<br>
1039: uru achim!<br>
1040: uru achim!<br>
1041: OpenBSD!<br>
1042: <br>
1043: <br>
1044: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
1045: <img width=396 height=1862 src="images/40song.gif"><br>
1046: </td></tr></table>
1047: <p>
1048: <em>
1.90 deraadt 1049: Based on the traditional Jewish song "Hava Nagilah" composed by Anonymous.
1.76 deraadt 1050: Section of "Enter The Gladiators" (circus theme) composed by Julius Fucik.
1051: Recorded, mixed and mastered by Jonathan Lewis of Moxam Studios
1052: (1-403-233-0350). Accordion, Tuba and drums by Jonathan Lewis. Vocals by
1.94 tobias 1053: Ty Semaka & Jonathan Lewis.
1.76 deraadt 1054: <br>
1055: <br>
1056: </em>
1057:
1058: <hr>
1.63 deraadt 1059: <a name=39></a>
1.64 jolan 1060: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="39.html">
1.63 deraadt 1061: 3.9: "Blob!"</a></font></h2>
1062: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%">
1063: <tr>
1064: <td valign="top" width="33%">
1065: <a href="orders.html">[Order OpenBSD 3.9 or other items]</a><br>
1066: OpenBSD 3.9 CD2 track 2 is an<br>
1067: uncompressed copy of this song.<br>
1068: <br>
1.76 deraadt 1069: 4:00 minutes
1070: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song39.mp3">(MP3 7.6MB)</a>
1071: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song39.ogg">(OGG 6.0MB)</a><br>
1.63 deraadt 1072: <br>
1.76 deraadt 1073: <a href="images/Blob.jpg">
1074: <img width=227 height=343 alt="Blob" src="images/Blob.jpg"></a>
1.63 deraadt 1075: <br>
1076: <br>
1077: <em>
1078: OpenBSD emphasizes security. It also emphasizes openness. All the code
1079: is there for all to see. Blobs are vendor-compiled binary drivers
1080: without any source code. Hardware makers like them because they
1081: obscure the details of how to make their hardware work. They hide bugs
1082: and workarounds for bugs. Newer versions of blobs can weaken support
1083: for older hardware and motivate people to buy new hardware.<br>
1084: <br>
1085: <br>
1086: Blobs are expedient. Many other open source operating systems
1087: cheerfully incorporate them; in fact their users demand them.<br>
1088: <br>
1089: <br>
1090: But when you need to trust the system, how do you check the blob for
1091: quality? For adherence to standards? How do you know the blob contains
1092: no malicious code? No incompetent code? Inspection is impossible; you
1093: can only test the black box. And when it breaks, you have no idea why.<br>
1094: <br>
1095: <br>
1096: <ul>
1097: <li>Blobs can be 'de-supported' by vendors<br>
1098: at any time.<br>
1099: <br>
1100: <li>Blobs cannot be supported by developers.<br>
1101: <br>
1102: <li>Blobs cannot be fixed by developers.<br>
1103: <br>
1104: <li>Blobs cannot be improved.<br>
1105: <br>
1106: <li>Blobs cannot be audited.<br>
1107: <br>
1108: <li>
1109: Blobs are specific to an architecture, thus<br>
1110: less portable.<br>
1111: <br>
1112: <li>Blobs are quite often massively bloated.<br>
1113: </ul>
1114: <br>
1115: <br>
1116: This release, like every OpenBSD release, contains OpenBSD and its
1117: source code. It runs on a wide variety of hardware. It contains many
1118: new features and improvements. OpenBSD does attempt to convince
1119: vendors to release documentation, and often reverse-engineers around
1120: the need for blobs. OpenBSD remains blob-free. Anyone can look at it,
1121: assess it, improve it. If it breaks, it can be fixed.
1122: </em>
1123: </td><td valign="top" width="3%">
1124: <br>
1125: </td><td valign=top width="30%">
1126: <br><br><br>
1127: Little baby Blobby was a cute little baby<br>
1128: when we found him on the beach,<br>
1129: there was nothin' shady<br>
1130: you could bounce him on your knee<br>
1131: like a ba-ba-ball<br>
1132: and his first little word was adorable<br>
1133: <br>
1134: He said a blah blah blah blah blah<br>
1135: blah blah blah<br>
1136: Blah!<br>
1137: <br>
1138: <br>
1139: Thin edge of the wedge?<br>
1140: But everybody was so happy - about Blob<br>
1141: <br>
1142: <br>
1143: Blob was popular at school he was helpful too<br>
1144: He could get your motor runnin'<br>
1145: with a drop of goo<br>
1146: He was givin' it away never charged a dime<br>
1147: But by the time he graduated<br>
1148: Blob was business slime!<br>
1149: <br>
1150: He was a blah blah blah blah blah blah<br>
1151: blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah<br>
1152: blah blah<br>
1153: <br>
1154: <br>
1155: He's givin' you the Evil Eye!<br>
1156: <br>
1157: <br>
1158: Now everybody had it<br>
1159: they was drivin' around<br>
1160: They was givin' up their freedoms<br>
1161: for convenience now<br>
1162: Blobbin' up the freeway, water black as pitch<br>
1163: And somehow little Blobby was a growin' rich!<br>
1164: <br>
1165: <br>
1166: He was a blah blah blah blah blah blah<br>
1167: blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah<br>
1168: blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah<br>
1169: blah blah<br>
1170: <br>
1171: <br>
1172: It's linkin' time!<br>
1173: <br>
1174: <br>
1175: Now it was out of control<br>
1176: n' fishy's came to depend<br>
1177: on Blobby's Blob Blah, seemed to be no end<br>
1178: Then his empire spread and to their surprise<br>
1179: Blobby been a growin' to incredible size!<br>
1180: <br>
1181: <br>
1182: He's a blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah<br>
1183: blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah<br>
1184: blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah<br>
1185: blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah<br>
1186: B-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b<br>
1187: <br>
1188: <br>
1.66 deraadt 1189: Then along came a genius Doctor Puffystein<br>
1.63 deraadt 1190: And he battled the Blob<br>
1191: who had crossed the line<br>
1192: He was 50 feet tall - Doctor said "No fear"<br>
1193: I got a sample of Blob I can reverse engineer!<br>
1194: <br>
1195: <br>
1196: But it was too late!<br>
1197: Blob was takin' over the world!<br>
1198: He wants your video!<br>
1199: Ya he wants your net!<br>
1200: He wants your drive!<br>
1201: He wants it all!!<br>
1202: <br>
1203: <br>
1204: Somebody help us!<br>
1205: Noooooooo!<br>
1206: NVIDIA!<br>
1207: Intel!<br>
1208: Atheros!<br>
1209: 3-Ware!<br>
1210: VIA!<br>
1211: ATI!<br>
1212: Broadcom!<br>
1213: TI!<br>
1214: Myricom!<br>
1215: HighPoint!<br>
1216: Adaptec!<br>
1217: Mylex!<br>
1218: ICP Vortex!<br>
1219: and IBM!<br>
1220: Takin' over the world!<br>
1221: <br>
1222: <br>
1223: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
1.76 deraadt 1224: <img height=2160 width=396 src="images/39song.gif"><br>
1.63 deraadt 1225: </td></tr></table>
1226: <p>
1227: <em>
1228: Music composed by Ty Semaka and Jonathan Lewis.
1229: Recorded, mixed and mastered by Jonathan Lewis of Moxam Studios (1-403-233-0350).
1230: Vocals and Lyrics by <a href="http://www.tysemaka.com">Ty Semaka</a> &
1231: Theo de Raadt.
1232: Bass guitar, organ and bubbles by Jonathan Lewis.
1233: Guitar by <a href="http://www.tom-bagley.com">Tom Bagley</a>.
1234: Drums by Jim Buick.
1235: <br>
1236: <br>
1237: </em>
1238:
1239: <hr>
1.58 deraadt 1240: <a name=38></a>
1241: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="38.html">
1242: 3.8: "Hackers of the Lost RAID"</a></font></h2>
1243: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%">
1244: <tr>
1245: <td valign="top" width="33%">
1246: <a href="orders.html">[Order OpenBSD 3.8 or other items]</a><br>
1247: OpenBSD 3.8 CD2 track 2 is an<br>
1248: uncompressed copy of this song.<br>
1249: <br>
1.76 deraadt 1250: 4:24 minutes
1251: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song38.mp3">(MP3 8.1MB)</a>
1252: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song38.ogg">(OGG 5.6MB)</a><br>
1253: Instrumental version
1254: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song38b.mp3">(MP3 8.0MB)</a>
1255: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song38b.ogg">(OGG 5.5MB)</a><br>
1.58 deraadt 1256: <br>
1.76 deraadt 1257: <a href="images/Jones.jpg">
1258: <img width=227 height=343 alt="Jones" src="images/Jones.jpg"></a>
1.58 deraadt 1259: <br>
1260: <br>
1261: <em>
1262: For a multitude of (stupid) reasons, vendors often attempt to lock
1263: out our participation with their customers by refusing to give our
1264: programmers sufficient documentation so that we can properly support
1265: their devices.
1266: <p>
1267: Take Adaptec for instance. Before the 3.7 release we disabled support
1268: for the
1.70 steven 1269: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=aac&sektion=4">aac(4)</a>
1.58 deraadt 1270: Adaptec RAID driver because negotiations with the Adaptec had failed.
1271: They refused to give us documentation. Without documentation, support
1272: for their controller had always been poor. The driver had bugs (which
1273: affected some users more than others) which caused crashes, and of
1274: course there was no RAID management support. Apparently most of these
1.59 jolan 1275: bugs are because the Adaptec controllers have numerous buggy firmware
1276: issues which require careful workarounds; without documentation we
1277: cannot solve these issues.
1.58 deraadt 1278: <p>
1279: The driver was written by an OpenBSD developer, who cribbed parts
1280: of it from a FreeBSD driver written by an ex-Adaptec employee. But no
1281: public documentation exists, and Adaptec has dozens of cards with
1282: different firmware issues. All of this adds up to a very desperate
1283: development model -- it becomes very hard for the principle of
1284: "quality" to show its head.
1285: <p>
1286: RAID devices have two main qualities that people buy them for:
1287: <br>
1288: <ul>
1.60 pvalchev 1289: <li>Redundancy
1.58 deraadt 1290: <li>Repair
1291: </ul>
1292: You want a RAID unit to provide you with redundancy, so that if some drives
1.60 pvalchev 1293: fail, your data is not lost. But once a drive has failed, you require your
1294: array to (automatically, most likely) perform the operations to repair
1.58 deraadt 1295: itself, so that it is functioning perfectly again.
1296: <p>
1297: Some vendors (or like the above Adaptec case, ex-employee) have
1298: sometimes given us some documentation so that we could write drivers,
1299: so that their devices could support Redundancy. But these vendors have
1300: never given us any documentation for performing Repairs.
1301: <p>
1302: Instead these vendors have tried to pass out non-free RAID management
1303: tools. These are typically gigantic Linux binaries, or some crazy thing, that
1.67 jolan 1304: is supposed to work through a bizarre interface in the device driver, which
1.58 deraadt 1305: we are apparently supposed to write code for without any documentation.
1306: <p>
1307: And since we refuse to accept our users being forced into depending on
1308: vendor binaries, we have reverse engineered the management interface for
1309: the AMI controllers.
1310: <p>
1311: There is no great "intellectual property" in this stuff, it is all
1312: rather simple primitives. This is all that we need to implement
1313: basic RAID management:
1314: <ul>
1315: <li>SCSI transactions on the back-side busses
1316: <li>Discovering which drives are in which volumes
1317: <li>Being able to silence the buzzer
1318: <li>Marking a new drive as a Hot-Spare
1319: </ul>
1320: <p>
1321: The AMI driver needed to support these small primitive operations.
1322: And once we had that, we rely on something else which we know: Almost
1323: all the RAID controllers would need the same primitives.
1324: <p>
1325: Thus armed, we were able to write a generic framework which would later
1326: work on other vendors' RAID cards, that is, once we get documentation
1327: or do some reverse engineering for their products.
1328: <p>
1.60 pvalchev 1329: But having been ignored for so long by these vendors, it is not clear when (if
1330: ever) we will get around to writing that support for Adaptec RAID
1.58 deraadt 1331: controllers now. And Adaptec has gone and bought ICP Vortex, which
1332: may mean we can never get documentation for the
1.70 steven 1333: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gdt&sektion=4">gdt(4)</a>
1.58 deraadt 1334: controllers.
1335: The "Open Source Friendly liar" IBM owns Mylex, and Mylex has told us we
1336: would not get documentation, either.
1337: 3Ware has lied to us and our users so many times they make politicians
1338: look saintly.
1339: <p>
1340: Until other vendors give us documentation, if you want reliable RAID
1341: in OpenBSD, please buy
1342: <a href="http://www.lsilogic.com/products/megaraid/index.html">LSI/AMI</a>
1343: RAID cards. And everything
1.88 miod 1344: <a href="http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=112630095818062&w=2">
1.58 deraadt 1345: will just work</a>.
1346: <p>
1347: And keep pestering the other vendors.
1348: <br>
1349: </em>
1350: </td><td valign="top" width="3%">
1351: <br>
1352: </td><td valign=top width="30%">
1353: <font color="#b00000">Narrator:</font>
1354: Welcome friends to the adventures of Puffiana Jones!<br>
1355: <br>
1356: Brought to you by the good people at OpenBSD!<br>
1357: <br>
1358: Whether braving jungles of wires, oceans of code, or hacking the most
1359: treacherous of crypts, one fish fights for justice. With bravery and
1360: morality like none other, one name rings true. Puffiana Jones, famed
1361: hackologist and adventurer!<br>
1362: <br>
1363: Tracking down valuable artifacts and returning them to the public from
1364: the steely grip of greed. Many a villain has he pummeled, many a vile
1365: vendor has he thwarted, countless thugs, lawyers and kitties abound.<br>
1366: <br>
1367: Join us now in his latest adventure. Hackers of the Lost RAID!<br>
1368: <br>
1369: <br>
1370: <font color="#b00000">Marlus:</font>
1371: Puffy, this mission will be dangerous.<br>
1372: <br>
1373: <font color="#b00000">Puffy:</font>
1374: I'm a careful guy Marlus.<br>
1375: <br>
1376: <br>
1377: <font color="#b00000">Puffy and Salmah:</font>
1378: They're hacking in the wrong place!<br>
1379: <br>
1380: <br>
1381: <font color="#b00000">Beluge:</font>
1382: You will never get the documentation Jones! Ah ha ha ha ha!<br>
1383: <br>
1384: <font color="#b00000">Puffy:</font>
1385: Now you're gettin' nasty.<br>
1386: <br>
1387: <br>
1388: <font color="#b00000">Puffy:</font>
1389: SCSI's, why'd it have to be SCSI's?<br>
1390: <br>
1391: <font color="#b00000">Salmah:</font>
1392: API's, very dangerous. You go first.<br>
1393: <br>
1394: <br>
1395: <font color="#b00000">Narrator:</font>
1396: Through thick and thin our hero persists, until finally,
1397: there before him
1398: lies the answer of the ages. How to get OpenBSD, the world's most
1399: secure operating system,
1400: to communicate with the lost RAID. But alas, he is foiled once again by
1401: the evil Neozis. Again he must chase the truth. Will our hero prevail?<br>
1402: <br>
1403: Triumphant again! Join us next time for the continuing adventures of
1404: Puffiana Jones!<br>
1405: <br>
1406: <br>
1407: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
1.76 deraadt 1408: <img height=2160 width=380 src="images/38song.gif"><br>
1.58 deraadt 1409: </td></tr></table>
1410: <p>
1411: <em>
1412: Music composed by Ty Semaka and Jonathan Lewis.
1413: The Moxam Orchestra programmed and played by Jonathan Lewis.
1414: Vocals and Lyrics by Ty Semaka. Drums by Charlie Bullough.
1415: Recorded, mixed and mastered by Jonathan Lewis of Moxam Studios.
1416: (1-403-233-0350).
1417: <br>
1418: <br>
1419: </em>
1420:
1421: <hr>
1.44 deraadt 1422: <a name=37></a>
1423: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="37.html">
1424: 3.7: "Wizard of OS"</a></font></h2>
1425: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%">
1426: <tr>
1427: <td valign="top" width="33%">
1428: <a href="orders.html">[Order OpenBSD 3.7 or other items]</a><br>
1429: OpenBSD 3.7 CD2 track 2 is an<br>
1430: uncompressed copy of this song.<br>
1431: <br>
1.76 deraadt 1432: 10:08 minutes
1433: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song37.mp3">(MP3 18MB)</a>
1434: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song37.ogg">(OGG 13MB)</a><br>
1.44 deraadt 1435: <br>
1.76 deraadt 1436: <a href="images/Wizard.jpg">
1437: <img width=227 height=343 alt="Wizard" src="images/Wizard.jpg"></a>
1.44 deraadt 1438: <br>
1439: <br>
1440: <em>
1441: For an operating system to get anywhere in "the market" it must have
1442: good device support.<br>
1443: <br>
1444: Ethernet was our first concern. Many vendors refused to supply
1445: programmers with programming documentation for these chipsets. Donald
1446: Becker (Linux) and Bill Paul (FreeBSD) changed the rules of the game
1447: here: They wrote drivers for the chipsets that they could get
1448: documentation for, and as they succeeded in writing more and more
1449: drivers, eventually closed vendors slowly opened up until most
1450: ethernet chipset documentation was available. Today, some vendors
1451: still resist releasing ethernet chipset documentation (ie. Broadcom,
1.62 brad 1452: Intel, Marvell/SysKonnect, NVIDIA) but the driver problem is mostly
1.46 henning 1453: solved in the ethernet market.<br>
1.44 deraadt 1454: <br>
1455: Similar problems have happened in the SCSI, IDE, and RAID markets.
1456: Again, the problem was solved by writing drivers for documented
1457: devices first. If the free software user communities use those drivers
1458: preferentially, it is a market loss for the secretive vendors.
1459: Another approach that has worked is to publish email addresses and
1460: phone numbers for the marketing department managers in these
1461: companies. These email campaigns have worked almost every time.<br>
1462: <br>
1463: The new frontier: 802.11 wireless chipsets.<br>
1464: <br>
1465: Over the last six months, this came to a head in the OpenBSD project.
1466: We asked our users to help us petition numerous vendors so that we
1467: could get chipset documentation or redistributable firmware. Certainly, we did
1.52 deraadt 1468: not succeed for some vendors. But we did influence some vendors, in
1.44 deraadt 1469: particular the Taiwanese (Ralink and Realtek), who have given us
1470: everything we need. We also reverse engineered the Atheros chipsets.<br>
1471: <br>
1472:
1473: Want to help us? Avoid
1474: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw">Intel Centrino</a>,
1475: Broadcom, TI, or Connexant PrismGT chipsets.
1476: Heck, avoid buying even regular
1.48 deraadt 1477: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wi">old pre-G Prism products</a>,
1.44 deraadt 1478: to send a message.
1.48 deraadt 1479: If you can, buy 802.11 products using chips by
1.44 deraadt 1480: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rtw">Realtek</a>,
1481: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ral">Ralink</a>,
1482: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=atu">Atmel</a>,
1483: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=awi">ADMTek</a>,
1484: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath">Atheros</a>.
1485: Our manual pages attempt to explain which vendors (ie. D-Link) box
1.52 deraadt 1486: which chipsets into which product.
1.44 deraadt 1487: <br>
1488: <br>
1489: Send a message that open support for hardware matters. A vendor in
1.56 cloder 1490: Redmond largely continues their practices because they get
1.44 deraadt 1491: the chipset documentation years before everyone else does.
1492: What really upsets us the most is that some Linux vendors are signing
1493: Non-Disclosure Agreements with vendors, or contracts that let them
1494: distribute firmwares. Meanwhile both Linux and FSF head developers
1.49 nick 1495: are not asking their communities to help us in our efforts to free
1.44 deraadt 1496: development information for all, but are even going further and
1497: telling their development communities to not work with us at
1498: pressuring vendors. It is ridiculous.
1499: <br>
1500: </em>
1501: </td><td valign="top" width="3%">
1502: <br>
1503: </td><td valign=top width="30%">
1504: The heroine is deaf to her device<br>
1505: her uncles on the farm,<br>
1506: send out the alarm<br>
1507: and the shit storm flies<br>
1508: E-maelstrom is lifting up the house<br>
1509: With Puffathy inside,<br>
1510: twisting up a ride<br>
1511: to the land of OS<br>
1512: Hard landing, the packets celebrate<br>
1513: The wicked lawyers dead<br>
1514: The open slippers red are<br>
1515: Hers to take<br>
1516: <br>
1.53 otto 1517: Ding dong the lawyer's dead<br>
1.44 deraadt 1518: You're off to see the Wizard kid<br>
1519: <br>
1520: The north witch instructed Puffathy<br>
1521: To get yourself back home<br>
1522: Take this yellow road and<br>
1.47 pvalchev 1523: You'll be fine<br>
1.44 deraadt 1524: Believe in the open ruby shoes<br>
1525: Now go to see the Wiz and<br>
1526: give Taiwan your biz<br>
1527: You'll never lose<br>
1528: The 3 friends she made along the way<br>
1529: Were nice but pretty lame,<br>
1530: lazy and insane<br>
1531: but they sang OK<br>
1532: <br>
1.53 otto 1533: Ding dong the lawyer's dead<br>
1.44 deraadt 1534: You're off to see the Wizard kid<br>
1535: <br>
1536: Finally we're through the trees<br>
1537: The city glows<br>
1538: It's positively green<br>
1539: Pompously the wizard booms<br>
1540: He wants the broom of triple 'w'<br>
1541: <br>
1542: Go to the west<br>
1543: You must pass the test<br>
1544: For me<br>
1545: Bring me the ride<br>
1546: of the witch I despise<br>
1547: And you'll be free<br>
1548: <br>
1549: You don't need the broom<br>
1550: You don't need the shoes<br>
1551: You don't need the wiz<br>
1552: You will never lose<br>
1553: You have all you need<br>
1554: You always had heart<br>
1555: You always had courage<br>
1556: Did somebody fart?<br>
1557: You always had brains<br>
1558: You answered each call<br>
1.57 deraadt 1559: And this may surprise you<br>
1.44 deraadt 1560: But you've got some balls<br>
1561: So double click heels<br>
1562: and work with Taiwan<br>
1563: And speak to your doggie<br>
1564: You're already gone....<br>
1565: <br>
1566: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
1.76 deraadt 1567: <img height=1079 width=380 src="images/37song.gif"><br>
1.44 deraadt 1568: </td></tr></table>
1569: <p>
1570: <em>
1571: Lyrics and vocal melody written by Ty Semaka.
1572: Main vocals by Jonathan Lewis, sung female vocals by Adele Legere,
1573: Puffathy (little girl voice) by Anita Miotti, monkeys and laughing by Ty
1574: Semaka,
1575: guitar by Reed Shimozawa, drums, bass and all other sounds programmed by
1.55 tom 1576: Jonathan Lewis. Co-Arranged by Ty Semaka & Jonathan Lewis.
1.44 deraadt 1577: Recorded, mixed and mastered by Jonathan Lewis at Moxam Studios
1578: (1-403-233-0350).
1579: <br>
1580: <br>
1581: </em>
1582:
1583: <hr>
1.37 deraadt 1584: <a name=36></a>
1585: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="36.html">
1586: 3.6: "Pond-erosa Puff (live)"</a></font></h2>
1587: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%">
1588: <tr>
1589: <td valign="top" width="28%">
1590: <a href="orders.html">[Order OpenBSD 3.6 or other items]</a><br>
1591: OpenBSD 3.6 CD2 track 2 is an<br>
1592: uncompressed copy of this song.<br>
1593: <br>
1.76 deraadt 1594: 4:00 minutes
1595: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song36.mp3">(MP3 7.7MB)</a>
1596: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song36.ogg">(OGG 5.2MB)</a><br>
1.37 deraadt 1597: <br>
1.76 deraadt 1598: <a href="images/Ponderosa.jpg">
1599: <img width=227 height=343 alt="CARP" src="images/Ponderosa.jpg"></a>
1.37 deraadt 1600: <br>
1601: <br>
1602: <em>
1603: What is up with some free software providers?!
1604: They say "Here's something free! Oh wait, I changed my mind."
1605: <p>
1606: While not exactly bait-and-switch, this is something which
1607: has been causing the community continual grief, and therefore
1608: we decided to honour a few of the projects that have decided
1.41 deraadt 1609: to go non-free. After all.. having gone non-free, no one is
1.37 deraadt 1610: going to remember them in the end.
1611: <p>
1612: This song is dedicated to a few worthy groups who
1613: have made this Free-to-Non-Free transition with their
1614: offerings in the last few years:
1615: <ul>
1616: <li>David Dawes worked for years with a team of
1617: developers to make a free X11 distribution for us to use,
1618: called XFree86, 98% of which was based on entirely free
1619: code from MIT. Suddenly, one day, he decided that
1620: we must give him more credit (ie. advertise his name) or
1621: stop using it. Within about 4 months every project had
1622: told him to get stuffed, and the community has created a
1623: replacement effort.
1.41 deraadt 1624: Now his team cannot even keep their web pages up to date...
1.37 deraadt 1625: <p>
1626: <li>OpenBSD was the first operating system to integrate a
1627: packet filter, and it was the ipf codebase from Darren Reed
1628: that we chose. But a few years later he told us that we
1629: were not free to make changes to the code. So we deleted ipf,
1630: and our new packet filter far exceeds the capabilities of the
1631: one he wrote. And other projects are switching too...
1632: <p>
1633: <li>The Apache group started from the humble beginnings
1634: of just being 'a patchy' set of changes to a completely free
1635: web server of dubious quality. But the years have changed them,
1636: and what they supply is now quite non-free... released under
1.40 jolan 1637: a license so entangled in legalese that we have absolutely no
1.51 jcs 1638: doubt that there are encumbrances hidden within. Legal terms
1.37 deraadt 1639: protect. Who are they protecting? Not your freedom.
1640: </ul>
1641: So here's a goodbye to those three groups, and a warning to any
1642: others who will follow them:
1643: Make your stuff non-free, and something else will
1644: replace it.
1645: <br>
1646: </em>
1647: </td><td valign="top" width="3%">
1648: <br>
1649: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
1650: <br>
1651: <br>
1652: Well he rode from the ocean far upstream<br>
1653: Nuthin' to his name but a code and a dream<br>
1654: Lookin' for the legendary inland sea<br>
1655: Where the water was deep n' clean n' free<br>
1656: <p>
1657: But the town he found had suffered a blow<br>
1.38 pvalchev 1658: Fish were dying, cause the water was low<br>
1.37 deraadt 1659: Fat cat fish name o' Diamond Dawes<br>
1660: Plugged the stream with copyright laws<br>
1661: <p>
1662: <br>
1663: He said my water's good n' my water's free<br>
1664: So Pond-erosa, you gonna thank me!<br>
1665: Then he bottled it up and he labeled it "Mine"<br>
1666: They opened n' poured, but they ran outta time!<br>
1667: <p>
1668: So Puff made a brand and he tanned his hide<br>
1669: Said. "this is the mark of too much pride"<br>
1670: Tied him to a horse, set the tail on fire<br>
1671: Slapped er on the ass and the water went higher!<br>
1672: <p>
1673: <br>
1674: Pond-erosa Puff<br>
1675: wouldn't take no guff<br>
1.41 deraadt 1676: Water oughta be clean and free<br>
1.37 deraadt 1677: So he fought the fight<br>
1678: and he set things right<br>
1679: With his OpenBSD<br>
1680: <p>
1681: <br>
1682: Well things were good fer a spell in town<br>
1683: But then one day, dang water turned brown<br>
1684: Comin' to the rescue, Mayor Reed<br>
1685: He said, "This here filter's all ya'll need"<br>
1686: <p>
1687: But it didn't take long 'fore the filter plugged<br>
1688: Full of mud, n' crud, n' bugs<br>
1689: Folks said "gotta be a gooder way"<br>
1690: Mayor said "Hell No! She's O.K."<br>
1691: <p>
1692: <br>
1693: "The water's fine on the Open range"<br>
1694: And he passed a law that it couldn't change.<br>
1.51 jcs 1695: "No freeze, no boil, no frolicking young"<br>
1.37 deraadt 1696: Puff took him aside, said "this is wrong"<br>
1697: <p>
1698: Then he found the Mayor was addin' the crud!<br>
1699: So he took him down in a cloud of blood<br>
1700: Said "The Mayor's learnd, he's done been mean"<br>
1701: So they did it right and the water went clean!<br>
1702: <p>
1703: <br>
1704: CHORUS<br>
1705: <p>
1706: <br>
1707: So once agin' it was right, but then<br>
1708: The lake went dry, she was gone again!<br>
1709: Fish started flippin' and floppin' about<br>
1.42 deraadt 1710: Yellin' "Mercy Puff! It's a doggone drought!"<br>
1.37 deraadt 1711: <p>
1712: So he rolled up-gulch till he hit the lake<br>
1713: Of Apache fish, they was on the take<br>
1714: They'd built a dam that was made of rules<br>
1715: Now Puff was pissed and he lost his cool!<br>
1716: <p>
1717: <br>
1718: I'm sick and tired of these goldarn words!<br>
1.39 mcbride 1719: n' laws n' bureaucratic nerds!<br>
1.37 deraadt 1720: You're full o' beans n' killin' my town<br>
1721: and if you's all don't shut er down<br>
1722: <p>
1723: I'll hang a lickin' on every one<br>
1724: of you sons o' bitchin' greedy scum!<br>
1.41 deraadt 1725: So he blew the dam, an' he let 'er haul<br>
1726: Cause water oughta be free for all!<br>
1.37 deraadt 1727: <p>
1728: <br>
1729: CHORUS<br>
1730: <br>
1731: <p>
1732: That's right!<br>
1733: I'll hang a lickin' on ya!<br>
1734: Never piss on another man's boot!<br>
1735: <br>
1736: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
1.76 deraadt 1737: <img height=1634 width=263 src="images/36song.gif"><br>
1.37 deraadt 1738: </td></tr></table>
1739: <p>
1740: <em>
1741: Vocals, Lyrics, Melody and Co-Arrangement by Ty Semaka - Guitar by
1742: Chantal Vitalis - Bass by Jonny Nordstrom - Drums by John McNiel,<br>
1743: Fiddle - Co-Arrangement, Recording, Mixing, Mastering by Jonathan Lewis of
1744: Moxam Studios (1-403-233-0350).
1745: <br>
1746: <br>
1747: </em>
1748:
1749: <hr>
1.30 deraadt 1750: <a name=35></a>
1.33 deraadt 1751: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="35.html">
1752: 3.5: "CARP License" and "Redundancy must be free"</a></font></h2>
1.30 deraadt 1753: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%">
1754: <tr>
1755: <td valign="top" width="28%">
1.33 deraadt 1756: <a href="orders.html">[Order OpenBSD 3.5 or other items]</a><br>
1.30 deraadt 1757: OpenBSD 3.5 CD2 track 2 is an<br>
1.55 tom 1758: uncompressed copy of this skit & song.<br>
1.30 deraadt 1759: <br>
1.76 deraadt 1760: 5:21 minutes
1761: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song35.mp3">(MP3 9.7MB)</a>
1762: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song35.ogg">(OGG 6.8MB)</a><br>
1.30 deraadt 1763: <br>
1.76 deraadt 1764: <a href="images/Carp.gif">
1765: <img width=255 height=343 alt="CARP" src="images/Carp.gif"></a>
1.30 deraadt 1766: <br>
1767: <br>
1768: <em>
1769: A common theme used by the comedy crew Monty Python was to emphasize
1770: and exaggerate ridiculousnesses that their target had imposed upon
1771: themselves. Few things could be considered as humorous as making a
1772: redundancy protocol... redundant; e.g. being forced to replace it by
1773: Cisco lawyers and IETF policy.
1774: <p>
1775: We've been working a few years now on our packet filtering software
1776: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a>
1777: and it became time to add failover. We want to be able to set up pf
1778: firewalls side by side, and exchange the stateful information between
1779: them, so that in case of failure another could take over 'keep state'
1780: sessions. Our
1781: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pfsync&sektion=4">pfsync(4)</a>
1782: protocol solves this problem. However, on both sides of the firewall,
1783: it is also necessary to have all the regular hosts not see a
1784: network failure. The only reliable way to do this is for both
1785: firewall machines to have and use the same IP and MAC addresses. But
1786: the only real way to do that is to use multicast protocols.
1787: <p>
1788: The IETF community proposed work in this direction in the late
1789: 90's, however in 1997 Cisco informed them that they believed some of
1790: Cisco's patents covered the proposed IETF VRRP (Virtual Router
1791: Redundancy Protocol); on
1792: <a href="http://www.ietf.org/ietf/IPR/VRRP-CISCO">
1793: March 20, 1998 they went further and specifically named their HSRP
1794: "Hot Standby Router Protocol" patent</a>. Reputedly, they were upset
1795: that IETF had not simply adopted the flawed HSRP protocol as the
1796: standard solution for this problem. Despite this legal pressure, the
1797: IETF community forged ahead and published VRRP as a standard even
1798: though there was a patent in the space. Why?
1799: <a href="http://www.cs-ipv6.lancs.ac.uk/ipv6/documents/standards/general-comms/ietf/vrrp/vrrp-minutes-97dec.txt">
1800: There was much deliberation</a>
1801: at all levels of the IETF, and unfortunately for all of us the
1802: politicians within eventually decided to allow patented technology in
1803: standards -- as long as the patented technology is licensed under RAND
1804: (Reasonable And Non Discriminatory) terms. As free software
1805: programmers, we therefore find ourselves in the position that these
1806: RAND standards must not be implemented by us, and we must deviate from
1807: the standard. We find all this rather Unreasonable and Discriminatory
1808: and we *will* design competing protocols. Some standards organization,
1809: eh?
1810: <p>
1811: Due to some HSRP flaws fixed by VRRP and for compatibility with the
1812: (HSRP-licensed) VRRP implementations of their competitors, Cisco in
1813: recent times has largely abandoned HSRP and now relies on VRRP instead
1814: -- a protocol designed for and by the community, but for which they
1815: claim patent rights.
1816: <p>
1817: On August 7 2002, after many communications, Robert Barr (Cisco's
1818: lawyer) firmly informed the OpenBSD community that Cisco would defend
1819: its patents for VRRP implementations -- meaning basically that it was
1820: impossible for a free software group to produce a truly free
1821: implementation of the IETF standard protocol. Perhaps this is because
1822: Cisco and Alcatel are currently engaged in a pair of patent lawsuits; a
1823: small piece of which is Cisco attempting to use the HSRP patent
1824: against Alcatel for their use of VRRP. Some IETF working group
1825: members took note of our complaints,
1826: <a href="http://lists.microshaft.org/pipermail/dmca_discuss/2003-April/004702.html">
1827: however an attempt in April 2003 to have the IETF abandon the use of
1828: patented technology failed to "reach consensus" in the IETF</a>.
1829: <p>
1830: A few years ago, the W3C, who designs our web protocols, tried to move
1831: to a RAND policy as well (primarily because of pressure from Microsoft
1832: and Apple), but the community outrage was so overpowering that they
1833: backed down. Some standards groups use this policy, while others
1834: avoid it -- the one differentiation being the amount of corporate
1.55 tom 1835: participation. In the IETF, the pro-RAND agents work for AT&T,
1.30 deraadt 1836: Alcatel, IBM, Cisco, Microsoft, and other large companies. Since IETF
1837: is an open forum, they can blend in as the populace, and vote just
1838: like all others, except against the community.
1839: <p>
1840: Translation: In failing to "reach consensus", the companies who
1841: benefit from RAND won, and the community lost again.
1842: <p>
1843: Left with little choice, we proceeded to reinvent the wheel or, more
1844: correctly, abandon the wheel entirely and go for a "hovercraft". We
1845: designed CARP (Common Address Redundancy Protocol) to solve the same
1846: problem that these other protocols are designed for, but without the
1847: same technological basis as HSRP and VRRP. We read the patent
1848: document carefully and ensured that CARP was fundamentally different.
1849: We also avoided many of the flaws in HSRP and VRRP (such as an inherent
1850: lack of security). And since we are OpenBSD developers, we designed
1851: it to use cryptography.
1852: <p>
1853: The combination of
1854: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a>,
1855: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pfsync&sektion=4">pfsync(4)</a>, and
1856: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=carp&sektion=4">carp(4)</a>
1857: has permitted us to build highly redundant firewalls. To date, we
1858: have built a few networks that include as many as 4 firewalls, all
1859: running random reboot cycles. As long as one firewall is alive in a
1860: group, traffic through them moves smoothly and correctly for all of
1861: our packet filter functionality. Cisco's low end products are unable
1862: to do this reliably, and if they have high end products which can do
1863: this, you most certainly cannot afford them.
1864: <p>
1865: As a final note of course, when we petitioned IANA, the IETF body
1866: regulating "official" internet protocol numbers, to give us numbers
1867: for CARP and pfsync our request was denied. Apparently we had failed
1868: to go through an official standards organization. Consequently we
1869: were forced to choose a protocol number which would not conflict with
1870: anything else of value, and decided to place CARP at IP protocol 112.
1871: We also placed pfsync at an open and unused number. We informed IANA of
1872: these decisions, but they declined to reply.
1873: <p>
1874: This ridiculous situation then inspired one of our developers to create
1875: this parody of the well-known Monty Python skit and song.
1876: <br>
1877: </em>
1878: </td><td valign="top" width="3%">
1879: <br>
1880: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
1881: <br>
1882: <br>
1883: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
1884: Hello, I would like to buy a CARP license please.
1885: <br>
1886: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
1887: A what?
1888: <br>
1889: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
1890: A license for my network redundancy protocol, CARP.
1891: <br>
1892: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
1893: Well, it's free isn't it?
1894: <br>
1895: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
1896: Exactly, the protocol's name is CARP. CARP the redundancy protocol.
1897: <br>
1898: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
1899: What?
1900: <br>
1901: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
1902: He is an.... redundancy protocol.
1903: <br>
1904: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
1905: CARP is a free redundancy protocol!
1906: <br>
1907: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
1908: Yes, I chose it out of three, I didn't like the others,
1909: they were all too... encumbered. And now I must license it!
1910: <br>
1911: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
1912: You must be a looney.
1913: <br>
1914: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
1915: I am not a looney! Why should I be tied with the epithet looney merely
1916: because I wish to protect my redundancy protocol? I've heard tell
1917: that Network Associates has a pet algorithm called RSA used in IETF
1918: standards, and you wouldn't call them a looney; Geoworks has a claim
1919: on WAP, after what their lawyers do to you if you try to implement it.
1920: Cisco has two redundant patents, both encumbered, and Cadtrack has a
1921: patent on cursor movement! So, if you're calling the large American
1922: companies that fork out millions of dollars for the use of XOR a
1923: bunch of looneys, I shall have to ask you to step outside!
1924: <br>
1925: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
1926: Alright, alright, alright. A license.
1927: <br>
1928: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
1929: Yes.
1930: <br>
1931: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
1932: For a free redundancy protocol?
1933: <br>
1934: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
1935: Yes.
1936: <br>
1937: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
1938: You are a looney.
1939: <br>
1940: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
1941: Look, it allows for bleeding redundancy doesn't it? Cisco's got a
1942: patent for the HSRP, and I've got to get a license for me router
1943: VRRP.
1944: <br>
1945: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
1946: You don't need a license for your VRRP.
1947: <br>
1948: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
1.32 otto 1949: I bleeding well do and I got one. It can't be called VRRP without it.
1.30 deraadt 1950: <br>
1951: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
1952: There's no such thing as a bloody VRRP license.
1953: <br>
1954: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
1955: Yes there is!
1956: <br>
1957: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
1958: Isn't!
1959: <br>
1960: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
1961: Is!
1962: <br>
1963: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
1964: Isn't!
1965: <br>
1966: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
1967: I bleeding got one, look! What's that then?
1968: <br>
1969: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
1970: This is a Cisco HSRP patent document with the word "Cisco" crossed
1971: out and the word "IETF" written in in crayon.
1972: <br>
1973: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
1974: The man didn't have the right form.
1975: <br>
1976: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
1977: What man?
1978: <br>
1979: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
1980: Robert Barr, the man from the redundancy detector van.
1981: <br>
1982: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
1983: The looney detector van, you mean.
1984: <br>
1985: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
1986: Look, it's people like you what cause unrest.
1987: <br>
1988: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
1989: What redundancy detector van?
1990: <br>
1991: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
1992: The redundancy detector van from the Monopoly of Cizzz-coeee.
1993: <br>
1994: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
1995: Cizzz-coeee?
1996: <br>
1997: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
1998: It was spelt like that on the van. I'm very observant! I never seen
1999: so many bleeding aerials. The man said that their equipment could
2000: pinpoint a failover configuration at 400 yards! And my Cisco router,
2001: being such a flappy bat, was a piece of cake.
2002: <br>
2003: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
1.34 otto 2004: How much did you pay for that?
1.30 deraadt 2005: <br>
2006: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
2007: Sixty quid, and twenty grand for the PIX.
2008: <br>
2009: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
2010: What PIX?
2011: <br>
2012: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
2013: The PIX I'm replacing!
2014: <br>
2015: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
2016: So you're replacing your PIX with free software, and yet you want to
2017: license it?
2018: <br>
2019: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
2020: There's nothing so odd about that. I'm sure they patented this
2021: protocol too. After all, the IETF had a hand in it!
2022: <br>
2023: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
2024: No they didn't!
2025: <br>
2026: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
2027: Did!
2028: <br>
2029: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
2030: Didn't!
2031: <br>
2032: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
2033: Did, did, did and did!
2034: <br>
2035: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
2036: Oh, all right.
2037: <br>
2038: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
2039: Spoken like a gentleman, sir. Now, are you going to give me a CARP
2040: license?
2041: <br>
2042: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
2043: I promise you that there is no such thing. You don't need one.
2044: <br>
2045: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
2046: In that case, give me a Firewall License.
2047: <br>
2048: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
2049: A license?
2050: <br>
2051: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
2052: Yes.
2053: <br>
2054: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
2055: For your firewall?
2056: <br>
2057: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
2058: No.
2059: <br>
2060: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
2061: No?
2062: <br>
2063: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
2064: No, half my firewall. It had an accident.
2065: <br>
2066: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
2067: You're off your chump.
2068: <br>
2069: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
2070: Look, if you intend by that utilization of an obscure colloquialism
1.43 deraadt 2071: to imply that my sanity is not entirely up to scratch, or indeed to deny the
1.30 deraadt 2072: semi-existence of my little half firewall, I shall have to ask you to
2073: listen to this! Take it away CARP the orchestra leader!
2074: <br>
2075: <br>
2076: A zero... one.. A one zero one one<br>
2077: <br>
2078: VRRP, philosophically,<br>
2079: must ipso facto standard be<br>
2080: But standard it<br>
2081: needs to be free<br>
2082: vis a vis<br>
2083: the IETF<br>
2084: you see?<br>
2085: <br>
2086: But can VRRP<br>
2087: be said to be<br>
2088: or not to be<br>
2089: a standard, see,<br>
2090: when VRRP can not be free,<br>
2091: due to some Cisco patentry..<br>
2092: <br>
2093: Singing...<br>
2094: <br>
2095: La Dee Dee, 1, 2, 3.<br>
2096: VRRP ain't free.<br>
2097: O P E N B S D<br>
2098: CARP is free<br>
2099: <br>
2100: Is this wretched Cisco-eze<br>
2101: let through IETF to mean<br>
2102: my firewall must pay legal fees?<br>
2103: No! CARP and PF are Free!<br>
2104: <br>
2105: Fiddle dee dum,<br>
2106: Fiddle dee dee,<br>
2107: CARP and PF are free.<br>
2108: <br>
2109: 1 1 2,<br>
2110: Tee Hee Hee,<br>
2111: CARP and PF are free.<br>
2112: <br>
2113: My firewall just keeps running, see,<br>
2114: bisected accidentally,<br>
2115: one summer afternoon by me.<br>
2116: Redundancy's good when free.<br>
2117: <br>
2118: Redundancy must be free.<br>
2119: Redundancy must be free.<br>
2120: <br>
2121: The End<br>
2122: <br>
2123: Under the Geddy Lee?<br>
2124: <br>
2125: No, Redundancy must be free!<br>
2126: <br>
2127: Geddy must be free.<br>
2128: <br>
2129: <br>
2130: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
1.76 deraadt 2131: <img height=1800 width=360 src="images/35song.gif"><br>
1.30 deraadt 2132: </td></tr></table>
2133: <p>
2134: <em>
2135: <font color="#00b000">"CARP License"</font> sketch:<br>
2136: Tony Binns as the Customer, Peter Rumpel as the Licenser.
2137: <br>
1.34 otto 2138: <font color="#00b000">"Redundancy must be free"</font> song:<br>
1.30 deraadt 2139: Lead vocal by Peter Rumpel, backing vocals by Jonathan Lewis and Ty Semaka.
1.37 deraadt 2140: Piano by Janet Lewis, acoustic guitars by Chantal Vitalis.<br>
1.30 deraadt 2141: Bass and Geddy Lee questioning by Jonathan Lewis.
2142: Lyrics by Bob Beck.<br>
2143: <br>
2144: <br>
2145: </em>
2146:
2147: <hr>
1.20 deraadt 2148: <a name=34></a>
1.33 deraadt 2149: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="34.html">
2150: 3.4: "The Legend of Puffy Hood"</a></font></h2>
1.20 deraadt 2151: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%">
2152: <tr>
2153: <td valign="top" width="28%">
1.33 deraadt 2154: <a href="orders.html">[Order OpenBSD 3.4 or other items]</a><br>
1.20 deraadt 2155: OpenBSD 3.4 CD2 track 2 is an<br>
2156: uncompressed copy of this song.<br>
2157: <br>
1.76 deraadt 2158: 3:30 minutes
2159: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song34.mp3">(MP3 7.0MB)</a>
2160: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song34.ogg">(OGG 5.1MB)</a><br>
1.20 deraadt 2161: <br>
1.76 deraadt 2162: <a href="images/Hood.gif">
2163: <img height=343 width=255 alt="Puffy Hood" src="images/Hood.gif"></a>
1.20 deraadt 2164: <br>
2165: <br>
2166: <em>
2167: Join Puffy Hood and his Funny Fish as they take on
1.26 deraadt 2168: the Sheriff (an unelected leader) and other evil
1.20 deraadt 2169: forces of the draconian government!
2170: <p>
2171: <br>
2172: As we did for the 3.3 release, we have once again tried
2173: making release artwork and music which are allegorical
2174: of recent happenings.
2175: <p>
2176: Two years ago we became involved with the University
2177: of Pennsylvania and DARPA, who were funding us to do
2178: security research and development .. on things that
2179: we were already intending to do. We provided ideas,
2180: wrote papers, and deployed cutting-edge technology;
2181: DARPA provided finances and reaped a share of the
2182: credit, and the University of Pennsylvania acted as
2183: a middle-man. We accepted funding based on the
2184: promise that our freedom to operate as we wished
2185: was unaffected. To us, freedom is more important
1.21 deraadt 2186: than funding -- heck, we were dealing with the evil
1.20 deraadt 2187: forces of government, and needed to be careful.
2188: <p>
2189: A few months prior to this release, DARPA suddenly
2190: and without warning decided to withdraw that funding;
2191: they also aggressively backed out of contractual
2192: obligations. Many articles in the <a href=press.html>press</a> followed regarding
1.67 jolan 2193: this sudden maneuver. Apparently this hoopla happened
1.20 deraadt 2194: because an OpenBSD-related article in the Canadian
1.55 tom 2195: newspaper The Globe & Mail had quoted Theo de Raadt
1.20 deraadt 2196: making anti-war statements regarding Iraq and the
2197: theft of oil.
2198: <p>
2199: The only answer given (to major media reporters) by a
2200: DARPA spokesperson (Jan Walker) was this:
2201: <p>
2202: "As a result of the DARPA review of the
2203: project, and due to world events and the evolving
2204: threat posed by increasingly capable nation-states,
2205: the Government on April 21 advised the University
2206: to suspend work on the "security fest" portion of
2207: the project."
2208: <p>
2209: That almost toes the line of calling us terrorists!
2210: We had lost financial support, but the release of the
2211: statement above suddenly made us very happy to be free
2212: of any perceived obligation to such crazy people.
2213: <p>
2214: Since the termination came near natural contract
2215: termination (about 4 months remained), less damage
2216: than expected was sustained by the project. Sponsors
2217: stepped forward and helped us make up the missing funds
2218: we needed to run our "Hackathon", and the event
1.61 grunk 2219: proceeded as planned. We even had T-shirts made with
1.20 deraadt 2220: "Workstations of Mass Development" artwork for those
2221: developers who attended (sorry, they are not for sale).
2222: <p>
2223: We could not make stories like this up. So instead,
2224: we are making up an allegory about it, using the tale
2225: of Robin Hood.
2226: </em>
2227: </td><td valign="top" width="3%">
2228: <br>
2229: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
2230: <br>
2231: Sir Puffy of Ramsay was a wandrin'<br>
2232: Through forests of seaweed all alone<br>
2233: He had found the crusades<br>
2234: were an endless charade<br>
2235: So for now he called Nothing Hack home<br>
2236: <br>
2237: <br>
2238: One day he met Little Bob of Beckley<br>
2239: Beat him fair on a log-in by staff<br>
2240: Clever chums they did find<br>
2241: other fish of their kind<br>
2242: Thwarting evil with humppa and math<br>
2243: <br>
2244: <br>
2245: Now trouble was a brewin' when the Good King was away<br>
2246: The Sheriff came a callin' for the poor to pay<br>
2247: With CD's and their freedom<br>
2248: for to share online<br>
2249: And burning down the village cause he was a slime<br>
2250: <br>
2251: <br>
2252: So Puffy and his buddies took the booty from the rich<br>
2253: and turned it into a system to protect poor fish<br>
2254: Sent out by Hook or a Wim<br>
2255: to the teaming schools<br>
2256: Town cryers were on fire cause the crypto ruled!<br>
2257: <br>
2258: <br>
2259: <em>Chorus:</em><br>
2260: They called it "BSD"!<br>
2261: And "Open" because it's always free<br>
2262: So raise up your glass and<br>
2263: three cheers to the Funny<br>
2264: Fish for never running<br>
2265: and making something good!<br>
2266: And here's to Puffy Hood!<br>
2267: <br>
2268: <br>
2269: Aaaw! Word to the sea y'all<br>
2270: The Hood's a bad ball<br>
2271: Ya underneath he's a heathen and a traitor<br>
2272: He can take from you all and say "later!"<br>
2273: Think he's a hero?<br>
2274: Naw he ain't lovin' ya<br>
1.24 deraadt 2275: He gettin' richer than Bill Gates and Dubya<br>
1.20 deraadt 2276: Read the Wanted poster<br>
2277: of Sheriff Plac-o-derm fool<br>
2278: We gettin' back the booty<br>
2279: or we take away your worms too<br>
2280: <br>
2281: <br>
2282: Yo! Word to the classes<br>
2283: Put on your glasses<br>
2284: I guess the Sheriff is King till this passes<br>
2285: Times are a changin' and movin' so fast<br>
2286: He says "Give me your freedom,<br>
2287: I'll grasp it and pass it to brass<br>
2288: who can hash it for weapons of massive distraction.<br>
2289: And hand me the bastards that brashly amassed from the cash<br>
2290: happy faction of oily and gassy co-action".<br>
2291: No! Don't hand em dick, grab a stick, keep attacking for freedom<br>
2292: and hack till the King cometh back and leave em'<br>
2293: <br>
2294: <br>
2295: Then trouble was a rollin' with an army on the run<br>
1.25 deraadt 2296: The Sheriff came a callin' for the spikey one<br>
1.20 deraadt 2297: And took back all the booty<br>
2298: Puff intended for the poor<br>
2299: The Arch-a-thon went on despite the mighty roar<br>
2300: <br>
2301: <br>
2302: Puff snuck into the castle, and found the treasure hill<br>
2303: And also found Maid Marlin held against her will<br>
2304: He loaded all the loot<br>
2305: to give it back and big surprise<br>
2306: He took the maiden too, 'cause she was easy on the eyes<br>
2307: <br>
2308: <br>
2309: <em>Chorus:</em><br>
2310: They called it "BSD"!<br>
2311: And "Open" because it's always free<br>
2312: So raise up your glass and<br>
2313: three cheers to the Funny<br>
2314: Fish for never running<br>
2315: and making something good!<br>
2316: And here's to Puffy Hood!<br>
2317: <br>
2318:
2319: <br>
2320: <br>
2321: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
1.76 deraadt 2322: <img height=1440 width=263 src="images/34song.gif"><br>
1.20 deraadt 2323: </td></tr></table>
2324: <p>
2325: <em>
2326: Music, Co-arrangement, Recording, Mixing, Drum Programming,
2327: Bass, Organ, and Violin by Jonathan Lewis.
2328: <br>
2329: Co-Arrangement, Lyrics, and Main Vocals by Ty Semaka.
2330: <br>
2331: Back-vocals by Bob Beck, Calvin Beck, Theo de Raadt, Alan Kolodziejzyk,
1.55 tom 2332: Jonathan Lewis & Peter Valchev.
1.20 deraadt 2333: <br>
2334: Rap #1 by Richard Sixto.
2335: Guitar by Chantal Vitalis.
2336: <br>
2337: </em>
2338:
1.23 jose 2339: <br>
2340: <hr>
1.11 deraadt 2341: <a name=33></a>
1.33 deraadt 2342: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="33.html">
2343: 3.3: "Puff the Barbarian"</a></font></h2>
1.11 deraadt 2344: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%">
2345: <tr>
2346: <td valign="top" width="33%">
1.33 deraadt 2347: <a href="orders.html">[Order OpenBSD 3.3 or other items]</a><br>
1.11 deraadt 2348: OpenBSD 3.3 CD2 track 2 is an<br>
2349: uncompressed copy of this song.<br>
2350: <br>
1.76 deraadt 2351: 4:00 minutes
2352: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song33.mp3">(MP3 7.5MB)</a>
2353: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song33.ogg">(OGG 3.3MB)</a><br>
1.11 deraadt 2354: <br>
1.76 deraadt 2355: <a href="images/Barbarian.gif">
2356: <img height=343 width=255 alt="Puff the Barbarian" src="images/Barbarian.gif"></a>
1.12 deraadt 2357: <br>
2358: <br>
1.14 deraadt 2359: <em>
1.69 deraadt 2360: Like other Barbarians before him, Puff has had to
2361: face some pretty crazy challenges.
1.12 deraadt 2362: <br>
1.69 deraadt 2363: This song is an allegory of the recent difficulties
2364: we went through dealing with Sun, who refused our
2365: request for documentation about their UltraSPARC
2366: III processors. We want documentation, because
2367: these are the fastest processors with a per-page
2368: eXecute bit in the MMU, needed to fully support
2369: our new W^X security feature. In the meantime,
2370: the AMD Hammer has come onto the scene, and
2371: this processor supports an eXecute bit in 64-bit
1.36 deraadt 2372: mode.<br>
2373: <br>
2374: And it is going to be faster...<br>
1.12 deraadt 2375: </em>
1.11 deraadt 2376: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
2377: Deep through the mists of time<br>
2378: Gaze to the crystal ball<br>
2379: Back to the age of darkness<br>
2380: Black was the protocol<br>
2381: <p>
2382: A King ruled the web with fear<br>
2383: Spilling the blood of men<br>
2384: Then from the ocean came<br>
2385: Puff the Barbarian<br>
1.17 deraadt 2386: <br>
2387: <br>
1.11 deraadt 2388: Born in a tiny bowl Puff was a pet<br>
2389: Sold into slav-er-y by the man<br>
2390: Eating the weeds till he was strong enough<br>
2391: Breaking his bonds like nobody can<br>
2392: <p>
2393: Down the sewer pipes of Hell<br>
2394: A thousand kitties then did bleed<br>
2395: Constraints were slain as well<br>
2396: Hacked his way out to the C<br>
2397: <p>
2398: And there he found<br>
2399: His destiny<br>
2400: Hammer of the Ocean God<br>
2401: "Xor taking care of me"<br>
2402: <p>
2403: Then in a dream Xor requested he<br>
2404: "Go to the Sun King, get what I yearn<br>
2405: Kernighan saw it, prophet of the C<br>
2406: Knowledge - so they may never return"<br>
2407: <p>
2408: At the tower Puff appealed<br>
2409: For the wisdom of the One<br>
2410: Denied, his mind did reel<br>
2411: Puff was getting tired of Sun<br>
2412: <p>
2413: Broke down the guard<br>
2414: Cause math is hard<br>
1.18 deraadt 2415: Saw McNealy on his throne<br>
1.11 deraadt 2416: All alone and only bones<br>
2417: <p>
2418: Come the Sun King blade ablur<br>
2419: Hammer down eclipse the Sun<br>
2420: And Puff, the land secured<br>
2421: The new King Barbarian!<br>
2422: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
1.76 deraadt 2423: <img height=640 width=260 src="images/33song.gif"><br>
1.11 deraadt 2424: </td></tr></table>
2425: <p>
2426: <em>
2427: Written and arranged by Ty Semaka.
2428: Co-arranged, recorded, mixed & mastered by Jonathan Lewis.
2429: <br>
2430: Vocals by DeVille, guitar by Sean Desmond, bass by Ian Knox,
2431: drums by John McNiel, violin by Jonathan Lewis.
2432: </em>
2433:
2434: <br>
2435: <hr>
1.9 millert 2436: <a name=32></a>
1.33 deraadt 2437: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="32.html">
2438: 3.2: "Goldflipper"</a></font></h2>
1.11 deraadt 2439: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%">
2440: <tr>
2441: <td valign="top" width="33%">
1.33 deraadt 2442: <a href="orders.html">[Order OpenBSD 3.2 or other items]</a><br>
1.11 deraadt 2443: OpenBSD 3.2 CD2 track 2 is an<br>
2444: uncompressed copy of this song.<br>
2445: <br>
1.76 deraadt 2446: 3:00 minutes
2447: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song32.mp3">(MP3 2.5MB)</a>
2448: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song32.ogg">(OGG 2.3MB)</a><br>
1.11 deraadt 2449: <br>
1.76 deraadt 2450: <a href="images/MrPond.gif">
2451: <img height=313 width=255 alt="Mr Pond" src="images/MrPond.gif"></a>
1.11 deraadt 2452: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
1.9 millert 2453: Goldflipper<br>
2454: With golden skin<br>
2455: and flippers as sharp as a knife<br>
2456: He's the machine<br>
2457: Designed to dismember your life<br>
2458: <p>
2459: And the fish<br>
2460: Protecting us all from the cat<br>
2461: And the cat<br>
2462: Infecting the wo-orld for a laugh<br>
2463: <p>
2464: Cyborg on a mission<br>
2465: To do some Puff fishin'<br>
2466: The doctor wants fugu tonight!<br>
2467: <p>
2468: (short instrumental intro)
1.1 deraadt 2469: <p>
1.9 millert 2470: You'll need some machismo to<br>
2471: catch the spikey one<br>
2472: He's got guts and gizmos to<br>
2473: make the system run<br>
1.1 deraadt 2474: <p>
1.9 millert 2475: But Flip's here for fun<br>
2476: and without a gun<br>
2477: He'll dice you with his Golden fin<br>
1.1 deraadt 2478: <p>
1.9 millert 2479: She's all over Puff cause he's<br>
2480: such a sexy catch<br>
2481: Is she spying on him or<br>
2482: just a seafood match?<br>
1.1 deraadt 2483: <p>
1.9 millert 2484: Oh double seven<br>
2485: Send me to Heaven<br>
2486: Cause for Mr. Po-o-o-ond<br>
1.1 deraadt 2487: <p>
1.9 millert 2488: The women are fond<br>
2489: She knows what to do<br>
2490: She'll turn Gold to goo<br>
1.1 deraadt 2491: <p>
1.9 millert 2492: Goldflipper is gone<br>
2493: Gold flipper's goooooooooooooone<br>
1.11 deraadt 2494: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
2495: <br>
2496: </td></tr></table>
1.1 deraadt 2497: <p>
2498: <em>
1.9 millert 2499: Lyrics by Ty Semaka. Arranged by Ty Semaka & Jonathan Lewis.
1.1 deraadt 2500: <br>
1.9 millert 2501: Base & drum programming, recording, mixing & mastering by
2502: Jonathan Lewis. Vocals by Onalea Gilbertson. Sax by Dan Meichel.
2503: Trumpet & Trombone by Craig Soby.
1.1 deraadt 2504: </em>
2505:
2506: <br>
2507: <hr>
1.3 ian 2508: <a name=31></a>
1.33 deraadt 2509: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="31.html">
2510: 3.1: "Systemagic"</a></font></h2>
1.11 deraadt 2511: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%">
2512: <tr>
2513: <td valign="top" width="33%">
1.33 deraadt 2514: <a href="orders.html">[Order OpenBSD 3.1 or other items]</a><br>
1.11 deraadt 2515: OpenBSD 3.1 CD2 track 2 is an<br>
2516: uncompressed copy of this song.<br>
2517: <br>
1.76 deraadt 2518: 3:00 minutes
2519: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song31.mp3">(MP3 2.9MB)</a>
2520: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song31.ogg">(OGG 2.3MB)</a><br>
1.11 deraadt 2521: <br>
1.76 deraadt 2522: <a href="images/Systemagic.jpg">
2523: <img width=255 height=323 alt="Systemagic" src="images/Systemagic.jpg"></a>
1.11 deraadt 2524: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
1.1 deraadt 2525: BSD fight buffer reign<br>
2526: Flowing blood in circuit vein<br>
2527: Quagmire, Hellfire, RAMhead Count<br>
2528: Puffy rip attacker out<br>
2529: <p>
2530: Crackin' ze bathroom, Crackin' ze vault<br>
2531: Tale of the script, HEY! Secure by default<br>
2532: <p>
2533: Can't fight the Systemagic<br>
2534: Über tragic<br>
2535: Can't fight the Systemagic<br>
2536: <p>
2537: Sexty second, black cat struck<br>
2538: Breeding worm of crypto-suck<br>
2539: Hot rod box unt hunting wake<br>
2540: Vampire omellete, kitten cake<br>
1.11 deraadt 2541: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
1.1 deraadt 2542: <p>
2543: Crackin' ze boardroom, Crackin' ze vault<br>
2544: Rippin' ze bat, HEY! Secure by default<br>
2545: <p>
2546: Chorus
2547: <p>
2548: Cybersluts vit undead guts<br>
2549: Transyl-viral coffin muck<br>
2550: Penguin lurking under bed<br>
2551: Puffy hoompa on your head<br>
2552: <p>
2553: Crackin' ze bedroom, Crackin' ze vault<br>
2554: Crackin' ze whip, HEY! Secure by default<br>
2555: Crackin' ze bedroom, Crackin' ze vault<br>
2556: Crackin' ze whip, HEY! Secure by default<br>
2557: <p>
2558: Chorus<br>
1.11 deraadt 2559: </td></tr></table>
1.1 deraadt 2560: <p>
2561: <em>
1.3 ian 2562: Produced & Directed by Ty Semaka and Ian Knox.
1.1 deraadt 2563: Written, Arranged and Performed by Ty Semaka (vocals, lyrics), Ian Knox (bass,
2564: drum programming), and Sean Desmond (guitar).
2565: <br>
1.3 ian 2566: Recorded & Mixed at Ruffmix Audio Productions (Calgary) by Kelly Mihalicz.
1.1 deraadt 2567: <br>
2568: Mastered by Jonathan Lewis.
2569: </em>
2570:
1.8 millert 2571: <br>
2572: <hr>
1.9 millert 2573: <a name=30></a>
1.33 deraadt 2574: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="30.html">
2575: 3.0: "E-Railed (OpenBSD Mix)"</a></font></h2>
1.11 deraadt 2576: <p>
2577: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="95%">
2578: <tr>
1.76 deraadt 2579: <td valign="top" width="33%">
1.33 deraadt 2580: <a href="orders.html">[Order OpenBSD 3.0 or other items]</a><br>
1.11 deraadt 2581: OpenBSD 3.0 CD2 track 2 is an<br>
2582: uncompressed copy of this song.<br>
2583: <br>
1.76 deraadt 2584: 3:00 minutes
2585: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song30.mp3">(MP3 2.9MB)</a>
2586: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song30.ogg">(OGG 2.3MB)</a><br>
1.11 deraadt 2587: <br>
1.76 deraadt 2588: <a href="images/Rock.jpg">
2589: <img width=255 height=323 alt="Rock" src="images/Rock.jpg"></a>
1.11 deraadt 2590: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
1.76 deraadt 2591: <br>
2592: <br>
1.9 millert 2593: Don't tell anyone I'm free<br>
2594: Don't tell anyone I'm free<br>
1.8 millert 2595: <p>
1.9 millert 2596: During these hostile and trying times and what-not<br>
2597: OpenBSD may be your family's only line of defense<br>
1.8 millert 2598: <p>
1.9 millert 2599: I'm secure by default<br>
1.8 millert 2600: <p>
1.27 deraadt 2601: They that can give up liberty to obtain a little temporary safety<br>
1.9 millert 2602: deserve neither liberty nor safety<br>
1.8 millert 2603: <p>
1.9 millert 2604: RELEASE TIME!!!!<br>
1.8 millert 2605: <p>
1.16 deraadt 2606: Stay off, stay off, stay off...<br>
1.9 millert 2607: I'm secure by default<br>
2608: stay off, stay off, stay off<br>
1.8 millert 2609: <br>
1.11 deraadt 2610: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
1.8 millert 2611: <br>
1.11 deraadt 2612: </td></tr></table>
2613: <p>
1.8 millert 2614: <em>
1.9 millert 2615: By The Plaid Tongued Devils. Produced & Arranged by Ty Semaka & Wynn Gogol.
2616: <br>
2617: Written & Performed by Gordon Chipp Robb (bass line),
1.35 nick 2618: John McNiel (drums), Ty Semaka (vocals & lyrics), and Wynn Gogol (programming).
1.9 millert 2619: <br>
2620: Recorded, Mixed & Mastered by Wynn Gogol of Workshop Recording Studios (Victoria BC).
1.8 millert 2621: <br>
1.9 millert 2622: Check out <a href="http://www.thedevils.com">http://www.thedevils.com</a>
1.8 millert 2623: </em>
2624:
1.1 deraadt 2625: <hr>
1.79 deraadt 2626: <a href="index.html"><img height="24" width="24" src="back.gif" border="0" alt="OpenBSD"></a>
2627: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.111 ! deraadt 2628: <br><small>$OpenBSD: lyrics.html,v 1.110 2009/04/09 05:47:36 deraadt Exp $</small>
1.79 deraadt 2629:
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