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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.
1.112 deraadt 176: Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Jonathan Lewis of
177: Moxam Studios (<a mailto:moxamstudios@hotmail.com>moxamstudios@hotmail.com</a>).
1.108 deraadt 178: <br>
179: <br>
180: </em>
181:
182: <hr>
1.104 deraadt 183: <a name=44></a>
184: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="44.html">
185: 4.4: "Trial of the BSD Knights"</a></font></h2>
186: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%">
187: <tr>
188: <td valign="top" width="33%">
189: <a href="orders.html">[Order OpenBSD 4.4 or other items]</a><br>
190: OpenBSD 4.4 CD2 track 2 is an<br>
191: uncompressed copy of this song.<br>
192: <br>
193: 3:05 minutes
194: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song44.mp3">(MP3 5.6MB)</a>
195: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song44.ogg">(OGG 4.4MB)</a><br>
196: <br>
197: <a href="images/SourceWars.jpg">
198: <img width=227 height=343 alt="XXX" src="images/SourceWars.jpg"></a>
199: <br>
200: <br>
201: <em>
202: Nearly 10 years ago Kirk McKusick wrote a history of
203: the Berkeley Unix distributions for the
204: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D1565925823/openbsdA/">
205: O'Reilly book "Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution"</a>.
206: We recommend you read his story, entitled
207: <a href="http://oreilly.com/catalog/opensources/book/kirkmck.html">
208: "Twenty Years of Berkeley Unix
209: From AT&T-Owned to Freely Redistributable"</a>
210: first, to see how Kirk remembers how we got here.
211: Sadly, since it showed up in book form originally, this text has
212: probably not been read by enough people.
213: <br>
214: <br>
215: The USL(AT&T) vs BSDI/UCB court case settlement documents were
216: not public until recently; their disclosure has made the facts more clear.
217: But the story of how three people decided to free the BSD codebase
218: of corporate pollution -- and release it freely -- is more interesting
219: than the lawsuit which followed. Sure, a stupid lawsuit happened which
220: hindered the acceptance of the BSD code during a critical period.
221: But how did a bunch of guys go through the effort of replacing so
222: much AT&T code in the first place? After all, companies had
223: lots of really evil lawyers back then too -- were they not afraid?
224: <br>
225: <br>
226: After a decade of development, most of the AT&T code had
227: already been replaced by university researchers and their associates.
228: So Keith Bostic, Mike Karels and Kirk McKusick (the main UCB CSRG group)
229: started going through the 4.3BSD codebase to cleanse the rest.
230: Keith, in particular, built a ragtag team (in those days, USENIX
231: conferences were a gold mine for such team building) and led these
232: rebels to rewrite and replace all the Imperial AT&T code, piece by
233: piece, starting with the libraries and userland programs.
234: Anyone who helped only got credit as a Contributor -- people like
235: Chris Torek and a cast of .. hundreds more.
236: <br>
237: <br>
1.105 deraadt 238: Then Mike and Kirk purified the kernel. After a bit more careful
1.104 deraadt 239: checking, this led to the release of a clean tree called Net/2 which
240: was given to the world in June 1991 -- the largest dump of free source
241: code the world had ever received (for those days -- not modern monsters like OpenOffice).
242: <br>
243: <br>
244: Some of these ragtags formed a company (BSDi) to sell a production system
245: based on this free code base, and a year later Unix System Laboratories
246: (basically AT&T) sued BSDi and UCB.
247: Eventually AT&T lost and after a few trifling fixes (described in the
248: lawsuit documents) the codebase was free. A few newer developments
249: (and more free code) were added, and released in June 1994 as 4.4BSD-Lite.
250: Just over 14 years later OpenBSD is releasing its own 4.4 release (and for
251: a lot less than <a href=orders.html>$1000 per copy</a>).
252: <br>
253: <br>
254: The OpenBSD 4.4 release is dedicated to Keith Bostic, Mike Karels, Kirk McKusick,
255: and all of those who contributed to making Net/2 and 4.4BSD-Lite free.
256: <br>
257: </em>
258: </td><td valign="top" width="3%">
259: <br>
260: </td><td valign=top width="30%">
261: <br>
262: <center>
263: <br>
264: Source Wars<br>
265: Episode IV<br>
266: Trial of the BSD Knights<br>
267: </center>
268: <br>
269: Not so very long ago<br>
270: and not so far away<br>
271: AT&T made system code<br>
272: and gave some bits away<br>
273: <br>
274: Some Berkeley geeks rebuilt it<br>
275: better, faster, more diverse<br>
276: This open thing was wonderful<br>
277: for everyone on Earth<br>
278: <br>
279: And then the roaring 90's came<br>
280: The Empire changed its mind<br>
281: And good old greed was back again<br>
282: The geeks were in a legal bind<br>
283: <br>
284: The Empire's Unix Lab<br>
285: sued BSDi from above<br>
286: The code is free but<br>
287: only we can sell it bub!<br>
288: <br>
289: The University came calling<br>
290: in full protective mode<br>
1.106 deraadt 291: and proved the source in Net/2<br>
1.104 deraadt 292: didn't use the Empire's code<br>
293: <br>
294: Then Bostic brought the Empire's books<br>
295: n' slammed them dandys down<br>
296: And showed the giant chunks<br>
297: of BSD code all around<br>
298: <br>
299: They didn't even give an ounce<br>
300: of credit front to back<br>
301: This broke the license USL<br>
302: was using to attack<br>
303: <br>
304: The case was thrown out by the judge<br>
305: and "settled" out of court<br>
306: And UCB was big enough<br>
307: to take it like a sport<br>
308: <br>
309: And to this day the geekfolk say<br>
310: Now did we win or lose?<br>
311: They shoulda made 'em reprint<br>
312: every book with proper dues<br>
313: <br>
314: And take out ads in major rags<br>
315: apologetically<br>
316: And maybe now it wouldn't be<br>
317: the same monopoly<br>
318: <br>
319: The Empire might have tumbled<br>
320: down if everybody saw<br>
321: How greed became so big<br>
322: they couldn't see that glaring flaw<br>
323: <br>
324: But only one community<br>
325: the one that makes it tick<br>
326: Is there to fight for everyone<br>
327: exposing hypocrites<br>
328: <br>
329: And OpenBSD is here<br>
330: to tell the story right<br>
331: Once again the fight is fought<br>
332: and kept in shining light<br>
333: <br>
334: And may the source be with you<br>
335: May the Empire fall apart<br>
336: Ya like that's gonna happen!<br>
337: But we gotta keep heart!<br>
338: <br>
339: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
340: <img width=395 height=1800 src="images/44song.jpg"><br>
341: </td></tr></table>
342: <p>
343: <em>
344: Music written and arranged by Jonathan Lewis. Lyrics and vocals by Ty Semaka.
345: Clarinet by Cedric Blary. Alto Sax 1 & 2, Tenor Sax by Lincoln Frey.
346: Drum, Bass, and Steel Drum programming by Jonathan Lewis.
1.112 deraadt 347: Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Jonathan Lewis of
348: Moxam Studios (<a mailto:moxamstudios@hotmail.com>moxamstudios@hotmail.com</a>).
1.104 deraadt 349: <br>
350: <br>
351: </em>
1.20 deraadt 352:
353: <hr>
1.95 deraadt 354: <a name=43></a>
355: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="43.html">
356: 4.3: "Home to Hypocrisy"</a></font></h2>
357: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%">
358: <tr>
359: <td valign="top" width="33%">
360: <a href="orders.html">[Order OpenBSD 4.3 or other items]</a><br>
361: OpenBSD 4.3 CD2 track 2 is an<br>
362: uncompressed copy of this song.<br>
363: <br>
364: 4:48 minutes
365: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song43.mp3">(MP3 8.2MB)</a>
366: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song43.ogg">(OGG 6.5MB)</a><br>
367: <br>
368: <a href="images/Cryptonaut.jpg">
369: <img width=227 height=343 alt="Cryptonaut" src="images/Cryptonaut.jpg"></a>
370: <br>
371: <br>
372: <em>
373: We are just plain tired of being lectured to by a man
374: who is a lot like
375: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/08/campbell_grounded/">Naomi Campbell</a>.
376: <br>
377: <br>
378: In 1998 when a United Airlines plane was waiting in the queue at
1.102 deraadt 379: Washington Dulles International Airport for take-off to New Orleans
380: (where a Usenix conference was taking place), one man stood up from
381: his seat, demanded that they stop waiting in the queue and be permitted
1.95 deraadt 382: to deplane. Even after orders from the crew and a pilot from
383: the cockpit he refused to sit down. The plane exited the queue
1.96 deraadt 384: and returned to the airport gangway. Security personnel ran onto
1.95 deraadt 385: the plane and removed this man, Richard Stallman, from the plane.
386: After Richard was removed from the plane, everyone else stayed
387: onboard and continued their journey to New Orleans. A few
388: OpenBSD developers were on that same plane, seated very closeby,
389: so we have an accurate story of the events.
390: <br>
391: <br>
392: This is the man who presumes that he should preach to us
393: about morality, freedom, and what is best for us. He believes
394: it is his God-given role to tell us what is best for us, when he
395: has shown that he takes actions which are not best for everyone.
396: He prefers actions which he thinks are best for him -- and him
397: alone -- and then lies to the public. Richard Stallman is no Spock.
398: <br>
399: <br>
400: We release our software in ways that are maximally free. We
401: remove all restrictions on use and distribution, but leave a
402: requirement to be known as the authors. We follow a pattern of
403: free source code distribution that started in the mid-1980's
404: in Berkeley, from before Richard Stallman had any powerful
405: influence which he could use so falsely.
406: <br>
407: <br>
408: We have a development sub-tree called "ports". Our "ports" tree
409: builds software that is 'found on the net' into packages that
410: OpenBSD users can use more easily. A scaffold of Makefiles and
411: scripts automatically fetch these pieces of software, apply
412: patches as required by OpenBSD, and then build them into nice
413: neat little tarballs. This is provided as a convenience for
1.97 okan 414: users. The ports tree is maintained by OpenBSD entirely separately
1.95 deraadt 415: from our main source tree. Some of the software which is fetched
416: and compiled is not as free as we would like, but what can we do.
417: All the other operating system projects make exactly the same
418: decision, and provide these same conveniences to their users.
419: <br>
420: <br>
421: Richard felt that this "ports tree" of ours made OpenBSD non-free.
422: He came to our mailing lists and lectured to us specifically, yet
423: he said nothing to the many other vendors who do the same; many of
424: them donate to the FSF and perhaps that has something to do with it.
425: Meanwhile, Richard has personally made sure that all the official
426: GNU software -- including Emacs -- compiles and runs on Windows.
427: <br>
428: <br>
429: That man is a false leader. He is a hypocrite. There may be some
430: people who listen to him. But we don't listen to people who do not
431: follow their own stupid rules.
432: </em>
433: </td><td valign="top" width="3%">
434: <br>
435: </td><td valign=top width="30%">
436: <br>
437:
438: <br>
439: Puffy and the mighty Cryptonauts<br>
440: Trading with new lands by open C<br>
441: Corporate monsters, many closing passages<br>
442: Tempting harpies<br>
443: 13 years of treachery<br>
444: <br>
445: <br>
446: Journey's over, welcome home the heroes<br>
447: Offering the bounty of their trade<br>
448: Useful clothing spun from the golden fleece<br>
449: For the people, free and very strongly made<br>
450: <br>
451: <br>
452: But something's wrong with them<br>
453: They will not take our free wares<br>
454: "What's the matter good people?<br>
1.99 deraadt 455: Why are you so scared?<br>
456: Why?"<br>
1.95 deraadt 457: <br>
458: <br>
459: Then one brave soul spoke out<br>
460: "We're not allowed to take your gifts<br>
1.98 okan 461: Hypocrites has spoken<br>
1.95 deraadt 462: There are many new laws"<br>
463: <br>
464: <br>
1.98 okan 465: Hypocrites appears<br>
1.95 deraadt 466: "Puffy!<br>
467: You must obey my new rules!"<br>
468: <br>
469: <br>
470: "First rule one dictates<br>
471: You cannot give your code away"<br>
472: <br>
473: <br>
474: (In Greek) To your health, Nick, great bouzouki player and cool dude.<br>
475: <br>
476: <br>
477: "And rule two dictates<br>
478: You must give it to me<br>
479: So I can give it away properly for free"<br>
480: <br>
481: <br>
482: "The list goes on of course<br>
483: But for traders this is all you need"<br>
484: <br>
485: <br>
486: "This is madness!<br>
487: He has lost his mind!<br>
488: This defies the first law of free trade<br>
489: Rule zero came before this rule one<br>
490: Freedom means you cannot dictate to anyone"<br>
491: <br>
492: <br>
493: Then Hypocrites goes mad.<br>
494: <br>
495: <br>
496: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
497: <img width=395 height=1720 src="images/43song.gif"><br>
498: </td></tr></table>
499: <p>
500: <em>
501: Music written and arranged by Jonathan Lewis. Lyrics by Ty Semaka and
502: Nikkos Diochnos. Vocals and bouzouki by Nikkos Diochnos. Baglama,
503: second bouzouki, violin, bass, and drum programming by Stelios Pulos,
1.101 naddy 504: né Jonathan Lewis. Guitar by Methodios Valtiotis, né Allen Baekeland.
505: Percussion by Pentelis Yiannikopulos, né Ben Johnson. Recorded, mixed,
1.112 deraadt 506: and mastered by Jonathan Lewis of
507: Moxam Studios (<a mailto:moxamstudios@hotmail.com>moxamstudios@hotmail.com</a>).
1.95 deraadt 508: <br>
509: <br>
510: </em>
511:
512: <hr>
1.90 deraadt 513: <a name=42></a>
514: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="42.html">
515: 4.2: "100001 1010101"</a></font></h2>
516: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%">
517: <tr>
518: <td valign="top" width="33%">
519: <a href="orders.html">[Order OpenBSD 4.2 or other items]</a><br>
520: OpenBSD 4.2 CD2 track 2 is an<br>
521: uncompressed copy of this song.<br>
522: <br>
523: 4:40 minutes
524: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song42.mp3">(MP3 4.0MB)</a>
525: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song42.ogg">(OGG 6.4MB)</a><br>
526: <br>
527: <a href="images/Marathon.jpg">
528: <img width=227 height=343 alt="Marathon" src="images/Marathon.jpg"></a>
529: <br>
530: <br>
531: <em>
532: Those of us who work on OpenBSD are often asked why we do what we do.
1.91 merdely 533: This song's lyrics express the core motivations and goals which have
1.90 deraadt 534: remained unchanged over the years - secure, free, reliable software,
535: that can be shared with anyone. Many other projects purport to share
536: these same goals, and love to wrap themselves in a banner of "Open
537: Source" and "Free Software". Given how many projects there are one
538: would think it might be easy to stick to those goals, but it doesn't
539: seem to work out that way. A variety of desires drag many projects
540: away from the ideals very quickly.
541: <p>
1.93 jmc 542: Much of any operating system's usability depends on device support,
1.91 merdely 543: and there are some very tempting alternative ways to support devices
1.90 deraadt 544: available to those who will surrender their moral code. A project
545: could compromise by entering into NDA agreements with vendors, or
546: including binary objects in the operating system for which no source
547: code exists, or tying their users down with contract terms hidden
548: inside copyright notices. All of these choices surrender some subset
549: of the ideals, and we simply will not do this. Sure, we care about
550: getting devices working, but not at the expense of our original goals.
551: <p>
552: Of course since "free to share with anyone" is part of our goals,
553: we've been at the forefront of many licensing and NDA issues,
1.91 merdely 554: resulting in a good number of successes. This success had led to much
1.90 deraadt 555: recognition for the advancement of Free Software causes, but has also
556: led to other issues.
557: <p>
558: We fully admit that some BSD licensed software has been taken and used
559: by many commercial entities, but contributions come back more often
560: than people seem to know, and when they do, they're always still
561: properly attributed to the original authors, and given back in the
562: same spirit that they were given in the first place.
563: <p>
564: That's the best we can expect from companies. After all, we make our
565: stuff so free so that everyone can benefit -- it remains a core goal;
566: we really have not strayed at all in 10 years. But we can expect more
567: from projects who talk about sharing -- such as the various Linux
568: projects.
569: <p>
570: Now rather than seeing us as friends who can cooperatively improve all
571: codebases, we are seen as foes who oppose the GPL. The participants
572: of "the race" are being manipulated by the FSF and their legal arm, the
573: SFLC, for the FSF's aims, rather than the goal of getting good source
574: into Linux (and all other code bases). We don't want this to come off
575: as some conspiracy theory, but we simply urge those developers caution
576: -- they should ensure that the path they are being shown by those who
577: have positioned themselves as leaders is still true. Run for yourself,
578: not for their agenda.
579: <p>
580: The Race is there to be run, for ourselves, not for others. We do
581: what we do to run our own race, and finish it the best we can. We
582: don't rush off at every distraction, or worry how this will affect our
583: image. We are here to have fun doing right.
584: <p>
585: </em>
586: </td><td valign="top" width="3%">
587: <br>
588: </td><td valign=top width="30%">
589: <br>
590: The starting line is nervous<br>
591: we burst upon the course<br>
592: Electric is our passion<br>
593: An open hearted force<br>
594: <br>
595: The water's full of dangers<br>
596: That interrupt the flow<br>
597: And soon the spirit splinters<br>
1.92 deraadt 598: as temptation takes its toll<br>
1.90 deraadt 599: <br>
600: *Give and get back some<br>
601: Sharing it all<br>
602: Path we know best<br>
603: we're having a ball<br>
604: Opulent mission<br>
605: Lost in our passion<br>
606: You can still choose<br>
607: If you don't swim to win<br>
608: you'll never lose*<br>
609: <br>
610: One Zero Zero Zero Zero One<br>
611: <br>
612: The window is a wall by now<br>
613: A sieve of sickened holes<br>
614: The water chicken stealing maps<br>
615: Mistaking us for foes<br>
616: <br>
617: The sun a son of Icarus<br>
618: Flies too close to itself<br>
619: Forbidden fruit is blinded<br>
620: by the toys upon the shelf<br>
621: <br>
622: *CHORUS*<br>
623: <br>
624: One Zero One Zero One Zero One<br>
625: <br>
626: Slow and steady wins they say<br>
627: but this is not a race<br>
628: It's not about who takes a prize<br>
629: for first or second place<br>
630: <br>
631: Imaginary rings of brass<br>
632: Were traded for real goals<br>
633: The vision and the mission lost<br>
634: For those with corporate souls<br>
635: <br>
636: *Give and get back some<br>
637: Sharing it all<br>
638: Path we know best<br>
639: we're having a ball<br>
640: Give and get zeros<br>
641: Give and get ones<br>
642: Given to you but<br>
643: Not you to us<br>
644: Opulent mission<br>
645: Lost in our passion<br>
646: You can still choose<br>
647: If you don't swim to win<br>
648: you'll never lose<br>
649: You'll never lose*<br>
650: <br>
651: <br>
652: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
653: <img width=396 height=1876 src="images/42song.gif"><br>
654: </td></tr></table>
655: <p>
656: <em>
657: Music written and arranged by Jonathan Lewis. Recorded, mixed and
1.112 deraadt 658: mastered by Jonathan Lewis of
659: Moxam Studios (<a mailto:moxamstudios@hotmail.com>moxamstudios@hotmail.com</a>).
1.90 deraadt 660: Vocals by Duncan McDonnald (www.thegreatgavalan.com). Drums by
661: John McNeil. Guitar by Jeff Drummond. Bass and keyboards by
662: Jonathan Lewis. Lyrics by Ty Semaka and Theo de Raadt.
663: <br>
664: <br>
665: </em>
666:
667: <hr>
1.81 deraadt 668: <a name=41></a>
669: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="41.html">
670: 4.1: "Puffy Baba and the 40 Vendors"</a></font></h2>
671: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%">
672: <tr>
673: <td valign="top" width="33%">
674: <a href="orders.html">[Order OpenBSD 4.1 or other items]</a><br>
675: OpenBSD 4.1 CD2 track 2 is an<br>
676: uncompressed copy of this song.<br>
677: <br>
678: 4:19 minutes
679: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song41.mp3">(MP3 4.1MB)</a>
680: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song41.ogg">(OGG 8.3MB)</a><br>
681: <br>
682: <a href="images/PuffyBaba.jpg">
683: <img width=227 height=343 alt="PuffyBaba" src="images/PuffyBaba.jpg"></a>
684: <br>
685: <br>
686: <em>
687: As developers of a free operating system, one of our prime responsibilities
688: is device support. No matter how nice an operating system is, it remains
689: useless and unusable without solid support for a wide percentage of the
690: hardware that is available on the market. It is therefore rather unsurprising
691: that more than half of our efforts focus on various aspects relating to
692: device support.
693: <p>
1.85 mbalmer 694: Most parts of the operating system (from low kernel, through to libraries,
1.81 deraadt 695: all the way up to X, and then even to applications) use fairly obvious
696: interface layers, where the "communication protocols" or "argument passing"
697: mechanisms (ie. APIs) can be understood by any developer who takes the
698: time to read the free code. Device drivers pose an additional and significant
699: challenge though: because many vendors refuse to document the exact behavior
700: of their devices. The devices are black boxes. And often they are surprisingly
701: weird, or even buggy.
702: <p>
703: When vendor documentation does not exist, the development process can
704: become extremely hairy. Groups of developers have found themselves focused
705: for months at a time, figuring out the most simple steps, simply because
706: the hardware is a complete mystery. Access to documentation can ease
707: these difficulties rapidly. However, getting access to the chip documentation
708: from vendors is ... almost always a negotiation. If we had open access to
1.84 matthieu 709: documentation, anyone would be able to see how simple all these devices
1.81 deraadt 710: actually are, and device driver development would flourish (and not just in
711: OpenBSD, either).
712: <p>
713: When we proceed into negotiations with vendors, asking for documentation,
714: our position is often weak. One would assume that the modern market is fair,
715: and that selling chips would be the primary focus of these vendors. But
716: unfortunately a number of behemoth software vendors have spent the last 10 or
717: 20 years building
1.83 wvdputte 718: <a href="papers/brhard2007/mgp00024.html">
1.81 deraadt 719: political hurdles against the smaller players</a>.
720: <p>
1.82 jsg 721: A particularly nasty player in this regard has been the Linux vendors and
1.87 tom 722: some Linux developers, who have played along with an American corporate model
1.81 deraadt 723: of requiring NDAs for chip documentation. This has effectively put Linux
724: into the club with Microsoft, but has left all the other operating system
725: communities -- and their developers -- with much less available clout for
726: requesting documentation. In a more fair world, the Linux vendors would
727: work with us, and the device driver support in all free operating systems
728: would be fantastic by now.
729: <p>
730: We only ask that
1.83 wvdputte 731: <a href="papers/brhard2007/mgp00027.html">
1.81 deraadt 732: users help</a> us in changing the political landscape.
733: </em>
734: </td><td valign="top" width="3%">
735: <br>
736: </td><td valign=top width="30%">
737: <br>
738: Here's an old story ...<br>
739: <br>
740: <br>
741: Puffy Baba and the 40 Vendors<br>
742: We all know the details<br>
743: Magic cave, magic words, some thieves,<br>
744: some serious loot,<br>
745: and lucky - Mister - Baba<br>
746: Who got a bad rap if you ask me<br>
747: The little guy who<br>
748: did the best with what he had<br>
749: <br>
750: <br>
751: Here are Mr. Baba's lessons<br>
752: Load one ass, take a few trips and spend<br>
753: in moderation<br>
754: Three things the average man can't - get - right<br>
755: <br>
756: <br>
757: If you know your brother is a greedy bastard<br>
758: never give him the password<br>
759: If he goes penguin on you,<br>
760: stop - being - his brother.<br>
761: When a cave is guarded by magic lawyers<br>
1.86 tom 762: A sea of blood will be its doormat<br>
1.81 deraadt 763: So do the best with what you have<br>
764: <br>
765: <br>
766: Beyond the lessons - you must know this<br>
767: that the Devil is as real as your address<br>
768: But unlike Vendors,<br>
769: he at least keeps the door open<br>
770: <br>
771: <br>
772: Vendors of water that should be free<br>
773: Look upon their words and despair<br>
774: Their badvertising made a thief of my brother<br>
775: then made him better off dead<br>
776: Now he hasn't got shit to do his best with<br>
777: <br>
778: <br>
779: Gratis. Free. Libre. Cuffo.<br>
780: The companies of thieves stole every good adjective<br>
781: and left us with open source (sores)<br>
782: sharing smaller and smaller bandages<br>
783: for each consecutive cut<br>
784: But with the salty water of labour<br>
785: parched desert becomes pregnant black soil<br>
786: <br>
787: <br>
788: It's not whether you're well off<br>
789: it's where you dig the well<br>
790: The best the little guy can do is what<br>
791: the little guy does right<br>
792: <br>
793: <br>
794: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
795: <img width=396 height=1904 src="images/41song.gif"><br>
796: </td></tr></table>
797: <p>
798: <em>
1.112 deraadt 799: Recorded, mixed and mastered by Jonathan Lewis of
800: Moxam Studios (<a mailto:moxamstudios@hotmail.com>moxamstudios@hotmail.com</a>).
801: Voice by Richard Sixto. Lyrics by Ty Semaka.
1.81 deraadt 802: <br>
803: <br>
804: </em>
805:
806: <hr>
1.76 deraadt 807: <a name=audio_extra></a>
808: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="items.html#audio">
809: "OpenVOX"</a></font></h2>
810: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%">
811: <tr>
812: <td valign="top" width="33%">
813: <a href="orders.html">[Order the OpenBSD audio CD or other items]</a><br>
814: These are the lyrics for the extra track on the OpenBSD Audio CD.<br>
815: <br>
816: 4:00 minutes
817: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/songty.mp3">(MP3 3.9MB)</a>
818: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/songty.ogg">(OGG 6.0MB)</a><br>
819: <br>
820: <img height=158 width=158 hspace="5" src="images/cdaudio-m.gif">
821: <br>
822: <br>
823: <em>
824: This is an <a href="#audio_extra">extra track</a> by the artist Ty Semaka
825: (who really has "had Puffy on his mind") which we included on the audio CD.
826: <p>
827: This song details the process that Ty has to go through to make the art
828: and music for each OpenBSD release.
829: Ty and Theo really do go to a (very specific) bar and discuss what is
830: going on in the project, and then try to find a theme that will work...
1.111 deraadt 831: <p>
832: <a href="https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order?CDA1=1&CDA1=Add">
833: Order this CDROM from our International site.</a>
834: <p>
835: The OpenBSD Audio celebrates the artwork and songs that
836: have been released with each OpenBSD release. All the
837: songs from the 3.0 to 4.0 releases are included (plus
838: one bonus track by Ty Semaka explaining his role in the
839: development of the art that accompanies OpenBSD releases).
840: <p>
841: Includes a 11cm silver-on-clear die-cut wireframe Puffy sticker!
1.76 deraadt 842: </em>
843: </td><td valign="top" width="3%">
844: <br>
845: </td><td valign=top width="30%">
846: Be Open<br>
847: Be Vocal<br>
848: Stay Open<br>
849: Stay Vocal<br>
850: <br>
851: (repeat)<br>
852: <br>
853: OpenBSD<br>
854: <br>
855: Twice a year,<br>
856: me an' Theo Theorize over beer<br>
857: at the Ship and outhip all the misers<br>
858: and take strips out of liars.<br>
859: He sits me down and he tries to explain:<br>
860: He says "The badabadabingabanger<br>
861: button on the raidorama cuttin'<br>
1.78 deraadt 862: on the systematicalifornication<br>
1.76 deraadt 863: and a license application<br>
864: is a fishybomination<br>
865: and a random allocation<br>
866: got a copywritten melanoma<br>
867: sasafrazzin' wireless device".<br>
868: OK stop.<br>
869: I get it.<br>
870: Some asshole lied.<br>
871: <br>
872: And then he says,<br>
1.78 deraadt 873: "The crashorama villaination<br>
1.76 deraadt 874: lawyerific pornication threatifies<br>
875: the only honest hackerammerunderider<br>
876: in the cyber cider documation<br>
877: universal anagrama-attic (I'm outta here)<br>
878: cohabitationizizingation"<br>
879: OK stop.<br>
880: I get it.<br>
881: <a href="http://developer.osdl.org/dev/opendrivers/summit2006/james_ketrenos.pdf">
882: Some asshole said he was "open"<br>
883: but he was only open for business.<br></a>
884: I get it.<br>
885: Where's my pencils?<br>
886: Bring me my mic!<br>
887: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
888: Be Open<br>
889: Be Vocal<br>
890: Stay Open<br>
891: Stay Vocal<br>
892: <br>
893: (repeat)<br>
894: <br>
895: Then he has another beer and<br>
896: gets all, you know, pushy.<br>
897: Make Puffy kill pussies?<br>
898: And too much thinkin' and kitchen sinkin'<br>
899: the drawings or toons I should say,<br>
900: where a fish can talk, be an agent<br>
901: a hit man or walk, and ride horses<br>
902: and forces my hand to make Puffy a spy<br>
903: or a cowboy, or WHY a little girl, in a dream<br>
904: and fake Floyd as the theme?<br>
905: And squeeze in five concepts<br>
906: every time, every song!<br>
907: And the geeks and Theo lose it<br>
908: if I draw the device wrong!<br>
909: "It's four little buttons not five Ty"<br>
910: And pretty soon I'll be losing my mind<br>
911: cause it's a f@#!kin' cartoon!<br>
912: <br>
913: (beat boxin')<br>
914: <br>
915: <br>
916: </td></tr></table>
917: <p>
918: <em>
919: <br>
920: </em>
921:
922: <hr>
923: <a name=40></a>
924: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="40.html">
925: 4.0: "Humppa Negala"</a></font></h2>
926: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%">
927: <tr>
928: <td valign="top" width="33%">
929: <a href="orders.html">[Order OpenBSD 4.0 or other items]</a><br>
930: OpenBSD 4.0 CD2 track 2 is an<br>
931: uncompressed copy of this song.<br>
932: <br>
933: 2:40 minutes
934: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song40.mp3">(MP3 2.3MB)</a>
935: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song40.ogg">(OGG 3.6MB)</a><br>
936: <br>
937: <a href="images/Pufferix.jpg">
938: <img width=227 height=343 alt="Pufferix" src="images/Pufferix.jpg"></a>
939: <br>
940: <br>
941: <em>
942: The last 10 years, every 6 month period has (without fail)
1.77 deraadt 943: resulted in an official OpenBSD release making it to the FTP
1.76 deraadt 944: servers. But CDs are also manufactured, which the project
1.77 deraadt 945: sells to continue our development goals.
1.76 deraadt 946: <br>
947: <br>
948: While tests of the release binaries are done by developers
1.77 deraadt 949: around the world, Theo and some developers from Calgary
950: or Edmonton (such as Peter Valchev or Bob Beck) test that
1.76 deraadt 951: the discs are full of (only) correct code. Ty Semaka works for
952: approximately two months to design and draw artwork that will fit
953: the designated theme, and coordinates with his music buddies to
954: write and record a song that also matches the theme.
955: <br>
956: <br>
957: Then the discs and all the artwork gets delivered to the plant,
958: so that they can be pressed in time for an official release date.
959: <br>
960: <br>
961: This release, instead of bemoaning vendors or organizations that
962: try to make our task of writing free software more difficult, we
963: instead celebrate the 10 years that we have been given (so far) to
964: write free software, express our themes in art, and the 5 years
965: that we have made music with a group of talented musicians.
1.77 deraadt 966: <br>
967: <br>
1.76 deraadt 968: OpenBSD developers have been torturing each other for years now
969: with Humppa-style music, so this release our users get a taste
1.77 deraadt 970: of this too. Sometimes at hackathons you will hear the same
971: songs being played on multiple laptops, out of sync. It is
972: under such duress that much of our code gets written.
1.76 deraadt 973: <br>
974: <br>
975: We feel like Pufferix and Bobilix delivering The Three Discs of
976: Freedom to those who want them whenever the need arises, then
977: returning to celebrate the (unlocked) source tree with all the
978: other developers.
979: </em>
980: </td><td valign="top" width="3%">
981: <br>
982: </td><td valign=top width="30%">
983: <br>
984: <br>
985: <br>
986: Humppa negala<br>
987: Humppa negala<br>
988: Humppa negala<br>
989: Venismechah<br>
990: <br>
991: Humppa negala<br>
992: Humppa negala<br>
993: Humppa negala<br>
994: Venismechah<br>
995: <br>
996: Humppa neranenah<br>
997: Humppa neranenah<br>
998: Humppa neranenah<br>
999: Venismechah<br>
1000: <br>
1001: Humppa neranenah<br>
1002: Humppa neranenah<br>
1003: Humppa neranenah<br>
1004: Venismechah<br>
1005: <br>
1006: Uru, uru achim!<br>
1007: Uru achim b'lev sameach<br>
1008: Uru achim b'lev sameach<br>
1009: Uru achim b'lev sameach<br>
1010: Uru achim b'lev sameach<br>
1011: uru achim!<br>
1012: uru achim!<br>
1013: OpenBSD!<br>
1014: <br>
1015: <br>
1016: (circus torture)<br>
1017: <br>
1018: <br>
1019: Humppa negala<br>
1020: Humppa negala<br>
1021: Humppa negala<br>
1022: Venismechah<br>
1023: <br>
1024: Humppa negala<br>
1025: Humppa negala<br>
1026: Humppa negala<br>
1027: Venismechah<br>
1028: <br>
1029: Humppa neranenah<br>
1030: Humppa neranenah<br>
1031: Humppa neranenah<br>
1032: Venismechah<br>
1033: <br>
1034: Humppa neranenah<br>
1035: Humppa neranenah<br>
1036: Humppa neranenah<br>
1037: Venismechah<br>
1038: <br>
1039: Uru, uru achim!<br>
1040: Uru achim b'lev sameach<br>
1041: Uru achim b'lev sameach<br>
1042: Uru achim b'lev sameach<br>
1043: Uru achim b'lev sameach<br>
1044: uru achim!<br>
1045: uru achim!<br>
1046: OpenBSD!<br>
1047: <br>
1048: <br>
1049: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
1050: <img width=396 height=1862 src="images/40song.gif"><br>
1051: </td></tr></table>
1052: <p>
1053: <em>
1.90 deraadt 1054: Based on the traditional Jewish song "Hava Nagilah" composed by Anonymous.
1.76 deraadt 1055: Section of "Enter The Gladiators" (circus theme) composed by Julius Fucik.
1.112 deraadt 1056: Recorded, mixed and mastered by Jonathan Lewis of
1057: Moxam Studios (<a mailto:moxamstudios@hotmail.com>moxamstudios@hotmail.com</a>).
1058: Accordion, Tuba and drums by Jonathan Lewis. Vocals by
1.94 tobias 1059: Ty Semaka & Jonathan Lewis.
1.76 deraadt 1060: <br>
1061: <br>
1062: </em>
1063:
1064: <hr>
1.63 deraadt 1065: <a name=39></a>
1.64 jolan 1066: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="39.html">
1.63 deraadt 1067: 3.9: "Blob!"</a></font></h2>
1068: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%">
1069: <tr>
1070: <td valign="top" width="33%">
1071: <a href="orders.html">[Order OpenBSD 3.9 or other items]</a><br>
1072: OpenBSD 3.9 CD2 track 2 is an<br>
1073: uncompressed copy of this song.<br>
1074: <br>
1.76 deraadt 1075: 4:00 minutes
1076: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song39.mp3">(MP3 7.6MB)</a>
1077: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song39.ogg">(OGG 6.0MB)</a><br>
1.63 deraadt 1078: <br>
1.76 deraadt 1079: <a href="images/Blob.jpg">
1080: <img width=227 height=343 alt="Blob" src="images/Blob.jpg"></a>
1.63 deraadt 1081: <br>
1082: <br>
1083: <em>
1084: OpenBSD emphasizes security. It also emphasizes openness. All the code
1085: is there for all to see. Blobs are vendor-compiled binary drivers
1086: without any source code. Hardware makers like them because they
1087: obscure the details of how to make their hardware work. They hide bugs
1088: and workarounds for bugs. Newer versions of blobs can weaken support
1089: for older hardware and motivate people to buy new hardware.<br>
1090: <br>
1091: <br>
1092: Blobs are expedient. Many other open source operating systems
1093: cheerfully incorporate them; in fact their users demand them.<br>
1094: <br>
1095: <br>
1096: But when you need to trust the system, how do you check the blob for
1097: quality? For adherence to standards? How do you know the blob contains
1098: no malicious code? No incompetent code? Inspection is impossible; you
1099: can only test the black box. And when it breaks, you have no idea why.<br>
1100: <br>
1101: <br>
1102: <ul>
1103: <li>Blobs can be 'de-supported' by vendors<br>
1104: at any time.<br>
1105: <br>
1106: <li>Blobs cannot be supported by developers.<br>
1107: <br>
1108: <li>Blobs cannot be fixed by developers.<br>
1109: <br>
1110: <li>Blobs cannot be improved.<br>
1111: <br>
1112: <li>Blobs cannot be audited.<br>
1113: <br>
1114: <li>
1115: Blobs are specific to an architecture, thus<br>
1116: less portable.<br>
1117: <br>
1118: <li>Blobs are quite often massively bloated.<br>
1119: </ul>
1120: <br>
1121: <br>
1122: This release, like every OpenBSD release, contains OpenBSD and its
1123: source code. It runs on a wide variety of hardware. It contains many
1124: new features and improvements. OpenBSD does attempt to convince
1125: vendors to release documentation, and often reverse-engineers around
1126: the need for blobs. OpenBSD remains blob-free. Anyone can look at it,
1127: assess it, improve it. If it breaks, it can be fixed.
1128: </em>
1129: </td><td valign="top" width="3%">
1130: <br>
1131: </td><td valign=top width="30%">
1132: <br><br><br>
1133: Little baby Blobby was a cute little baby<br>
1134: when we found him on the beach,<br>
1135: there was nothin' shady<br>
1136: you could bounce him on your knee<br>
1137: like a ba-ba-ball<br>
1138: and his first little word was adorable<br>
1139: <br>
1140: He said a blah blah blah blah blah<br>
1141: blah blah blah<br>
1142: Blah!<br>
1143: <br>
1144: <br>
1145: Thin edge of the wedge?<br>
1146: But everybody was so happy - about Blob<br>
1147: <br>
1148: <br>
1149: Blob was popular at school he was helpful too<br>
1150: He could get your motor runnin'<br>
1151: with a drop of goo<br>
1152: He was givin' it away never charged a dime<br>
1153: But by the time he graduated<br>
1154: Blob was business slime!<br>
1155: <br>
1156: He was a blah blah blah blah blah blah<br>
1157: blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah<br>
1158: blah blah<br>
1159: <br>
1160: <br>
1161: He's givin' you the Evil Eye!<br>
1162: <br>
1163: <br>
1164: Now everybody had it<br>
1165: they was drivin' around<br>
1166: They was givin' up their freedoms<br>
1167: for convenience now<br>
1168: Blobbin' up the freeway, water black as pitch<br>
1169: And somehow little Blobby was a growin' rich!<br>
1170: <br>
1171: <br>
1172: He was a blah blah blah blah blah blah<br>
1173: blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah<br>
1174: blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah<br>
1175: blah blah<br>
1176: <br>
1177: <br>
1178: It's linkin' time!<br>
1179: <br>
1180: <br>
1181: Now it was out of control<br>
1182: n' fishy's came to depend<br>
1183: on Blobby's Blob Blah, seemed to be no end<br>
1184: Then his empire spread and to their surprise<br>
1185: Blobby been a growin' to incredible size!<br>
1186: <br>
1187: <br>
1188: He's a blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah<br>
1189: blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah<br>
1190: blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah<br>
1191: blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah<br>
1192: B-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b<br>
1193: <br>
1194: <br>
1.66 deraadt 1195: Then along came a genius Doctor Puffystein<br>
1.63 deraadt 1196: And he battled the Blob<br>
1197: who had crossed the line<br>
1198: He was 50 feet tall - Doctor said "No fear"<br>
1199: I got a sample of Blob I can reverse engineer!<br>
1200: <br>
1201: <br>
1202: But it was too late!<br>
1203: Blob was takin' over the world!<br>
1204: He wants your video!<br>
1205: Ya he wants your net!<br>
1206: He wants your drive!<br>
1207: He wants it all!!<br>
1208: <br>
1209: <br>
1210: Somebody help us!<br>
1211: Noooooooo!<br>
1212: NVIDIA!<br>
1213: Intel!<br>
1214: Atheros!<br>
1215: 3-Ware!<br>
1216: VIA!<br>
1217: ATI!<br>
1218: Broadcom!<br>
1219: TI!<br>
1220: Myricom!<br>
1221: HighPoint!<br>
1222: Adaptec!<br>
1223: Mylex!<br>
1224: ICP Vortex!<br>
1225: and IBM!<br>
1226: Takin' over the world!<br>
1227: <br>
1228: <br>
1229: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
1.76 deraadt 1230: <img height=2160 width=396 src="images/39song.gif"><br>
1.63 deraadt 1231: </td></tr></table>
1232: <p>
1233: <em>
1234: Music composed by Ty Semaka and Jonathan Lewis.
1.112 deraadt 1235: Recorded, mixed and mastered by Jonathan Lewis of
1236: Moxam Studios (<a mailto:moxamstudios@hotmail.com>moxamstudios@hotmail.com</a>).
1.63 deraadt 1237: Vocals and Lyrics by <a href="http://www.tysemaka.com">Ty Semaka</a> &
1238: Theo de Raadt.
1239: Bass guitar, organ and bubbles by Jonathan Lewis.
1240: Guitar by <a href="http://www.tom-bagley.com">Tom Bagley</a>.
1241: Drums by Jim Buick.
1242: <br>
1243: <br>
1244: </em>
1245:
1246: <hr>
1.58 deraadt 1247: <a name=38></a>
1248: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="38.html">
1249: 3.8: "Hackers of the Lost RAID"</a></font></h2>
1250: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%">
1251: <tr>
1252: <td valign="top" width="33%">
1253: <a href="orders.html">[Order OpenBSD 3.8 or other items]</a><br>
1254: OpenBSD 3.8 CD2 track 2 is an<br>
1255: uncompressed copy of this song.<br>
1256: <br>
1.76 deraadt 1257: 4:24 minutes
1258: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song38.mp3">(MP3 8.1MB)</a>
1259: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song38.ogg">(OGG 5.6MB)</a><br>
1260: Instrumental version
1261: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song38b.mp3">(MP3 8.0MB)</a>
1262: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song38b.ogg">(OGG 5.5MB)</a><br>
1.58 deraadt 1263: <br>
1.76 deraadt 1264: <a href="images/Jones.jpg">
1265: <img width=227 height=343 alt="Jones" src="images/Jones.jpg"></a>
1.58 deraadt 1266: <br>
1267: <br>
1268: <em>
1269: For a multitude of (stupid) reasons, vendors often attempt to lock
1270: out our participation with their customers by refusing to give our
1271: programmers sufficient documentation so that we can properly support
1272: their devices.
1273: <p>
1274: Take Adaptec for instance. Before the 3.7 release we disabled support
1275: for the
1.70 steven 1276: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=aac&sektion=4">aac(4)</a>
1.58 deraadt 1277: Adaptec RAID driver because negotiations with the Adaptec had failed.
1278: They refused to give us documentation. Without documentation, support
1279: for their controller had always been poor. The driver had bugs (which
1280: affected some users more than others) which caused crashes, and of
1281: course there was no RAID management support. Apparently most of these
1.59 jolan 1282: bugs are because the Adaptec controllers have numerous buggy firmware
1283: issues which require careful workarounds; without documentation we
1284: cannot solve these issues.
1.58 deraadt 1285: <p>
1286: The driver was written by an OpenBSD developer, who cribbed parts
1287: of it from a FreeBSD driver written by an ex-Adaptec employee. But no
1288: public documentation exists, and Adaptec has dozens of cards with
1289: different firmware issues. All of this adds up to a very desperate
1290: development model -- it becomes very hard for the principle of
1291: "quality" to show its head.
1292: <p>
1293: RAID devices have two main qualities that people buy them for:
1294: <br>
1295: <ul>
1.60 pvalchev 1296: <li>Redundancy
1.58 deraadt 1297: <li>Repair
1298: </ul>
1299: You want a RAID unit to provide you with redundancy, so that if some drives
1.60 pvalchev 1300: fail, your data is not lost. But once a drive has failed, you require your
1301: array to (automatically, most likely) perform the operations to repair
1.58 deraadt 1302: itself, so that it is functioning perfectly again.
1303: <p>
1304: Some vendors (or like the above Adaptec case, ex-employee) have
1305: sometimes given us some documentation so that we could write drivers,
1306: so that their devices could support Redundancy. But these vendors have
1307: never given us any documentation for performing Repairs.
1308: <p>
1309: Instead these vendors have tried to pass out non-free RAID management
1310: tools. These are typically gigantic Linux binaries, or some crazy thing, that
1.67 jolan 1311: is supposed to work through a bizarre interface in the device driver, which
1.58 deraadt 1312: we are apparently supposed to write code for without any documentation.
1313: <p>
1314: And since we refuse to accept our users being forced into depending on
1315: vendor binaries, we have reverse engineered the management interface for
1316: the AMI controllers.
1317: <p>
1318: There is no great "intellectual property" in this stuff, it is all
1319: rather simple primitives. This is all that we need to implement
1320: basic RAID management:
1321: <ul>
1322: <li>SCSI transactions on the back-side busses
1323: <li>Discovering which drives are in which volumes
1324: <li>Being able to silence the buzzer
1325: <li>Marking a new drive as a Hot-Spare
1326: </ul>
1327: <p>
1328: The AMI driver needed to support these small primitive operations.
1329: And once we had that, we rely on something else which we know: Almost
1330: all the RAID controllers would need the same primitives.
1331: <p>
1332: Thus armed, we were able to write a generic framework which would later
1333: work on other vendors' RAID cards, that is, once we get documentation
1334: or do some reverse engineering for their products.
1335: <p>
1.60 pvalchev 1336: But having been ignored for so long by these vendors, it is not clear when (if
1337: ever) we will get around to writing that support for Adaptec RAID
1.58 deraadt 1338: controllers now. And Adaptec has gone and bought ICP Vortex, which
1339: may mean we can never get documentation for the
1.70 steven 1340: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gdt&sektion=4">gdt(4)</a>
1.58 deraadt 1341: controllers.
1342: The "Open Source Friendly liar" IBM owns Mylex, and Mylex has told us we
1343: would not get documentation, either.
1344: 3Ware has lied to us and our users so many times they make politicians
1345: look saintly.
1346: <p>
1347: Until other vendors give us documentation, if you want reliable RAID
1348: in OpenBSD, please buy
1349: <a href="http://www.lsilogic.com/products/megaraid/index.html">LSI/AMI</a>
1350: RAID cards. And everything
1.88 miod 1351: <a href="http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=112630095818062&w=2">
1.58 deraadt 1352: will just work</a>.
1353: <p>
1354: And keep pestering the other vendors.
1355: <br>
1356: </em>
1357: </td><td valign="top" width="3%">
1358: <br>
1359: </td><td valign=top width="30%">
1360: <font color="#b00000">Narrator:</font>
1361: Welcome friends to the adventures of Puffiana Jones!<br>
1362: <br>
1363: Brought to you by the good people at OpenBSD!<br>
1364: <br>
1365: Whether braving jungles of wires, oceans of code, or hacking the most
1366: treacherous of crypts, one fish fights for justice. With bravery and
1367: morality like none other, one name rings true. Puffiana Jones, famed
1368: hackologist and adventurer!<br>
1369: <br>
1370: Tracking down valuable artifacts and returning them to the public from
1371: the steely grip of greed. Many a villain has he pummeled, many a vile
1372: vendor has he thwarted, countless thugs, lawyers and kitties abound.<br>
1373: <br>
1374: Join us now in his latest adventure. Hackers of the Lost RAID!<br>
1375: <br>
1376: <br>
1377: <font color="#b00000">Marlus:</font>
1378: Puffy, this mission will be dangerous.<br>
1379: <br>
1380: <font color="#b00000">Puffy:</font>
1381: I'm a careful guy Marlus.<br>
1382: <br>
1383: <br>
1384: <font color="#b00000">Puffy and Salmah:</font>
1385: They're hacking in the wrong place!<br>
1386: <br>
1387: <br>
1388: <font color="#b00000">Beluge:</font>
1389: You will never get the documentation Jones! Ah ha ha ha ha!<br>
1390: <br>
1391: <font color="#b00000">Puffy:</font>
1392: Now you're gettin' nasty.<br>
1393: <br>
1394: <br>
1395: <font color="#b00000">Puffy:</font>
1396: SCSI's, why'd it have to be SCSI's?<br>
1397: <br>
1398: <font color="#b00000">Salmah:</font>
1399: API's, very dangerous. You go first.<br>
1400: <br>
1401: <br>
1402: <font color="#b00000">Narrator:</font>
1403: Through thick and thin our hero persists, until finally,
1404: there before him
1405: lies the answer of the ages. How to get OpenBSD, the world's most
1406: secure operating system,
1407: to communicate with the lost RAID. But alas, he is foiled once again by
1408: the evil Neozis. Again he must chase the truth. Will our hero prevail?<br>
1409: <br>
1410: Triumphant again! Join us next time for the continuing adventures of
1411: Puffiana Jones!<br>
1412: <br>
1413: <br>
1414: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
1.76 deraadt 1415: <img height=2160 width=380 src="images/38song.gif"><br>
1.58 deraadt 1416: </td></tr></table>
1417: <p>
1418: <em>
1419: Music composed by Ty Semaka and Jonathan Lewis.
1420: The Moxam Orchestra programmed and played by Jonathan Lewis.
1421: Vocals and Lyrics by Ty Semaka. Drums by Charlie Bullough.
1.112 deraadt 1422: Recorded, mixed and mastered by Jonathan Lewis of
1423: Moxam Studios (<a mailto:moxamstudios@hotmail.com>moxamstudios@hotmail.com</a>).
1.58 deraadt 1424: <br>
1425: <br>
1426: </em>
1427:
1428: <hr>
1.44 deraadt 1429: <a name=37></a>
1430: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="37.html">
1431: 3.7: "Wizard of OS"</a></font></h2>
1432: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%">
1433: <tr>
1434: <td valign="top" width="33%">
1435: <a href="orders.html">[Order OpenBSD 3.7 or other items]</a><br>
1436: OpenBSD 3.7 CD2 track 2 is an<br>
1437: uncompressed copy of this song.<br>
1438: <br>
1.76 deraadt 1439: 10:08 minutes
1440: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song37.mp3">(MP3 18MB)</a>
1441: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song37.ogg">(OGG 13MB)</a><br>
1.44 deraadt 1442: <br>
1.76 deraadt 1443: <a href="images/Wizard.jpg">
1444: <img width=227 height=343 alt="Wizard" src="images/Wizard.jpg"></a>
1.44 deraadt 1445: <br>
1446: <br>
1447: <em>
1448: For an operating system to get anywhere in "the market" it must have
1449: good device support.<br>
1450: <br>
1451: Ethernet was our first concern. Many vendors refused to supply
1452: programmers with programming documentation for these chipsets. Donald
1453: Becker (Linux) and Bill Paul (FreeBSD) changed the rules of the game
1454: here: They wrote drivers for the chipsets that they could get
1455: documentation for, and as they succeeded in writing more and more
1456: drivers, eventually closed vendors slowly opened up until most
1457: ethernet chipset documentation was available. Today, some vendors
1458: still resist releasing ethernet chipset documentation (ie. Broadcom,
1.62 brad 1459: Intel, Marvell/SysKonnect, NVIDIA) but the driver problem is mostly
1.46 henning 1460: solved in the ethernet market.<br>
1.44 deraadt 1461: <br>
1462: Similar problems have happened in the SCSI, IDE, and RAID markets.
1463: Again, the problem was solved by writing drivers for documented
1464: devices first. If the free software user communities use those drivers
1465: preferentially, it is a market loss for the secretive vendors.
1466: Another approach that has worked is to publish email addresses and
1467: phone numbers for the marketing department managers in these
1468: companies. These email campaigns have worked almost every time.<br>
1469: <br>
1470: The new frontier: 802.11 wireless chipsets.<br>
1471: <br>
1472: Over the last six months, this came to a head in the OpenBSD project.
1473: We asked our users to help us petition numerous vendors so that we
1474: could get chipset documentation or redistributable firmware. Certainly, we did
1.52 deraadt 1475: not succeed for some vendors. But we did influence some vendors, in
1.44 deraadt 1476: particular the Taiwanese (Ralink and Realtek), who have given us
1477: everything we need. We also reverse engineered the Atheros chipsets.<br>
1478: <br>
1479:
1480: Want to help us? Avoid
1481: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw">Intel Centrino</a>,
1482: Broadcom, TI, or Connexant PrismGT chipsets.
1483: Heck, avoid buying even regular
1.48 deraadt 1484: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wi">old pre-G Prism products</a>,
1.44 deraadt 1485: to send a message.
1.48 deraadt 1486: If you can, buy 802.11 products using chips by
1.44 deraadt 1487: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rtw">Realtek</a>,
1488: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ral">Ralink</a>,
1489: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=atu">Atmel</a>,
1490: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=awi">ADMTek</a>,
1491: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath">Atheros</a>.
1492: Our manual pages attempt to explain which vendors (ie. D-Link) box
1.52 deraadt 1493: which chipsets into which product.
1.44 deraadt 1494: <br>
1495: <br>
1496: Send a message that open support for hardware matters. A vendor in
1.56 cloder 1497: Redmond largely continues their practices because they get
1.44 deraadt 1498: the chipset documentation years before everyone else does.
1499: What really upsets us the most is that some Linux vendors are signing
1500: Non-Disclosure Agreements with vendors, or contracts that let them
1501: distribute firmwares. Meanwhile both Linux and FSF head developers
1.49 nick 1502: are not asking their communities to help us in our efforts to free
1.44 deraadt 1503: development information for all, but are even going further and
1504: telling their development communities to not work with us at
1505: pressuring vendors. It is ridiculous.
1506: <br>
1507: </em>
1508: </td><td valign="top" width="3%">
1509: <br>
1510: </td><td valign=top width="30%">
1511: The heroine is deaf to her device<br>
1512: her uncles on the farm,<br>
1513: send out the alarm<br>
1514: and the shit storm flies<br>
1515: E-maelstrom is lifting up the house<br>
1516: With Puffathy inside,<br>
1517: twisting up a ride<br>
1518: to the land of OS<br>
1519: Hard landing, the packets celebrate<br>
1520: The wicked lawyers dead<br>
1521: The open slippers red are<br>
1522: Hers to take<br>
1523: <br>
1.53 otto 1524: Ding dong the lawyer's dead<br>
1.44 deraadt 1525: You're off to see the Wizard kid<br>
1526: <br>
1527: The north witch instructed Puffathy<br>
1528: To get yourself back home<br>
1529: Take this yellow road and<br>
1.47 pvalchev 1530: You'll be fine<br>
1.44 deraadt 1531: Believe in the open ruby shoes<br>
1532: Now go to see the Wiz and<br>
1533: give Taiwan your biz<br>
1534: You'll never lose<br>
1535: The 3 friends she made along the way<br>
1536: Were nice but pretty lame,<br>
1537: lazy and insane<br>
1538: but they sang OK<br>
1539: <br>
1.53 otto 1540: Ding dong the lawyer's dead<br>
1.44 deraadt 1541: You're off to see the Wizard kid<br>
1542: <br>
1543: Finally we're through the trees<br>
1544: The city glows<br>
1545: It's positively green<br>
1546: Pompously the wizard booms<br>
1547: He wants the broom of triple 'w'<br>
1548: <br>
1549: Go to the west<br>
1550: You must pass the test<br>
1551: For me<br>
1552: Bring me the ride<br>
1553: of the witch I despise<br>
1554: And you'll be free<br>
1555: <br>
1556: You don't need the broom<br>
1557: You don't need the shoes<br>
1558: You don't need the wiz<br>
1559: You will never lose<br>
1560: You have all you need<br>
1561: You always had heart<br>
1562: You always had courage<br>
1563: Did somebody fart?<br>
1564: You always had brains<br>
1565: You answered each call<br>
1.57 deraadt 1566: And this may surprise you<br>
1.44 deraadt 1567: But you've got some balls<br>
1568: So double click heels<br>
1569: and work with Taiwan<br>
1570: And speak to your doggie<br>
1571: You're already gone....<br>
1572: <br>
1573: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
1.76 deraadt 1574: <img height=1079 width=380 src="images/37song.gif"><br>
1.44 deraadt 1575: </td></tr></table>
1576: <p>
1577: <em>
1578: Lyrics and vocal melody written by Ty Semaka.
1579: Main vocals by Jonathan Lewis, sung female vocals by Adele Legere,
1580: Puffathy (little girl voice) by Anita Miotti, monkeys and laughing by Ty
1581: Semaka,
1582: guitar by Reed Shimozawa, drums, bass and all other sounds programmed by
1.55 tom 1583: Jonathan Lewis. Co-Arranged by Ty Semaka & Jonathan Lewis.
1.112 deraadt 1584: Recorded, mixed and mastered by Jonathan Lewis at
1585: Moxam Studios (<a mailto:moxamstudios@hotmail.com>moxamstudios@hotmail.com</a>).
1.44 deraadt 1586: <br>
1587: <br>
1588: </em>
1589:
1590: <hr>
1.37 deraadt 1591: <a name=36></a>
1592: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="36.html">
1593: 3.6: "Pond-erosa Puff (live)"</a></font></h2>
1594: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%">
1595: <tr>
1596: <td valign="top" width="28%">
1597: <a href="orders.html">[Order OpenBSD 3.6 or other items]</a><br>
1598: OpenBSD 3.6 CD2 track 2 is an<br>
1599: uncompressed copy of this song.<br>
1600: <br>
1.76 deraadt 1601: 4:00 minutes
1602: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song36.mp3">(MP3 7.7MB)</a>
1603: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song36.ogg">(OGG 5.2MB)</a><br>
1.37 deraadt 1604: <br>
1.76 deraadt 1605: <a href="images/Ponderosa.jpg">
1606: <img width=227 height=343 alt="CARP" src="images/Ponderosa.jpg"></a>
1.37 deraadt 1607: <br>
1608: <br>
1609: <em>
1610: What is up with some free software providers?!
1611: They say "Here's something free! Oh wait, I changed my mind."
1612: <p>
1613: While not exactly bait-and-switch, this is something which
1614: has been causing the community continual grief, and therefore
1615: we decided to honour a few of the projects that have decided
1.41 deraadt 1616: to go non-free. After all.. having gone non-free, no one is
1.37 deraadt 1617: going to remember them in the end.
1618: <p>
1619: This song is dedicated to a few worthy groups who
1620: have made this Free-to-Non-Free transition with their
1621: offerings in the last few years:
1622: <ul>
1623: <li>David Dawes worked for years with a team of
1624: developers to make a free X11 distribution for us to use,
1625: called XFree86, 98% of which was based on entirely free
1626: code from MIT. Suddenly, one day, he decided that
1627: we must give him more credit (ie. advertise his name) or
1628: stop using it. Within about 4 months every project had
1629: told him to get stuffed, and the community has created a
1630: replacement effort.
1.41 deraadt 1631: Now his team cannot even keep their web pages up to date...
1.37 deraadt 1632: <p>
1633: <li>OpenBSD was the first operating system to integrate a
1634: packet filter, and it was the ipf codebase from Darren Reed
1635: that we chose. But a few years later he told us that we
1636: were not free to make changes to the code. So we deleted ipf,
1637: and our new packet filter far exceeds the capabilities of the
1638: one he wrote. And other projects are switching too...
1639: <p>
1640: <li>The Apache group started from the humble beginnings
1641: of just being 'a patchy' set of changes to a completely free
1642: web server of dubious quality. But the years have changed them,
1643: and what they supply is now quite non-free... released under
1.40 jolan 1644: a license so entangled in legalese that we have absolutely no
1.51 jcs 1645: doubt that there are encumbrances hidden within. Legal terms
1.37 deraadt 1646: protect. Who are they protecting? Not your freedom.
1647: </ul>
1648: So here's a goodbye to those three groups, and a warning to any
1649: others who will follow them:
1650: Make your stuff non-free, and something else will
1651: replace it.
1652: <br>
1653: </em>
1654: </td><td valign="top" width="3%">
1655: <br>
1656: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
1657: <br>
1658: <br>
1659: Well he rode from the ocean far upstream<br>
1660: Nuthin' to his name but a code and a dream<br>
1661: Lookin' for the legendary inland sea<br>
1662: Where the water was deep n' clean n' free<br>
1663: <p>
1664: But the town he found had suffered a blow<br>
1.38 pvalchev 1665: Fish were dying, cause the water was low<br>
1.37 deraadt 1666: Fat cat fish name o' Diamond Dawes<br>
1667: Plugged the stream with copyright laws<br>
1668: <p>
1669: <br>
1670: He said my water's good n' my water's free<br>
1671: So Pond-erosa, you gonna thank me!<br>
1672: Then he bottled it up and he labeled it "Mine"<br>
1673: They opened n' poured, but they ran outta time!<br>
1674: <p>
1675: So Puff made a brand and he tanned his hide<br>
1676: Said. "this is the mark of too much pride"<br>
1677: Tied him to a horse, set the tail on fire<br>
1678: Slapped er on the ass and the water went higher!<br>
1679: <p>
1680: <br>
1681: Pond-erosa Puff<br>
1682: wouldn't take no guff<br>
1.41 deraadt 1683: Water oughta be clean and free<br>
1.37 deraadt 1684: So he fought the fight<br>
1685: and he set things right<br>
1686: With his OpenBSD<br>
1687: <p>
1688: <br>
1689: Well things were good fer a spell in town<br>
1690: But then one day, dang water turned brown<br>
1691: Comin' to the rescue, Mayor Reed<br>
1692: He said, "This here filter's all ya'll need"<br>
1693: <p>
1694: But it didn't take long 'fore the filter plugged<br>
1695: Full of mud, n' crud, n' bugs<br>
1696: Folks said "gotta be a gooder way"<br>
1697: Mayor said "Hell No! She's O.K."<br>
1698: <p>
1699: <br>
1700: "The water's fine on the Open range"<br>
1701: And he passed a law that it couldn't change.<br>
1.51 jcs 1702: "No freeze, no boil, no frolicking young"<br>
1.37 deraadt 1703: Puff took him aside, said "this is wrong"<br>
1704: <p>
1705: Then he found the Mayor was addin' the crud!<br>
1706: So he took him down in a cloud of blood<br>
1707: Said "The Mayor's learnd, he's done been mean"<br>
1708: So they did it right and the water went clean!<br>
1709: <p>
1710: <br>
1711: CHORUS<br>
1712: <p>
1713: <br>
1714: So once agin' it was right, but then<br>
1715: The lake went dry, she was gone again!<br>
1716: Fish started flippin' and floppin' about<br>
1.42 deraadt 1717: Yellin' "Mercy Puff! It's a doggone drought!"<br>
1.37 deraadt 1718: <p>
1719: So he rolled up-gulch till he hit the lake<br>
1720: Of Apache fish, they was on the take<br>
1721: They'd built a dam that was made of rules<br>
1722: Now Puff was pissed and he lost his cool!<br>
1723: <p>
1724: <br>
1725: I'm sick and tired of these goldarn words!<br>
1.39 mcbride 1726: n' laws n' bureaucratic nerds!<br>
1.37 deraadt 1727: You're full o' beans n' killin' my town<br>
1728: and if you's all don't shut er down<br>
1729: <p>
1730: I'll hang a lickin' on every one<br>
1731: of you sons o' bitchin' greedy scum!<br>
1.41 deraadt 1732: So he blew the dam, an' he let 'er haul<br>
1733: Cause water oughta be free for all!<br>
1.37 deraadt 1734: <p>
1735: <br>
1736: CHORUS<br>
1737: <br>
1738: <p>
1739: That's right!<br>
1740: I'll hang a lickin' on ya!<br>
1741: Never piss on another man's boot!<br>
1742: <br>
1743: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
1.76 deraadt 1744: <img height=1634 width=263 src="images/36song.gif"><br>
1.37 deraadt 1745: </td></tr></table>
1746: <p>
1747: <em>
1748: Vocals, Lyrics, Melody and Co-Arrangement by Ty Semaka - Guitar by
1749: Chantal Vitalis - Bass by Jonny Nordstrom - Drums by John McNiel,<br>
1750: Fiddle - Co-Arrangement, Recording, Mixing, Mastering by Jonathan Lewis of
1.112 deraadt 1751: Moxam Studios (<a mailto:moxamstudios@hotmail.com>moxamstudios@hotmail.com</a>).
1.37 deraadt 1752: <br>
1753: <br>
1754: </em>
1755:
1756: <hr>
1.30 deraadt 1757: <a name=35></a>
1.33 deraadt 1758: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="35.html">
1759: 3.5: "CARP License" and "Redundancy must be free"</a></font></h2>
1.30 deraadt 1760: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%">
1761: <tr>
1762: <td valign="top" width="28%">
1.33 deraadt 1763: <a href="orders.html">[Order OpenBSD 3.5 or other items]</a><br>
1.30 deraadt 1764: OpenBSD 3.5 CD2 track 2 is an<br>
1.55 tom 1765: uncompressed copy of this skit & song.<br>
1.30 deraadt 1766: <br>
1.76 deraadt 1767: 5:21 minutes
1768: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song35.mp3">(MP3 9.7MB)</a>
1769: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song35.ogg">(OGG 6.8MB)</a><br>
1.30 deraadt 1770: <br>
1.76 deraadt 1771: <a href="images/Carp.gif">
1772: <img width=255 height=343 alt="CARP" src="images/Carp.gif"></a>
1.30 deraadt 1773: <br>
1774: <br>
1775: <em>
1776: A common theme used by the comedy crew Monty Python was to emphasize
1777: and exaggerate ridiculousnesses that their target had imposed upon
1778: themselves. Few things could be considered as humorous as making a
1779: redundancy protocol... redundant; e.g. being forced to replace it by
1780: Cisco lawyers and IETF policy.
1781: <p>
1782: We've been working a few years now on our packet filtering software
1783: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a>
1784: and it became time to add failover. We want to be able to set up pf
1785: firewalls side by side, and exchange the stateful information between
1786: them, so that in case of failure another could take over 'keep state'
1787: sessions. Our
1788: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pfsync&sektion=4">pfsync(4)</a>
1789: protocol solves this problem. However, on both sides of the firewall,
1790: it is also necessary to have all the regular hosts not see a
1791: network failure. The only reliable way to do this is for both
1792: firewall machines to have and use the same IP and MAC addresses. But
1793: the only real way to do that is to use multicast protocols.
1794: <p>
1795: The IETF community proposed work in this direction in the late
1796: 90's, however in 1997 Cisco informed them that they believed some of
1797: Cisco's patents covered the proposed IETF VRRP (Virtual Router
1798: Redundancy Protocol); on
1799: <a href="http://www.ietf.org/ietf/IPR/VRRP-CISCO">
1800: March 20, 1998 they went further and specifically named their HSRP
1801: "Hot Standby Router Protocol" patent</a>. Reputedly, they were upset
1802: that IETF had not simply adopted the flawed HSRP protocol as the
1803: standard solution for this problem. Despite this legal pressure, the
1804: IETF community forged ahead and published VRRP as a standard even
1805: though there was a patent in the space. Why?
1806: <a href="http://www.cs-ipv6.lancs.ac.uk/ipv6/documents/standards/general-comms/ietf/vrrp/vrrp-minutes-97dec.txt">
1807: There was much deliberation</a>
1808: at all levels of the IETF, and unfortunately for all of us the
1809: politicians within eventually decided to allow patented technology in
1810: standards -- as long as the patented technology is licensed under RAND
1811: (Reasonable And Non Discriminatory) terms. As free software
1812: programmers, we therefore find ourselves in the position that these
1813: RAND standards must not be implemented by us, and we must deviate from
1814: the standard. We find all this rather Unreasonable and Discriminatory
1815: and we *will* design competing protocols. Some standards organization,
1816: eh?
1817: <p>
1818: Due to some HSRP flaws fixed by VRRP and for compatibility with the
1819: (HSRP-licensed) VRRP implementations of their competitors, Cisco in
1820: recent times has largely abandoned HSRP and now relies on VRRP instead
1821: -- a protocol designed for and by the community, but for which they
1822: claim patent rights.
1823: <p>
1824: On August 7 2002, after many communications, Robert Barr (Cisco's
1825: lawyer) firmly informed the OpenBSD community that Cisco would defend
1826: its patents for VRRP implementations -- meaning basically that it was
1827: impossible for a free software group to produce a truly free
1828: implementation of the IETF standard protocol. Perhaps this is because
1829: Cisco and Alcatel are currently engaged in a pair of patent lawsuits; a
1830: small piece of which is Cisco attempting to use the HSRP patent
1831: against Alcatel for their use of VRRP. Some IETF working group
1832: members took note of our complaints,
1833: <a href="http://lists.microshaft.org/pipermail/dmca_discuss/2003-April/004702.html">
1834: however an attempt in April 2003 to have the IETF abandon the use of
1835: patented technology failed to "reach consensus" in the IETF</a>.
1836: <p>
1837: A few years ago, the W3C, who designs our web protocols, tried to move
1838: to a RAND policy as well (primarily because of pressure from Microsoft
1839: and Apple), but the community outrage was so overpowering that they
1840: backed down. Some standards groups use this policy, while others
1841: avoid it -- the one differentiation being the amount of corporate
1.55 tom 1842: participation. In the IETF, the pro-RAND agents work for AT&T,
1.30 deraadt 1843: Alcatel, IBM, Cisco, Microsoft, and other large companies. Since IETF
1844: is an open forum, they can blend in as the populace, and vote just
1845: like all others, except against the community.
1846: <p>
1847: Translation: In failing to "reach consensus", the companies who
1848: benefit from RAND won, and the community lost again.
1849: <p>
1850: Left with little choice, we proceeded to reinvent the wheel or, more
1851: correctly, abandon the wheel entirely and go for a "hovercraft". We
1852: designed CARP (Common Address Redundancy Protocol) to solve the same
1853: problem that these other protocols are designed for, but without the
1854: same technological basis as HSRP and VRRP. We read the patent
1855: document carefully and ensured that CARP was fundamentally different.
1856: We also avoided many of the flaws in HSRP and VRRP (such as an inherent
1857: lack of security). And since we are OpenBSD developers, we designed
1858: it to use cryptography.
1859: <p>
1860: The combination of
1861: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a>,
1862: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pfsync&sektion=4">pfsync(4)</a>, and
1863: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=carp&sektion=4">carp(4)</a>
1864: has permitted us to build highly redundant firewalls. To date, we
1865: have built a few networks that include as many as 4 firewalls, all
1866: running random reboot cycles. As long as one firewall is alive in a
1867: group, traffic through them moves smoothly and correctly for all of
1868: our packet filter functionality. Cisco's low end products are unable
1869: to do this reliably, and if they have high end products which can do
1870: this, you most certainly cannot afford them.
1871: <p>
1872: As a final note of course, when we petitioned IANA, the IETF body
1873: regulating "official" internet protocol numbers, to give us numbers
1874: for CARP and pfsync our request was denied. Apparently we had failed
1875: to go through an official standards organization. Consequently we
1876: were forced to choose a protocol number which would not conflict with
1877: anything else of value, and decided to place CARP at IP protocol 112.
1878: We also placed pfsync at an open and unused number. We informed IANA of
1879: these decisions, but they declined to reply.
1880: <p>
1881: This ridiculous situation then inspired one of our developers to create
1882: this parody of the well-known Monty Python skit and song.
1883: <br>
1884: </em>
1885: </td><td valign="top" width="3%">
1886: <br>
1887: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
1888: <br>
1889: <br>
1890: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
1891: Hello, I would like to buy a CARP license please.
1892: <br>
1893: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
1894: A what?
1895: <br>
1896: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
1897: A license for my network redundancy protocol, CARP.
1898: <br>
1899: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
1900: Well, it's free isn't it?
1901: <br>
1902: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
1903: Exactly, the protocol's name is CARP. CARP the redundancy protocol.
1904: <br>
1905: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
1906: What?
1907: <br>
1908: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
1909: He is an.... redundancy protocol.
1910: <br>
1911: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
1912: CARP is a free redundancy protocol!
1913: <br>
1914: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
1915: Yes, I chose it out of three, I didn't like the others,
1916: they were all too... encumbered. And now I must license it!
1917: <br>
1918: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
1919: You must be a looney.
1920: <br>
1921: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
1922: I am not a looney! Why should I be tied with the epithet looney merely
1923: because I wish to protect my redundancy protocol? I've heard tell
1924: that Network Associates has a pet algorithm called RSA used in IETF
1925: standards, and you wouldn't call them a looney; Geoworks has a claim
1926: on WAP, after what their lawyers do to you if you try to implement it.
1927: Cisco has two redundant patents, both encumbered, and Cadtrack has a
1928: patent on cursor movement! So, if you're calling the large American
1929: companies that fork out millions of dollars for the use of XOR a
1930: bunch of looneys, I shall have to ask you to step outside!
1931: <br>
1932: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
1933: Alright, alright, alright. A license.
1934: <br>
1935: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
1936: Yes.
1937: <br>
1938: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
1939: For a free redundancy protocol?
1940: <br>
1941: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
1942: Yes.
1943: <br>
1944: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
1945: You are a looney.
1946: <br>
1947: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
1948: Look, it allows for bleeding redundancy doesn't it? Cisco's got a
1949: patent for the HSRP, and I've got to get a license for me router
1950: VRRP.
1951: <br>
1952: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
1953: You don't need a license for your VRRP.
1954: <br>
1955: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
1.32 otto 1956: I bleeding well do and I got one. It can't be called VRRP without it.
1.30 deraadt 1957: <br>
1958: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
1959: There's no such thing as a bloody VRRP license.
1960: <br>
1961: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
1962: Yes there is!
1963: <br>
1964: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
1965: Isn't!
1966: <br>
1967: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
1968: Is!
1969: <br>
1970: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
1971: Isn't!
1972: <br>
1973: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
1974: I bleeding got one, look! What's that then?
1975: <br>
1976: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
1977: This is a Cisco HSRP patent document with the word "Cisco" crossed
1978: out and the word "IETF" written in in crayon.
1979: <br>
1980: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
1981: The man didn't have the right form.
1982: <br>
1983: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
1984: What man?
1985: <br>
1986: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
1987: Robert Barr, the man from the redundancy detector van.
1988: <br>
1989: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
1990: The looney detector van, you mean.
1991: <br>
1992: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
1993: Look, it's people like you what cause unrest.
1994: <br>
1995: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
1996: What redundancy detector van?
1997: <br>
1998: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
1999: The redundancy detector van from the Monopoly of Cizzz-coeee.
2000: <br>
2001: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
2002: Cizzz-coeee?
2003: <br>
2004: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
2005: It was spelt like that on the van. I'm very observant! I never seen
2006: so many bleeding aerials. The man said that their equipment could
2007: pinpoint a failover configuration at 400 yards! And my Cisco router,
2008: being such a flappy bat, was a piece of cake.
2009: <br>
2010: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
1.34 otto 2011: How much did you pay for that?
1.30 deraadt 2012: <br>
2013: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
2014: Sixty quid, and twenty grand for the PIX.
2015: <br>
2016: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
2017: What PIX?
2018: <br>
2019: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
2020: The PIX I'm replacing!
2021: <br>
2022: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
2023: So you're replacing your PIX with free software, and yet you want to
2024: license it?
2025: <br>
2026: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
2027: There's nothing so odd about that. I'm sure they patented this
2028: protocol too. After all, the IETF had a hand in it!
2029: <br>
2030: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
2031: No they didn't!
2032: <br>
2033: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
2034: Did!
2035: <br>
2036: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
2037: Didn't!
2038: <br>
2039: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
2040: Did, did, did and did!
2041: <br>
2042: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
2043: Oh, all right.
2044: <br>
2045: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
2046: Spoken like a gentleman, sir. Now, are you going to give me a CARP
2047: license?
2048: <br>
2049: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
2050: I promise you that there is no such thing. You don't need one.
2051: <br>
2052: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
2053: In that case, give me a Firewall License.
2054: <br>
2055: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
2056: A license?
2057: <br>
2058: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
2059: Yes.
2060: <br>
2061: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
2062: For your firewall?
2063: <br>
2064: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
2065: No.
2066: <br>
2067: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
2068: No?
2069: <br>
2070: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
2071: No, half my firewall. It had an accident.
2072: <br>
2073: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
2074: You're off your chump.
2075: <br>
2076: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
2077: Look, if you intend by that utilization of an obscure colloquialism
1.43 deraadt 2078: to imply that my sanity is not entirely up to scratch, or indeed to deny the
1.30 deraadt 2079: semi-existence of my little half firewall, I shall have to ask you to
2080: listen to this! Take it away CARP the orchestra leader!
2081: <br>
2082: <br>
2083: A zero... one.. A one zero one one<br>
2084: <br>
2085: VRRP, philosophically,<br>
2086: must ipso facto standard be<br>
2087: But standard it<br>
2088: needs to be free<br>
2089: vis a vis<br>
2090: the IETF<br>
2091: you see?<br>
2092: <br>
2093: But can VRRP<br>
2094: be said to be<br>
2095: or not to be<br>
2096: a standard, see,<br>
2097: when VRRP can not be free,<br>
2098: due to some Cisco patentry..<br>
2099: <br>
2100: Singing...<br>
2101: <br>
2102: La Dee Dee, 1, 2, 3.<br>
2103: VRRP ain't free.<br>
2104: O P E N B S D<br>
2105: CARP is free<br>
2106: <br>
2107: Is this wretched Cisco-eze<br>
2108: let through IETF to mean<br>
2109: my firewall must pay legal fees?<br>
2110: No! CARP and PF are Free!<br>
2111: <br>
2112: Fiddle dee dum,<br>
2113: Fiddle dee dee,<br>
2114: CARP and PF are free.<br>
2115: <br>
2116: 1 1 2,<br>
2117: Tee Hee Hee,<br>
2118: CARP and PF are free.<br>
2119: <br>
2120: My firewall just keeps running, see,<br>
2121: bisected accidentally,<br>
2122: one summer afternoon by me.<br>
2123: Redundancy's good when free.<br>
2124: <br>
2125: Redundancy must be free.<br>
2126: Redundancy must be free.<br>
2127: <br>
2128: The End<br>
2129: <br>
2130: Under the Geddy Lee?<br>
2131: <br>
2132: No, Redundancy must be free!<br>
2133: <br>
2134: Geddy must be free.<br>
2135: <br>
2136: <br>
2137: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
1.76 deraadt 2138: <img height=1800 width=360 src="images/35song.gif"><br>
1.30 deraadt 2139: </td></tr></table>
2140: <p>
2141: <em>
2142: <font color="#00b000">"CARP License"</font> sketch:<br>
2143: Tony Binns as the Customer, Peter Rumpel as the Licenser.
2144: <br>
1.34 otto 2145: <font color="#00b000">"Redundancy must be free"</font> song:<br>
1.30 deraadt 2146: Lead vocal by Peter Rumpel, backing vocals by Jonathan Lewis and Ty Semaka.
1.37 deraadt 2147: Piano by Janet Lewis, acoustic guitars by Chantal Vitalis.<br>
1.30 deraadt 2148: Bass and Geddy Lee questioning by Jonathan Lewis.
2149: Lyrics by Bob Beck.<br>
2150: <br>
2151: <br>
2152: </em>
2153:
2154: <hr>
1.20 deraadt 2155: <a name=34></a>
1.33 deraadt 2156: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="34.html">
2157: 3.4: "The Legend of Puffy Hood"</a></font></h2>
1.20 deraadt 2158: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%">
2159: <tr>
2160: <td valign="top" width="28%">
1.33 deraadt 2161: <a href="orders.html">[Order OpenBSD 3.4 or other items]</a><br>
1.20 deraadt 2162: OpenBSD 3.4 CD2 track 2 is an<br>
2163: uncompressed copy of this song.<br>
2164: <br>
1.76 deraadt 2165: 3:30 minutes
2166: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song34.mp3">(MP3 7.0MB)</a>
2167: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song34.ogg">(OGG 5.1MB)</a><br>
1.20 deraadt 2168: <br>
1.76 deraadt 2169: <a href="images/Hood.gif">
2170: <img height=343 width=255 alt="Puffy Hood" src="images/Hood.gif"></a>
1.20 deraadt 2171: <br>
2172: <br>
2173: <em>
2174: Join Puffy Hood and his Funny Fish as they take on
1.26 deraadt 2175: the Sheriff (an unelected leader) and other evil
1.20 deraadt 2176: forces of the draconian government!
2177: <p>
2178: <br>
2179: As we did for the 3.3 release, we have once again tried
2180: making release artwork and music which are allegorical
2181: of recent happenings.
2182: <p>
2183: Two years ago we became involved with the University
2184: of Pennsylvania and DARPA, who were funding us to do
2185: security research and development .. on things that
2186: we were already intending to do. We provided ideas,
2187: wrote papers, and deployed cutting-edge technology;
2188: DARPA provided finances and reaped a share of the
2189: credit, and the University of Pennsylvania acted as
2190: a middle-man. We accepted funding based on the
2191: promise that our freedom to operate as we wished
2192: was unaffected. To us, freedom is more important
1.21 deraadt 2193: than funding -- heck, we were dealing with the evil
1.20 deraadt 2194: forces of government, and needed to be careful.
2195: <p>
2196: A few months prior to this release, DARPA suddenly
2197: and without warning decided to withdraw that funding;
2198: they also aggressively backed out of contractual
2199: obligations. Many articles in the <a href=press.html>press</a> followed regarding
1.67 jolan 2200: this sudden maneuver. Apparently this hoopla happened
1.20 deraadt 2201: because an OpenBSD-related article in the Canadian
1.55 tom 2202: newspaper The Globe & Mail had quoted Theo de Raadt
1.20 deraadt 2203: making anti-war statements regarding Iraq and the
2204: theft of oil.
2205: <p>
2206: The only answer given (to major media reporters) by a
2207: DARPA spokesperson (Jan Walker) was this:
2208: <p>
2209: "As a result of the DARPA review of the
2210: project, and due to world events and the evolving
2211: threat posed by increasingly capable nation-states,
2212: the Government on April 21 advised the University
2213: to suspend work on the "security fest" portion of
2214: the project."
2215: <p>
2216: That almost toes the line of calling us terrorists!
2217: We had lost financial support, but the release of the
2218: statement above suddenly made us very happy to be free
2219: of any perceived obligation to such crazy people.
2220: <p>
2221: Since the termination came near natural contract
2222: termination (about 4 months remained), less damage
2223: than expected was sustained by the project. Sponsors
2224: stepped forward and helped us make up the missing funds
2225: we needed to run our "Hackathon", and the event
1.61 grunk 2226: proceeded as planned. We even had T-shirts made with
1.20 deraadt 2227: "Workstations of Mass Development" artwork for those
2228: developers who attended (sorry, they are not for sale).
2229: <p>
2230: We could not make stories like this up. So instead,
2231: we are making up an allegory about it, using the tale
2232: of Robin Hood.
2233: </em>
2234: </td><td valign="top" width="3%">
2235: <br>
2236: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
2237: <br>
2238: Sir Puffy of Ramsay was a wandrin'<br>
2239: Through forests of seaweed all alone<br>
2240: He had found the crusades<br>
2241: were an endless charade<br>
2242: So for now he called Nothing Hack home<br>
2243: <br>
2244: <br>
2245: One day he met Little Bob of Beckley<br>
2246: Beat him fair on a log-in by staff<br>
2247: Clever chums they did find<br>
2248: other fish of their kind<br>
2249: Thwarting evil with humppa and math<br>
2250: <br>
2251: <br>
2252: Now trouble was a brewin' when the Good King was away<br>
2253: The Sheriff came a callin' for the poor to pay<br>
2254: With CD's and their freedom<br>
2255: for to share online<br>
2256: And burning down the village cause he was a slime<br>
2257: <br>
2258: <br>
2259: So Puffy and his buddies took the booty from the rich<br>
2260: and turned it into a system to protect poor fish<br>
2261: Sent out by Hook or a Wim<br>
2262: to the teaming schools<br>
2263: Town cryers were on fire cause the crypto ruled!<br>
2264: <br>
2265: <br>
2266: <em>Chorus:</em><br>
2267: They called it "BSD"!<br>
2268: And "Open" because it's always free<br>
2269: So raise up your glass and<br>
2270: three cheers to the Funny<br>
2271: Fish for never running<br>
2272: and making something good!<br>
2273: And here's to Puffy Hood!<br>
2274: <br>
2275: <br>
2276: Aaaw! Word to the sea y'all<br>
2277: The Hood's a bad ball<br>
2278: Ya underneath he's a heathen and a traitor<br>
2279: He can take from you all and say "later!"<br>
2280: Think he's a hero?<br>
2281: Naw he ain't lovin' ya<br>
1.24 deraadt 2282: He gettin' richer than Bill Gates and Dubya<br>
1.20 deraadt 2283: Read the Wanted poster<br>
2284: of Sheriff Plac-o-derm fool<br>
2285: We gettin' back the booty<br>
2286: or we take away your worms too<br>
2287: <br>
2288: <br>
2289: Yo! Word to the classes<br>
2290: Put on your glasses<br>
2291: I guess the Sheriff is King till this passes<br>
2292: Times are a changin' and movin' so fast<br>
2293: He says "Give me your freedom,<br>
2294: I'll grasp it and pass it to brass<br>
2295: who can hash it for weapons of massive distraction.<br>
2296: And hand me the bastards that brashly amassed from the cash<br>
2297: happy faction of oily and gassy co-action".<br>
2298: No! Don't hand em dick, grab a stick, keep attacking for freedom<br>
2299: and hack till the King cometh back and leave em'<br>
2300: <br>
2301: <br>
2302: Then trouble was a rollin' with an army on the run<br>
1.25 deraadt 2303: The Sheriff came a callin' for the spikey one<br>
1.20 deraadt 2304: And took back all the booty<br>
2305: Puff intended for the poor<br>
2306: The Arch-a-thon went on despite the mighty roar<br>
2307: <br>
2308: <br>
2309: Puff snuck into the castle, and found the treasure hill<br>
2310: And also found Maid Marlin held against her will<br>
2311: He loaded all the loot<br>
2312: to give it back and big surprise<br>
2313: He took the maiden too, 'cause she was easy on the eyes<br>
2314: <br>
2315: <br>
2316: <em>Chorus:</em><br>
2317: They called it "BSD"!<br>
2318: And "Open" because it's always free<br>
2319: So raise up your glass and<br>
2320: three cheers to the Funny<br>
2321: Fish for never running<br>
2322: and making something good!<br>
2323: And here's to Puffy Hood!<br>
2324: <br>
2325:
2326: <br>
2327: <br>
2328: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
1.76 deraadt 2329: <img height=1440 width=263 src="images/34song.gif"><br>
1.20 deraadt 2330: </td></tr></table>
2331: <p>
2332: <em>
2333: Music, Co-arrangement, Recording, Mixing, Drum Programming,
2334: Bass, Organ, and Violin by Jonathan Lewis.
2335: <br>
2336: Co-Arrangement, Lyrics, and Main Vocals by Ty Semaka.
2337: <br>
2338: Back-vocals by Bob Beck, Calvin Beck, Theo de Raadt, Alan Kolodziejzyk,
1.55 tom 2339: Jonathan Lewis & Peter Valchev.
1.20 deraadt 2340: <br>
2341: Rap #1 by Richard Sixto.
2342: Guitar by Chantal Vitalis.
2343: <br>
2344: </em>
2345:
1.23 jose 2346: <br>
2347: <hr>
1.11 deraadt 2348: <a name=33></a>
1.33 deraadt 2349: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="33.html">
2350: 3.3: "Puff the Barbarian"</a></font></h2>
1.11 deraadt 2351: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%">
2352: <tr>
2353: <td valign="top" width="33%">
1.33 deraadt 2354: <a href="orders.html">[Order OpenBSD 3.3 or other items]</a><br>
1.11 deraadt 2355: OpenBSD 3.3 CD2 track 2 is an<br>
2356: uncompressed copy of this song.<br>
2357: <br>
1.76 deraadt 2358: 4:00 minutes
2359: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song33.mp3">(MP3 7.5MB)</a>
2360: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song33.ogg">(OGG 3.3MB)</a><br>
1.11 deraadt 2361: <br>
1.76 deraadt 2362: <a href="images/Barbarian.gif">
2363: <img height=343 width=255 alt="Puff the Barbarian" src="images/Barbarian.gif"></a>
1.12 deraadt 2364: <br>
2365: <br>
1.14 deraadt 2366: <em>
1.69 deraadt 2367: Like other Barbarians before him, Puff has had to
2368: face some pretty crazy challenges.
1.12 deraadt 2369: <br>
1.69 deraadt 2370: This song is an allegory of the recent difficulties
2371: we went through dealing with Sun, who refused our
2372: request for documentation about their UltraSPARC
2373: III processors. We want documentation, because
2374: these are the fastest processors with a per-page
2375: eXecute bit in the MMU, needed to fully support
2376: our new W^X security feature. In the meantime,
2377: the AMD Hammer has come onto the scene, and
2378: this processor supports an eXecute bit in 64-bit
1.36 deraadt 2379: mode.<br>
2380: <br>
2381: And it is going to be faster...<br>
1.12 deraadt 2382: </em>
1.11 deraadt 2383: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
2384: Deep through the mists of time<br>
2385: Gaze to the crystal ball<br>
2386: Back to the age of darkness<br>
2387: Black was the protocol<br>
2388: <p>
2389: A King ruled the web with fear<br>
2390: Spilling the blood of men<br>
2391: Then from the ocean came<br>
2392: Puff the Barbarian<br>
1.17 deraadt 2393: <br>
2394: <br>
1.11 deraadt 2395: Born in a tiny bowl Puff was a pet<br>
2396: Sold into slav-er-y by the man<br>
2397: Eating the weeds till he was strong enough<br>
2398: Breaking his bonds like nobody can<br>
2399: <p>
2400: Down the sewer pipes of Hell<br>
2401: A thousand kitties then did bleed<br>
2402: Constraints were slain as well<br>
2403: Hacked his way out to the C<br>
2404: <p>
2405: And there he found<br>
2406: His destiny<br>
2407: Hammer of the Ocean God<br>
2408: "Xor taking care of me"<br>
2409: <p>
2410: Then in a dream Xor requested he<br>
2411: "Go to the Sun King, get what I yearn<br>
2412: Kernighan saw it, prophet of the C<br>
2413: Knowledge - so they may never return"<br>
2414: <p>
2415: At the tower Puff appealed<br>
2416: For the wisdom of the One<br>
2417: Denied, his mind did reel<br>
2418: Puff was getting tired of Sun<br>
2419: <p>
2420: Broke down the guard<br>
2421: Cause math is hard<br>
1.18 deraadt 2422: Saw McNealy on his throne<br>
1.11 deraadt 2423: All alone and only bones<br>
2424: <p>
2425: Come the Sun King blade ablur<br>
2426: Hammer down eclipse the Sun<br>
2427: And Puff, the land secured<br>
2428: The new King Barbarian!<br>
2429: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
1.76 deraadt 2430: <img height=640 width=260 src="images/33song.gif"><br>
1.11 deraadt 2431: </td></tr></table>
2432: <p>
2433: <em>
2434: Written and arranged by Ty Semaka.
2435: Co-arranged, recorded, mixed & mastered by Jonathan Lewis.
2436: <br>
2437: Vocals by DeVille, guitar by Sean Desmond, bass by Ian Knox,
2438: drums by John McNiel, violin by Jonathan Lewis.
2439: </em>
2440:
2441: <br>
2442: <hr>
1.9 millert 2443: <a name=32></a>
1.33 deraadt 2444: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="32.html">
2445: 3.2: "Goldflipper"</a></font></h2>
1.11 deraadt 2446: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%">
2447: <tr>
2448: <td valign="top" width="33%">
1.33 deraadt 2449: <a href="orders.html">[Order OpenBSD 3.2 or other items]</a><br>
1.11 deraadt 2450: OpenBSD 3.2 CD2 track 2 is an<br>
2451: uncompressed copy of this song.<br>
2452: <br>
1.76 deraadt 2453: 3:00 minutes
2454: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song32.mp3">(MP3 2.5MB)</a>
2455: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song32.ogg">(OGG 2.3MB)</a><br>
1.11 deraadt 2456: <br>
1.76 deraadt 2457: <a href="images/MrPond.gif">
2458: <img height=313 width=255 alt="Mr Pond" src="images/MrPond.gif"></a>
1.11 deraadt 2459: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
1.9 millert 2460: Goldflipper<br>
2461: With golden skin<br>
2462: and flippers as sharp as a knife<br>
2463: He's the machine<br>
2464: Designed to dismember your life<br>
2465: <p>
2466: And the fish<br>
2467: Protecting us all from the cat<br>
2468: And the cat<br>
2469: Infecting the wo-orld for a laugh<br>
2470: <p>
2471: Cyborg on a mission<br>
2472: To do some Puff fishin'<br>
2473: The doctor wants fugu tonight!<br>
2474: <p>
2475: (short instrumental intro)
1.1 deraadt 2476: <p>
1.9 millert 2477: You'll need some machismo to<br>
2478: catch the spikey one<br>
2479: He's got guts and gizmos to<br>
2480: make the system run<br>
1.1 deraadt 2481: <p>
1.9 millert 2482: But Flip's here for fun<br>
2483: and without a gun<br>
2484: He'll dice you with his Golden fin<br>
1.1 deraadt 2485: <p>
1.9 millert 2486: She's all over Puff cause he's<br>
2487: such a sexy catch<br>
2488: Is she spying on him or<br>
2489: just a seafood match?<br>
1.1 deraadt 2490: <p>
1.9 millert 2491: Oh double seven<br>
2492: Send me to Heaven<br>
2493: Cause for Mr. Po-o-o-ond<br>
1.1 deraadt 2494: <p>
1.9 millert 2495: The women are fond<br>
2496: She knows what to do<br>
2497: She'll turn Gold to goo<br>
1.1 deraadt 2498: <p>
1.9 millert 2499: Goldflipper is gone<br>
2500: Gold flipper's goooooooooooooone<br>
1.11 deraadt 2501: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
2502: <br>
2503: </td></tr></table>
1.1 deraadt 2504: <p>
2505: <em>
1.9 millert 2506: Lyrics by Ty Semaka. Arranged by Ty Semaka & Jonathan Lewis.
1.1 deraadt 2507: <br>
1.9 millert 2508: Base & drum programming, recording, mixing & mastering by
2509: Jonathan Lewis. Vocals by Onalea Gilbertson. Sax by Dan Meichel.
2510: Trumpet & Trombone by Craig Soby.
1.1 deraadt 2511: </em>
2512:
2513: <br>
2514: <hr>
1.3 ian 2515: <a name=31></a>
1.33 deraadt 2516: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="31.html">
2517: 3.1: "Systemagic"</a></font></h2>
1.11 deraadt 2518: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%">
2519: <tr>
2520: <td valign="top" width="33%">
1.33 deraadt 2521: <a href="orders.html">[Order OpenBSD 3.1 or other items]</a><br>
1.11 deraadt 2522: OpenBSD 3.1 CD2 track 2 is an<br>
2523: uncompressed copy of this song.<br>
2524: <br>
1.76 deraadt 2525: 3:00 minutes
2526: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song31.mp3">(MP3 2.9MB)</a>
2527: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song31.ogg">(OGG 2.3MB)</a><br>
1.11 deraadt 2528: <br>
1.76 deraadt 2529: <a href="images/Systemagic.jpg">
2530: <img width=255 height=323 alt="Systemagic" src="images/Systemagic.jpg"></a>
1.11 deraadt 2531: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
1.1 deraadt 2532: BSD fight buffer reign<br>
2533: Flowing blood in circuit vein<br>
2534: Quagmire, Hellfire, RAMhead Count<br>
2535: Puffy rip attacker out<br>
2536: <p>
2537: Crackin' ze bathroom, Crackin' ze vault<br>
2538: Tale of the script, HEY! Secure by default<br>
2539: <p>
2540: Can't fight the Systemagic<br>
2541: Über tragic<br>
2542: Can't fight the Systemagic<br>
2543: <p>
2544: Sexty second, black cat struck<br>
2545: Breeding worm of crypto-suck<br>
2546: Hot rod box unt hunting wake<br>
2547: Vampire omellete, kitten cake<br>
1.11 deraadt 2548: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
1.1 deraadt 2549: <p>
2550: Crackin' ze boardroom, Crackin' ze vault<br>
2551: Rippin' ze bat, HEY! Secure by default<br>
2552: <p>
2553: Chorus
2554: <p>
2555: Cybersluts vit undead guts<br>
2556: Transyl-viral coffin muck<br>
2557: Penguin lurking under bed<br>
2558: Puffy hoompa on your head<br>
2559: <p>
2560: Crackin' ze bedroom, Crackin' ze vault<br>
2561: Crackin' ze whip, HEY! Secure by default<br>
2562: Crackin' ze bedroom, Crackin' ze vault<br>
2563: Crackin' ze whip, HEY! Secure by default<br>
2564: <p>
2565: Chorus<br>
1.11 deraadt 2566: </td></tr></table>
1.1 deraadt 2567: <p>
2568: <em>
1.3 ian 2569: Produced & Directed by Ty Semaka and Ian Knox.
1.1 deraadt 2570: Written, Arranged and Performed by Ty Semaka (vocals, lyrics), Ian Knox (bass,
2571: drum programming), and Sean Desmond (guitar).
2572: <br>
1.3 ian 2573: Recorded & Mixed at Ruffmix Audio Productions (Calgary) by Kelly Mihalicz.
1.1 deraadt 2574: <br>
2575: Mastered by Jonathan Lewis.
2576: </em>
2577:
1.8 millert 2578: <br>
2579: <hr>
1.9 millert 2580: <a name=30></a>
1.33 deraadt 2581: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="30.html">
2582: 3.0: "E-Railed (OpenBSD Mix)"</a></font></h2>
1.11 deraadt 2583: <p>
2584: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="95%">
2585: <tr>
1.76 deraadt 2586: <td valign="top" width="33%">
1.33 deraadt 2587: <a href="orders.html">[Order OpenBSD 3.0 or other items]</a><br>
1.11 deraadt 2588: OpenBSD 3.0 CD2 track 2 is an<br>
2589: uncompressed copy of this song.<br>
2590: <br>
1.76 deraadt 2591: 3:00 minutes
2592: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song30.mp3">(MP3 2.9MB)</a>
2593: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song30.ogg">(OGG 2.3MB)</a><br>
1.11 deraadt 2594: <br>
1.76 deraadt 2595: <a href="images/Rock.jpg">
2596: <img width=255 height=323 alt="Rock" src="images/Rock.jpg"></a>
1.11 deraadt 2597: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
1.76 deraadt 2598: <br>
2599: <br>
1.9 millert 2600: Don't tell anyone I'm free<br>
2601: Don't tell anyone I'm free<br>
1.8 millert 2602: <p>
1.9 millert 2603: During these hostile and trying times and what-not<br>
2604: OpenBSD may be your family's only line of defense<br>
1.8 millert 2605: <p>
1.9 millert 2606: I'm secure by default<br>
1.8 millert 2607: <p>
1.27 deraadt 2608: They that can give up liberty to obtain a little temporary safety<br>
1.9 millert 2609: deserve neither liberty nor safety<br>
1.8 millert 2610: <p>
1.9 millert 2611: RELEASE TIME!!!!<br>
1.8 millert 2612: <p>
1.16 deraadt 2613: Stay off, stay off, stay off...<br>
1.9 millert 2614: I'm secure by default<br>
2615: stay off, stay off, stay off<br>
1.8 millert 2616: <br>
1.11 deraadt 2617: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
1.8 millert 2618: <br>
1.11 deraadt 2619: </td></tr></table>
2620: <p>
1.8 millert 2621: <em>
1.9 millert 2622: By The Plaid Tongued Devils. Produced & Arranged by Ty Semaka & Wynn Gogol.
2623: <br>
2624: Written & Performed by Gordon Chipp Robb (bass line),
1.35 nick 2625: John McNiel (drums), Ty Semaka (vocals & lyrics), and Wynn Gogol (programming).
1.9 millert 2626: <br>
2627: Recorded, Mixed & Mastered by Wynn Gogol of Workshop Recording Studios (Victoria BC).
1.8 millert 2628: <br>
1.9 millert 2629: Check out <a href="http://www.thedevils.com">http://www.thedevils.com</a>
1.8 millert 2630: </em>
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