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1.1 deraadt 17: <p>
1.3 ian 18: <h2><font color="#e00000">Release Songs</font></h2><hr>
1.100 deraadt 19: <p>
20:
21: Every 6 months the OpenBSD project has the pleasure to release
22: software on an official CDROM set, with artwork and a matching song.
23: Ty Semaka (our artist) and Theo borrow and mutate some theme (from a
1.108 deraadt 24: classical setting, a movie, or some genre) into the fishy world of
25: Puffy, to describe some event or controversy the project went through
26: over the previous six months. To match the art released with the CD,
27: Ty and his friend Jonathan Lewis build the song and bring in
28: additional hired musicians from around Calgary. Theo then gets the
29: pleasure (and responsibility) to write a commentary explaining it all.
1.1 deraadt 30:
1.20 deraadt 31: <p>
1.71 deraadt 32: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%">
33: <tr>
1.126 deraadt 34: <td valign="top">
1.128 deraadt 35: <a href="#51">5.1: "Bug Busters!"</a>,
36: <a href="#audio_extra51">"Shut up and Hack"</a> and
37: <a href="#audio_extra51b">"Sonate aux insomniaques"</a><br>
1.127 deraadt 38: <a href="#50">5.0: "What Me Worry?"</a><br>
1.123 deraadt 39: <a href="#49">4.9: "The Answer"<br>
1.127 deraadt 40: <a href="#48">4.8: "El Puffiachi"</a><br>
41: <a href="#47">4.7: "I'm still here"</a><br>
42: <a href="#46">4.6: "Planet of the Users"</a><br>
43: <a href="#45">4.5: "Games"</a><br>
44: <a href="#44">4.4: "Trial of the BSD Knights"</a><br>
45: <a href="#43">4.3: "Home to Hypocrisy"</a><br>
46: <a href="#42">4.2: "100001 1010101"</a><br>
47: <a href="#41">4.1: "Puffy Baba and the 40 Vendors"</a><br>
1.126 deraadt 48: </td><td valign="top" width="1%">
49: <br>
50: </td><td valign="top">
1.89 deraadt 51: <a href="#40">4.0: "Humppa Negala"</a> and
1.126 deraadt 52: <a href="#audio_extra40">"OpenVOX"</a><br>
1.72 deraadt 53: <a href="#39">3.9: "Blob!"</a><br>
54: <a href="#38">3.8: "Hackers of the Lost RAID"</a><br>
55: <a href="#37">3.7: "The Wizard of OS"</a><br>
56: <a href="#36">3.6: "Pond-erosa Puff (live)"</a><br>
57: <a href="#35">3.5: "CARP License" and "Redundancy must be free"</a><br>
1.124 deraadt 58: <a href="#34">3.4: "The Legend of Puffy Hood"</a><br>
1.119 deraadt 59: <a href="#33">3.3: "Puff the Barbarian"</a><br>
1.116 deraadt 60: <a href="#32">3.2: "Goldflipper"</a><br>
1.72 deraadt 61: <a href="#31">3.1: "Systemagic"</a><br>
62: <a href="#30">3.0: "E-Railed (OpenBSD Mix)"</a><br>
1.126 deraadt 63: </td></tr></table>
1.71 deraadt 64: <br>
1.126 deraadt 65: <a href="https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order?CDA1=1&CDA1%2b=Add">
1.72 deraadt 66: <img align="left" height=158 width=158 hspace="5" vspace="0" src="images/cdaudio-m.gif">
1.71 deraadt 67: </a>
1.126 deraadt 68: <a href="https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order?CDA2=1&CDA2%2b=Add">
69: <img align="left" height=158 width=158 hspace="5" vspace="0" src="images/cdaudio2-m.gif">
70: </a>
71: Two audio CDs are also available which contain approximately 5 years of songs each.
72: <p>
73: Click to order
74: <a href="https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order?CDA1=1&CDA1%2b=Add">"The Songs 3.0 - 4.0"</a>
75: and
76: <a href="https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order?CDA2=1&CDA2%2b=Add">"The Songs 4.1 - 5.1"</a>.
77: <p>
78: Both CDs contain extra tracks by the artist Ty Semaka
79: (who really has "had Puffy on his mind").
80: "The Songs 4.1 - 5.1" also contains another track by audio-subsystem
81: developer Alexandre Ratchov, mixed and produced using OpenBSD code.
82: <br clear=all>
83: <p>
84:
85: <hr>
86: <a name=51></a>
87: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="51.html">
88: 5.1: "Bug Busters!"</a></font></h2>
89: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%">
90: <tr>
91: <td valign="top" width="30%">
92: <a href="orders.html">[Order OpenBSD items]</a><br>
93: <a href="51.html">OpenBSD 5.1</a> CD2 track 2 is an<br>
94: uncompressed copy of this song.<br>
95: <br>
96: 2:47 <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/songs/song51.mp3">(MP3 5.1MB)</a>
97: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/songs/song51.ogg">(OGG 4.0MB)</a><br>
98: <br>
99: <a href="images/Bugbusters.jpg">
100: <img width=227 height=343 alt="Bugbusters" src="images/Bugbusters.jpg"></a>
101: <br>
102: <br>
103: <em>
104: [no commentary yet]
105: <br>
106: </em>
107: </td><td valign="top" width="3%">
108: <br>
109: </td><td valign=top width="30%">
110: <br>
111: If you've got a bug<br>
112: That you just can't shove<br>
113: Who ya gonna install?<br>
114: Bugbusters!<br>
115: <br>
116: Buffer overflow?<br>
117: Don't know where to go<br>
118: Who ya gonna install?<br>
119: Bugbusters!<br>
120: <br>
121: I ain't afraid of no holes<br>
122: I ain't afraid of no holes<br>
123: <br>
124: And you're off by one<br>
125: And it ain't no fun<br>
126: Who ya gonna install?<br>
127: Bugbusters!<br>
1.71 deraadt 128: <br>
1.126 deraadt 129: If your system's down<br>
130: And it makes you frown<br>
131: Who ya gonna install?<br>
132: Bugbusters!<br>
133: <br>
134: I ain't afraid of no holes<br>
135: I ain't afraid of no holes<br>
136: <br>
137: If you need a trace<br>
138: Gonna win that race<br>
139: Who ya gonna install?<br>
140: Bugbusters!<br>
141: <br>
142: If you got a crash<br>
143: And you got no cash<br>
144: Who ya gonna install?<br>
145: Bugbusters!<br>
146: <br>
147: OpenBSD makes me feel good!<br>
148: <br>
149: <br>
150: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
151: <img width=395 height=1210 src="images/51song.jpg"><br>
152: </td></tr></table>
153: <p>
154: <em>
155: Written and Arranged by Ty Semaka and Jonathan Lewis. Lyrics and Vocals
156: by Ty Semaka (www.tysemaka.com). All instruments programmed by
157: Jonathan Lewis. Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Jonathan Lewis of
158: Moxam Studios (moxam@hotmail.com).
159: <br>
160: <br>
161: </em>
162:
163: <hr>
164: <a name=audio_extra51></a>
165: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="items.html#audio">
166: "Shut up and Hack"</a></font></h2>
167: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%">
168: <tr>
169: <td valign="top" width="30%">
170: <a href="orders.html">[Order OpenBSD items]</a><br>
1.129 ! deraadt 171: This is an extra on
1.126 deraadt 172: <a href="https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order?CDA1=2&CDA2%2b=Add">
173: "The Songs 4.1 - 5.1"</a> Audio CD.
174: <br>
175: <br>
176: 3:11 <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/songs/songsh.mp3">(MP3 5.8MB)</a>
177: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/songs/songsh.ogg">(OGG 4.7MB)</a><br>
178: <br>
179: <img height=158 width=158 hspace="5" src="images/cdaudio2-m.gif">
180: <br>
181: <br>
182: <em>
183: This is an <a href="#audio_extra51">extra track</a> by Ty Semaka and Jonathan Lewis.
184: <p>
185: On a regular basis, the OpenBSD developers hold events called
186: <a href="hackathons.html">hackathons</a>. We've held many many
187: of them, all over the world. Sub-groups of developers sit
188: in one room and work fulltime for around a week.
189: <p>
190: One phrase in particular that has come up amongst developers,
191: to cut extra chit-chat to a minimum, is Shut up and Hack.
192: We've placed this phrase
193: on <a href="http://openbsd.org/images/hackathons/c2k2.gif">
194: hackathon tshirts</a> too; they were very popular with the guys.
195: <p>
196: <a href="https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order?CDA2=1&CDA2%2b=Add">
197: Order this CDROM from our International site.</a>
198: <p>
199: The 2nd OpenBSD Audio CD "The Songs 4.1 - 5.1" celebrates the
200: artwork and songs that have been released with each OpenBSD release.
201: All the songs from the 4.1 to 5.1 releases are included (plus
202: two bonus tracks).
203: <p>
204: The audio CD package contains some stickers (which ones may vary).
205: </em>
206: </td><td valign="top" width="3%">
207: <br>
208: </td><td valign=top width="30%">
209: Shut up and hack!<br>
210: In the hack room<br>
211: In the back room<br>
212: Wires everywhere<br>
213: <br>
214: At the tables<br>
215: Fingers able<br>
216: Take another dare!<br>
217: <br>
218: Close up your holes<br>
219: Pick up the slack!<br>
220: Get your head down!<br>
221: Shut up and hack!<br>
222: Close up your holes<br>
223: Pick up the slack!<br>
224: Get your head down!<br>
225: Shut up and hack!<br>
226: <br>
227: Coding faster<br>
228: You're the master<br>
229: of security<br>
230: <br>
231: In your t-shirts<br>
232: Hack till it hurts<br>
233: This is how to be free<br>
234: <br>
235: CHORUS<br>
236: <br>
237: Hit the pub now<br>
238: We're a club now<br>
239: Trading genius for free<br>
240: <br>
241: Have a laugh and<br>
242: Be a rock band<br>
243: This is how it should be!<br>
244: <br>
245: CHORUS<br>
246: <br>
247: </td><td valign=top width="30%">
1.71 deraadt 248: <br>
249: </td></tr></table>
1.20 deraadt 250: <p>
1.104 deraadt 251:
252: <hr>
1.128 deraadt 253: <a name=audio_extra51b></a>
254: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="items.html#audio">
255: "Sonate aux insomniaques"</a></font></h2>
256: <a href="orders.html">[Order OpenBSD items]</a><br>
1.129 ! deraadt 257: This is an extra on
1.128 deraadt 258: <a href="https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order?CDA1=2&CDA2%2b=Add">
259: "The Songs 4.1 - 5.1"</a> Audio CD.
260: <br>
261: <br>
262: <b>This song will be released May 1 along with the official 5.1 release.</b>
263: <br>
264: 4:03 <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/songs/songsi.mp3">(MP3 5.9MB)</a>
265: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/songs/songsi.ogg">(OGG 5.7MB)</a><br>
266: <em>
267: <p>
268: This is an extra track by audio-subsystem developer Alexandre
269: Ratchov. It has no lyrics. The music is inspired by a poem with the
270: same title and was entirely recorded and mixed using OpenBSD.
271:
272: <p>
273: <a href="https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order?CDA2=1&CDA2%2b=Add">
274: Order this CDROM from our International site.</a>
275: </em>
276: <br>
277: <p>
278:
279: <hr>
1.124 deraadt 280: <a name=50></a>
281: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="50.html">
282: 5.0: "What Me Worry?"</a></font></h2>
283: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%">
284: <tr>
285: <td valign="top" width="30%">
1.126 deraadt 286: <a href="orders.html">[Order OpenBSD items]</a><br>
287: <a href="50.html">OpenBSD 5.0</a> CD2 track 2 is an<br>
1.124 deraadt 288: uncompressed copy of this song.<br>
289: <br>
1.126 deraadt 290: 3:03 <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/songs/song50.mp3">(MP3 5.6MB)</a>
1.124 deraadt 291: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/songs/song50.ogg">(OGG 4.0MB)</a><br>
292: <br>
293: <a href="images/MAD.jpg">
294: <img width=227 height=343 alt="MAD" src="images/MAD.jpg"></a>
295: <br>
296: <br>
297: <em>
298: Ty Semaka has been drawing<br>
299: Puffy-inspired parody artwork<br>
300: for us for many releases.<br>
301: This time I asked him to do some<br>
302: art that is a meta-parody:<br>
303: <br>
304: A Puffy-inspired parody of<br>
305: a parody magazine!<br>
306: <br>
307: </em>
308: </td><td valign="top" width="3%">
309: <br>
310: </td><td valign=top width="30%">
311: <br>
312: What? Me Worry?<br>
313: Not with this stuff<br>
314: Nobody gettin' in<br>
315: Nobody get tough<br>
316: <br>
317: I'm a comic book kid<br>
318: Having fun in the woods<br>
319: Carving out toys<br>
320: and makin' em good<br>
321: <br>
322: Ya it's spy versus spy<br>
323: I got so many tricks<br>
324: I got undercover agents<br>
325: Even out in the sticks<br>
326: <br>
327: Threw a brick through your window<br>
328: Ya it's teenage fun<br>
329: Then I blew up a bridge<br>
330: And blocked out the sun<br>
1.125 sthen 331: <br>
1.124 deraadt 332: Little black flies<br>
333: on a pile of GNU<br>
334: With a Dairy Queen tip<br>
335: And Imma comin' for you<br>
336: <br>
1.125 sthen 337: Make fun of everybody<br>
1.124 deraadt 338: That's my thang<br>
339: Ya It's a geeks wet dream<br>
340: I give a poit! blit! spang!<br>
341: <br>
342: It's a mad mad world<br>
343: and number 5 is alive<br>
344: I gotta black submarine<br>
345: and I'm built to survive<br>
346: <br>
347: Threw a brick through your window<br>
348: Ya it's teenage fun<br>
349: Then I blew up a bridge<br>
350: And blocked out the sun<br>
351: <br>
352: Keep the source open<br>
353: Gonna get my kicks<br>
1.125 sthen 354: I'm 16 now<br>
1.124 deraadt 355: Ya I don't need mix<br>
356: <br>
357: Got a stack o magazines<br>
358: In my treehouse club<br>
359: Nobody gettin' up here<br>
360: Its secure ya bub<br>
361: <br>
362: Got a dime store bazooka<br>
363: And a bubble gum tank<br>
364: Got pots and pans for cookin' up<br>
365: some Open source stank<br>
366: <br>
367: Threw a brick through your window<br>
368: Ya it's teenage fun<br>
369: Then I blew up a bridge<br>
370: And blocked out the sun<br>
371: <br>
372: <br>
373: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
374: <img width=395 height=1210 src="images/50song.jpg"><br>
375: </td></tr></table>
376: <p>
377: <em>
378: Written and Arranged by Ty Semaka and Jonathan Lewis. Lyrics and Vocals by
379: Ty Semaka (www.tysemaka.com). Percussion and fuzzy bass guitar by Jonathan
380: Lewis. Electric guitars by Tim Williams (www.cayusemusic.com). Recorded,
381: mixed, and mastered by Jonathan Lewis of Moxam Studios (moxam@hotmail.com).
382: <br>
383: <br>
384: </em>
385:
386: <hr>
1.123 deraadt 387: <a name=49></a>
388: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="49.html">
389: 4.9: "The Answer"</a></font></h2>
390: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%">
391: <tr>
392: <td valign="top" width="30%">
1.126 deraadt 393: <a href="orders.html">[Order OpenBSD items]</a><br>
394: <a href="49.html">OpenBSD 4.9</a> CD2 track 2 is an<br>
1.123 deraadt 395: uncompressed copy of this song.<br>
396: <br>
1.126 deraadt 397: 3:43 <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/songs/song49.mp3">(MP3 6.8MB)</a>
1.123 deraadt 398: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/songs/song49.ogg">(OGG 5.7MB)</a><br>
399: <br>
400: <a href="images/Hitchhiker.jpg">
401: <img width=227 height=343 alt="Hitchhiker" src="images/Hitchhiker.jpg"></a>
402: <br>
403: <br>
404: <em>
405: This release is OpenBSD 4.9. Then why is
406: the song about 4.2? Huh?<br>
407: <br>
408: The <a href="#44">OpenBSD 4.4 release artwork</a> honoured
409: the (Berkeley) CSRG guys for their efforts with the BSD 4.4
410: release -- they fought and managed to free the code.<br>
411: <br>
412: This release the artwork is based on the stories of Douglas Adams,
413: including his favorite number -- 42. Therefore we can remember
414: the previous major achievement of CSRG - BSD 4.2.<br>
415: <br>
416: BSD 4.2 was
417: not free, but it created and integrated so many new
418: technologies that we all depend on today. Take a moment
419: to consider how many things first available in BSD 4.2 you are using
420: at this moment, to read this page -- sockets, AF_INET,
421: virtual memory, etc.<br>
422: <br>
423: Today, new releases of operating systems from well-known vendors
424: contain less new features than BSD 4.2 did.<br>
425: <br>
426: If only we could stop slacking and make a release like that!
427: <br>
428: </em>
429: </td><td valign="top" width="3%">
430: <br>
431: </td><td valign=top width="30%">
432: <br>
433: How many streams must a fish swim down<br>
434: before you can call him a man?<br>
435: And how many codes must a vendor lock down<br>
436: before silicon turns to sand?<br>
437: Yes and how many times must the lawyers fly<br>
438: before they are forever banned?<br>
439: <br>
440: The answer my friend<br>
441: BSD 4.2<br>
442: The answer<br>
443: BSD 4.2<br>
444: <br>
445: How many years can a planet exist<br>
446: before it is paved by the V?<br>
447: How many years can some source code exist<br>
448: before it's allowed to be free?<br>
449: Yes and how many times can a fish turn his head<br>
450: and pretend that he just doesn't see?<br>
451: <br>
452: The answer my friend<br>
453: BSD 4.2<br>
454: The answer<br>
455: BSD 4.2<br>
456: <br>
457: How many times must we fight for the right<br>
458: to share what is already ours?<br>
459: Yes and how many times must we hitch while we hike<br>
460: To end up not getting far?<br>
461: And how many fish must we shove in our ear<br>
462: before we can hear every star?<br>
463: <br>
464: The answer my friend<br>
465: BSD 4.2<br>
466: The answer<br>
467: BSD 4.2<br>
468: <br>
469: And now we can travel the galaxy<br>
470: with ships that are silicon made<br>
471: And now with a towel and a laptop in hand<br>
472: our future is made in the shade<br>
473: And what did we use to build on and on<br>
474: Inside everything that we use?<br>
475: <br>
476: The answer my friend<br>
477: BSD 4.2<br>
478: The answer<br>
479: BSD 4.2<br>
480: <br>
481: <br>
482: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
483: <img width=395 height=1210 src="images/49song.jpg"><br>
484: </td></tr></table>
485: <p>
486: <em>
487: Written and Arranged by Jonathan Lewis. Lyrics and Vocals by Ty Semaka
488: (www.tysemaka.com). Guitar and harmonica by Leslie Alexander
489: (www.lesliealexander.com). Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Jonathan
490: Lewis of Moxam Studios (moxam@hotmail.com).
491: <br>
492: <br>
493: </em>
494:
495: <hr>
1.120 deraadt 496: <a name=48></a>
497: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="48.html">
498: 4.8: "El Puffiachi"<br>
499: </a></font></h2>
500: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%">
501: <tr>
1.123 deraadt 502: <td valign="top" width="30%">
1.126 deraadt 503: <a href="orders.html">[Order OpenBSD items]</a><br>
504: <a href="48.html">OpenBSD 4.8</a> CD2 track 2 is<br>
1.120 deraadt 505: an uncompressed copy of<br>
506: this song.<br>
507: <br>
508: [Instrumental]<br>
509: <br>
1.126 deraadt 510: 2:39 <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/songs/song48.mp3">(MP3 4.4MB)</a>
1.120 deraadt 511: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/songs/song48.ogg">(OGG 3.0MB)</a><br>
512: <br>
513: <a href="images/ElPuffiachi.jpg">
1.123 deraadt 514: <img width=227 height=343 alt="ElPuffiachi" src="images/ElPuffiachi.jpg"></a>
1.120 deraadt 515: <br>
516: <br>
517: <em>
518: [Sorry, no commentary]
519: <br>
520: </em>
521: </td><td valign="top" width="3%">
522: <br>
523: </td><td valign=top width="30%">
524: <br>
525: <br>
526: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
527: <img width=936 height=720 src="images/48song.jpg"><br>
528: </td></tr></table>
529: <p>
530: <em>
531: Written and performed by Manuel Jara and Mauricio Moreno of 'Los Morenos'.
532: <br>
533: <br>
534: </em>
535:
536: <hr>
1.119 deraadt 537: <a name=47></a>
538: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="47.html">
539: 4.7: "I'm still here"</a></font></h2>
540: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%">
541: <tr>
1.123 deraadt 542: <td valign="top" width="30%">
1.126 deraadt 543: <a href="orders.html">[Order OpenBSD items]</a><br>
544: <a href="47.html">OpenBSD 4.7</a> CD2 track 2 is an<br>
1.119 deraadt 545: uncompressed copy of this song.<br>
546: <br>
1.126 deraadt 547: 4:39 <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/songs/song47.mp3">(MP3 8.5MB)</a>
1.119 deraadt 548: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/songs/song47.ogg">(OGG 6.3MB)</a><br>
549: <br>
550: <a href="images/Superfish.jpg">
1.123 deraadt 551: <img width=227 height=343 alt="Superfish" src="images/Superfish.jpg"></a>
1.119 deraadt 552: <br>
553: <br>
554: <em>
555: [Sorry, no commentary]
556: <br>
557: </em>
558: </td><td valign="top" width="3%">
559: <br>
560: </td><td valign=top width="30%">
561: <br>
562: Back when I was twenty<br>
563: They said I wouldn't last<br>
564: All that I believed in<br>
565: Were the teachings of the past<br>
566: <br>
567: All I ever wanted<br>
568: Was to keep the world secure<br>
569: And all the criticizing<br>
570: Was something I'd endure<br>
571: <br>
572: The changes that I've been through<br>
573: And the trials along the way<br>
574: The battle isn't over<br>
575: And I'm living day by day<br>
576: <br>
577: But I'm still here<br>
578: <br>
579: Some say that I'm a hero<br>
580: But I'm just being me<br>
581: With my filter I can hide<br>
582: My true identity<br>
583: <br>
584: One day when I was flying<br>
585: Across the open skies<br>
586: I saw the bridge to freedom<br>
587: Had been weakened over time<br>
588: <br>
589: The server room was burning up<br>
590: And melting the array<br>
591: A little breath of cold air<br>
592: Was enough to save the day<br>
593: <br>
594: CHORUS:<br>
595: But I'm still here<br>
596: Better than I've ever been before<br>
597: I'm still free<br>
598: Close a window, open up a door<br>
599: I'm still me<br>
600: <br>
601: INSTRUMENTAL<br>
602: <br>
603: Now that I am older<br>
604: And I've been around so long<br>
605: The world is ever changing<br>
606: I'm still righting all the wrong<br>
607: <br>
608: CHORUS:<br>
609: <br>
610: <br>
611: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
612: <img width=395 height=1500 src="images/47song.jpg"><br>
613: </td></tr></table>
614: <p>
615: <em>
616: Written, arranged, and sung by Bob Kitella. Guitar by Tim Campbell.
617: Keyboard by Bob Kitella and Jonathan D. Lewis. Bass, additional programming,
618: mixing, and mastering by Jonathan D. Lewis.
619: <br>
620: <br>
621: </em>
622:
623: <hr>
1.116 deraadt 624: <a name=46></a>
625: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="46.html">
626: 4.6: "Planet of the Users"</a></font></h2>
627: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%">
628: <tr>
1.123 deraadt 629: <td valign="top" width="30%">
1.126 deraadt 630: <a href="orders.html">[Order OpenBSD items]</a><br>
631: <a href="46.html">OpenBSD 4.6</a> CD2 track 2 is an<br>
1.116 deraadt 632: uncompressed copy of this song.<br>
633: <br>
1.126 deraadt 634: 2:38 <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/songs/song46.mp3">(MP3 4.8MB)</a>
1.118 deraadt 635: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/songs/song46.ogg">(OGG 3.6MB)</a><br>
1.116 deraadt 636: <br>
637: <a href="images/PlanetUsers.jpg">
1.123 deraadt 638: <img width=227 height=343 alt="PlanetUsers" src="images/PlanetUsers.jpg"></a>
1.116 deraadt 639: <br>
640: <br>
641: <em>
1.119 deraadt 642: [Sorry, no commentary]
1.116 deraadt 643: <br>
644: </em>
645: </td><td valign="top" width="3%">
646: <br>
647: </td><td valign=top width="30%">
648: <br>
649: Welcome to the future<br>
650: One very rich man<br>
651: runs the Earth with<br>
652: one multinational<br>
653: owns your stuff<br>
654: and owns your birth<br>
655: <br>
656: Everyone is armless<br>
657: Personal robots<br>
658: Do it all for you<br>
659: Sitting on your slug head<br>
660: One channel TV<br>
661: never gonna bore you<br>
662: <br>
663: CHORUS<br>
664: Does it sound like a paradise<br>
665: or a way to die<br>
666: while alive and a loser<br>
667: I'm a man from the open past<br>
1.117 damien 668: And I'll never last<br>
1.116 deraadt 669: on the Planet of the Users<br>
670: <br>
671: Everyone is happy<br>
672: No more government<br>
673: No more media<br>
674: Only the Company<br>
675: Entertains you<br>
676: while it feeds you<br>
677: <br>
678: Soylent Green pap<br>
679: Eating your friends while<br>
680: shopping, buying<br>
681: Stupid applications<br>
682: Obsolete before you try them<br>
683: <br>
684: CHORUS<br>
685: <br>
686: Take me back<br>
687: Take me back<br>
688: Please<br>
689: Take me back<br>
690: <br>
691: Way back in my time<br>
692: Open source kept<br>
693: everyone choosing<br>
694: People knew the insides<br>
695: Of devices they were using<br>
696: <br>
697: Hackers had a doorway<br>
698: Now it's locked and<br>
699: dumbed down so much<br>
700: One button coma<br>
701: Stop the future truly outta touch<br>
702: <br>
703: CHORUS<br>
704: <br>
705: <br>
706: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
707: <img width=395 height=1778 src="images/46song.jpg"><br>
708: </td></tr></table>
709: <p>
710: <em>
711: Written and arranged by Ty Semaka and Jonathan Lewis. Lyrics by Ty Semaka.
712: Vocals by Duncan McDonald, bass guitar by Jonathan Lewis, guitars by
713: Russ Broom, drums by John McNeil.
714: Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Jonathan Lewis of
715: Moxam Studios (<a mailto:moxamstudios@hotmail.com>moxamstudios@hotmail.com</a>).
716: <br>
717: <br>
718: </em>
719:
720: <hr>
1.108 deraadt 721: <a name=45></a>
722: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="45.html">
723: 4.5: "Games"</a></font></h2>
724: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%">
725: <tr>
1.123 deraadt 726: <td valign="top" width="30%">
1.126 deraadt 727: <a href="orders.html">[Order OpenBSD items]</a><br>
728: <a href="45.html">OpenBSD 4.5</a> CD2 track 2 is an<br>
1.108 deraadt 729: uncompressed copy of this song.<br>
730: <br>
1.126 deraadt 731: 3:29 <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/songs/song45.mp3">(MP3 6.4MB)</a>
1.118 deraadt 732: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/songs/song45.ogg">(OGG 4.5MB)</a><br>
1.108 deraadt 733: <br>
734: <a href="images/Pufftron.jpg">
1.123 deraadt 735: <img width=227 height=343 alt="Pufftron" src="images/Pufftron.jpg"></a>
1.108 deraadt 736: <br>
737: <br>
738: <em>
1.119 deraadt 739: [Sorry, no commentary]
1.108 deraadt 740: <br>
741: </em>
742: </td><td valign="top" width="3%">
743: <br>
744: </td><td valign=top width="30%">
745: <br>
746: I love to hate my PC<br>
747: But now it's not so easy<br>
748: Just wanna get this job done<br>
749: But these A.M.L. games are dumb<br>
750: <br>
751: You wanna know the truth?<br>
752: Intel's controlling you<br>
753: And Microsoft is too<br>
754: But this is nothing new<br>
755: <br>
756: With A.C.P.I.<br>
757: This endless mess so corporate<br>
758: Tangles and angles<br>
759: In what could be straight forward<br>
760: <br>
761: Lost connections<br>
762: Lost my mind<br>
763: It's such a waste of time<br>
764: <br>
765: CHORUS<br>
766: <br>
767: Now on the motherboard<br>
768: Where all my life is stored<br>
769: Playing with garbage there<br>
770: With rules so unfair<br>
771: <br>
772: Ruled by A.C.P.I.<br>
1.109 deraadt 773: Whose heart is so corrupted<br>
1.108 deraadt 774: Forcing us all to play<br>
775: Our progress interrupted<br>
776: <br>
777: Lost connections<br>
778: Lost my mind<br>
779: It's such a waste of time<br>
780: <br>
781: CHORUS<br>
782: <br>
783: Yes I'm a user<br>
784: And I'm not the only one<br>
785: I'm not a loser<br>
786: With help from Puffy Tron<br>
787: <br>
788: And we will find it<br>
789: The pin in all this heartache<br>
790: Map our devices<br>
791: And we know what it'll take<br>
792: <br>
793: Lost connections<br>
794: Lost my mind<br>
795: Oh Ooh Woah end of line<br>
796: <br>
797: (bridge)<br>
798: On and on<br>
799: Can we all be wrong?<br>
800: All and all<br>
801: We are one<br>
802: Clean the dream<br>
803: Gone wrong<br>
804: We are Tron<br>
805: On and on and on<br>
806: <br>
807: Instrumental CHORUS (guitar solo)<br>
808: <br>
809: Instrumental pre-chorus<br>
810: <br>
811: CHORUS<br>
812: dumb dumb dumb<br>
813: <br>
814: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
815: <img width=395 height=1778 src="images/45song.jpg"><br>
816: </td></tr></table>
817: <p>
818: <em>
819: Music written and arranged by Jonathan Lewis. Lyrics by Ty Semaka and
820: Theo de Raadt. Synth, drum and bass programming by Jonathan Lewis,
821: guitar by Russ Broom, vocals by Jonny Sinclair.
1.112 deraadt 822: Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Jonathan Lewis of
823: Moxam Studios (<a mailto:moxamstudios@hotmail.com>moxamstudios@hotmail.com</a>).
1.108 deraadt 824: <br>
825: <br>
826: </em>
827:
828: <hr>
1.104 deraadt 829: <a name=44></a>
830: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="44.html">
831: 4.4: "Trial of the BSD Knights"</a></font></h2>
832: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%">
833: <tr>
1.123 deraadt 834: <td valign="top" width="30%">
1.126 deraadt 835: <a href="orders.html">[Order OpenBSD items]</a><br>
836: <a href="44.html">OpenBSD 4.4</a> CD2 track 2 is an<br>
1.104 deraadt 837: uncompressed copy of this song.<br>
838: <br>
1.126 deraadt 839: 3:05 <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/songs/song44.mp3">(MP3 5.6MB)</a>
1.118 deraadt 840: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/songs/song44.ogg">(OGG 4.4MB)</a><br>
1.104 deraadt 841: <br>
842: <a href="images/SourceWars.jpg">
1.123 deraadt 843: <img width=227 height=343 alt="SourceWars" src="images/SourceWars.jpg"></a>
1.104 deraadt 844: <br>
845: <br>
846: <em>
847: Nearly 10 years ago Kirk McKusick wrote a history of
848: the Berkeley Unix distributions for the
1.121 deraadt 849: O'Reilly book "Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution".
1.104 deraadt 850: We recommend you read his story, entitled
851: <a href="http://oreilly.com/catalog/opensources/book/kirkmck.html">
852: "Twenty Years of Berkeley Unix
853: From AT&T-Owned to Freely Redistributable"</a>
854: first, to see how Kirk remembers how we got here.
855: Sadly, since it showed up in book form originally, this text has
856: probably not been read by enough people.
857: <br>
858: <br>
859: The USL(AT&T) vs BSDI/UCB court case settlement documents were
860: not public until recently; their disclosure has made the facts more clear.
861: But the story of how three people decided to free the BSD codebase
862: of corporate pollution -- and release it freely -- is more interesting
863: than the lawsuit which followed. Sure, a stupid lawsuit happened which
864: hindered the acceptance of the BSD code during a critical period.
865: But how did a bunch of guys go through the effort of replacing so
866: much AT&T code in the first place? After all, companies had
867: lots of really evil lawyers back then too -- were they not afraid?
868: <br>
869: <br>
870: After a decade of development, most of the AT&T code had
871: already been replaced by university researchers and their associates.
872: So Keith Bostic, Mike Karels and Kirk McKusick (the main UCB CSRG group)
873: started going through the 4.3BSD codebase to cleanse the rest.
874: Keith, in particular, built a ragtag team (in those days, USENIX
875: conferences were a gold mine for such team building) and led these
876: rebels to rewrite and replace all the Imperial AT&T code, piece by
877: piece, starting with the libraries and userland programs.
878: Anyone who helped only got credit as a Contributor -- people like
879: Chris Torek and a cast of .. hundreds more.
880: <br>
881: <br>
1.105 deraadt 882: Then Mike and Kirk purified the kernel. After a bit more careful
1.104 deraadt 883: checking, this led to the release of a clean tree called Net/2 which
884: was given to the world in June 1991 -- the largest dump of free source
885: code the world had ever received (for those days -- not modern monsters like OpenOffice).
886: <br>
887: <br>
888: Some of these ragtags formed a company (BSDi) to sell a production system
889: based on this free code base, and a year later Unix System Laboratories
890: (basically AT&T) sued BSDi and UCB.
891: Eventually AT&T lost and after a few trifling fixes (described in the
892: lawsuit documents) the codebase was free. A few newer developments
893: (and more free code) were added, and released in June 1994 as 4.4BSD-Lite.
894: Just over 14 years later OpenBSD is releasing its own 4.4 release (and for
895: a lot less than <a href=orders.html>$1000 per copy</a>).
896: <br>
897: <br>
898: The OpenBSD 4.4 release is dedicated to Keith Bostic, Mike Karels, Kirk McKusick,
899: and all of those who contributed to making Net/2 and 4.4BSD-Lite free.
900: <br>
901: </em>
902: </td><td valign="top" width="3%">
903: <br>
904: </td><td valign=top width="30%">
905: <br>
906: <center>
907: <br>
908: Source Wars<br>
909: Episode IV<br>
910: Trial of the BSD Knights<br>
911: </center>
912: <br>
913: Not so very long ago<br>
914: and not so far away<br>
915: AT&T made system code<br>
916: and gave some bits away<br>
917: <br>
918: Some Berkeley geeks rebuilt it<br>
919: better, faster, more diverse<br>
920: This open thing was wonderful<br>
921: for everyone on Earth<br>
922: <br>
923: And then the roaring 90's came<br>
924: The Empire changed its mind<br>
925: And good old greed was back again<br>
926: The geeks were in a legal bind<br>
927: <br>
928: The Empire's Unix Lab<br>
929: sued BSDi from above<br>
930: The code is free but<br>
931: only we can sell it bub!<br>
932: <br>
933: The University came calling<br>
934: in full protective mode<br>
1.106 deraadt 935: and proved the source in Net/2<br>
1.104 deraadt 936: didn't use the Empire's code<br>
937: <br>
938: Then Bostic brought the Empire's books<br>
939: n' slammed them dandys down<br>
940: And showed the giant chunks<br>
941: of BSD code all around<br>
942: <br>
943: They didn't even give an ounce<br>
944: of credit front to back<br>
945: This broke the license USL<br>
946: was using to attack<br>
947: <br>
948: The case was thrown out by the judge<br>
949: and "settled" out of court<br>
950: And UCB was big enough<br>
951: to take it like a sport<br>
952: <br>
953: And to this day the geekfolk say<br>
954: Now did we win or lose?<br>
955: They shoulda made 'em reprint<br>
956: every book with proper dues<br>
957: <br>
958: And take out ads in major rags<br>
959: apologetically<br>
960: And maybe now it wouldn't be<br>
961: the same monopoly<br>
962: <br>
963: The Empire might have tumbled<br>
964: down if everybody saw<br>
965: How greed became so big<br>
966: they couldn't see that glaring flaw<br>
967: <br>
968: But only one community<br>
969: the one that makes it tick<br>
970: Is there to fight for everyone<br>
971: exposing hypocrites<br>
972: <br>
973: And OpenBSD is here<br>
974: to tell the story right<br>
975: Once again the fight is fought<br>
976: and kept in shining light<br>
977: <br>
978: And may the source be with you<br>
979: May the Empire fall apart<br>
980: Ya like that's gonna happen!<br>
981: But we gotta keep heart!<br>
982: <br>
983: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
984: <img width=395 height=1800 src="images/44song.jpg"><br>
985: </td></tr></table>
986: <p>
987: <em>
988: Music written and arranged by Jonathan Lewis. Lyrics and vocals by Ty Semaka.
989: Clarinet by Cedric Blary. Alto Sax 1 & 2, Tenor Sax by Lincoln Frey.
990: Drum, Bass, and Steel Drum programming by Jonathan Lewis.
1.112 deraadt 991: Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Jonathan Lewis of
992: Moxam Studios (<a mailto:moxamstudios@hotmail.com>moxamstudios@hotmail.com</a>).
1.104 deraadt 993: <br>
994: <br>
995: </em>
1.20 deraadt 996:
997: <hr>
1.95 deraadt 998: <a name=43></a>
999: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="43.html">
1000: 4.3: "Home to Hypocrisy"</a></font></h2>
1001: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%">
1002: <tr>
1.123 deraadt 1003: <td valign="top" width="30%">
1.126 deraadt 1004: <a href="orders.html">[Order OpenBSD items]</a><br>
1005: <a href="43.html">OpenBSD 4.3</a> CD2 track 2 is an<br>
1.95 deraadt 1006: uncompressed copy of this song.<br>
1007: <br>
1.126 deraadt 1008: 4:48 <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/songs/song43.mp3">(MP3 8.2MB)</a>
1.118 deraadt 1009: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/songs/song43.ogg">(OGG 6.5MB)</a><br>
1.95 deraadt 1010: <br>
1011: <a href="images/Cryptonaut.jpg">
1012: <img width=227 height=343 alt="Cryptonaut" src="images/Cryptonaut.jpg"></a>
1013: <br>
1014: <br>
1015: <em>
1016: We are just plain tired of being lectured to by a man
1017: who is a lot like
1018: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/08/campbell_grounded/">Naomi Campbell</a>.
1019: <br>
1020: <br>
1021: In 1998 when a United Airlines plane was waiting in the queue at
1.102 deraadt 1022: Washington Dulles International Airport for take-off to New Orleans
1023: (where a Usenix conference was taking place), one man stood up from
1024: his seat, demanded that they stop waiting in the queue and be permitted
1.95 deraadt 1025: to deplane. Even after orders from the crew and a pilot from
1026: the cockpit he refused to sit down. The plane exited the queue
1.96 deraadt 1027: and returned to the airport gangway. Security personnel ran onto
1.95 deraadt 1028: the plane and removed this man, Richard Stallman, from the plane.
1029: After Richard was removed from the plane, everyone else stayed
1030: onboard and continued their journey to New Orleans. A few
1031: OpenBSD developers were on that same plane, seated very closeby,
1032: so we have an accurate story of the events.
1033: <br>
1034: <br>
1035: This is the man who presumes that he should preach to us
1036: about morality, freedom, and what is best for us. He believes
1037: it is his God-given role to tell us what is best for us, when he
1038: has shown that he takes actions which are not best for everyone.
1039: He prefers actions which he thinks are best for him -- and him
1040: alone -- and then lies to the public. Richard Stallman is no Spock.
1041: <br>
1042: <br>
1043: We release our software in ways that are maximally free. We
1044: remove all restrictions on use and distribution, but leave a
1045: requirement to be known as the authors. We follow a pattern of
1046: free source code distribution that started in the mid-1980's
1047: in Berkeley, from before Richard Stallman had any powerful
1048: influence which he could use so falsely.
1049: <br>
1050: <br>
1051: We have a development sub-tree called "ports". Our "ports" tree
1052: builds software that is 'found on the net' into packages that
1053: OpenBSD users can use more easily. A scaffold of Makefiles and
1054: scripts automatically fetch these pieces of software, apply
1055: patches as required by OpenBSD, and then build them into nice
1056: neat little tarballs. This is provided as a convenience for
1.97 okan 1057: users. The ports tree is maintained by OpenBSD entirely separately
1.95 deraadt 1058: from our main source tree. Some of the software which is fetched
1059: and compiled is not as free as we would like, but what can we do.
1060: All the other operating system projects make exactly the same
1061: decision, and provide these same conveniences to their users.
1062: <br>
1063: <br>
1064: Richard felt that this "ports tree" of ours made OpenBSD non-free.
1065: He came to our mailing lists and lectured to us specifically, yet
1066: he said nothing to the many other vendors who do the same; many of
1067: them donate to the FSF and perhaps that has something to do with it.
1068: Meanwhile, Richard has personally made sure that all the official
1069: GNU software -- including Emacs -- compiles and runs on Windows.
1070: <br>
1071: <br>
1072: That man is a false leader. He is a hypocrite. There may be some
1073: people who listen to him. But we don't listen to people who do not
1074: follow their own stupid rules.
1075: </em>
1076: </td><td valign="top" width="3%">
1077: <br>
1078: </td><td valign=top width="30%">
1079: <br>
1080:
1081: <br>
1082: Puffy and the mighty Cryptonauts<br>
1083: Trading with new lands by open C<br>
1084: Corporate monsters, many closing passages<br>
1085: Tempting harpies<br>
1086: 13 years of treachery<br>
1087: <br>
1088: <br>
1089: Journey's over, welcome home the heroes<br>
1090: Offering the bounty of their trade<br>
1091: Useful clothing spun from the golden fleece<br>
1092: For the people, free and very strongly made<br>
1093: <br>
1094: <br>
1095: But something's wrong with them<br>
1096: They will not take our free wares<br>
1097: "What's the matter good people?<br>
1.99 deraadt 1098: Why are you so scared?<br>
1099: Why?"<br>
1.95 deraadt 1100: <br>
1101: <br>
1102: Then one brave soul spoke out<br>
1103: "We're not allowed to take your gifts<br>
1.98 okan 1104: Hypocrites has spoken<br>
1.95 deraadt 1105: There are many new laws"<br>
1106: <br>
1107: <br>
1.98 okan 1108: Hypocrites appears<br>
1.95 deraadt 1109: "Puffy!<br>
1110: You must obey my new rules!"<br>
1111: <br>
1112: <br>
1113: "First rule one dictates<br>
1114: You cannot give your code away"<br>
1115: <br>
1116: <br>
1117: (In Greek) To your health, Nick, great bouzouki player and cool dude.<br>
1118: <br>
1119: <br>
1120: "And rule two dictates<br>
1121: You must give it to me<br>
1122: So I can give it away properly for free"<br>
1123: <br>
1124: <br>
1125: "The list goes on of course<br>
1126: But for traders this is all you need"<br>
1127: <br>
1128: <br>
1129: "This is madness!<br>
1130: He has lost his mind!<br>
1131: This defies the first law of free trade<br>
1132: Rule zero came before this rule one<br>
1133: Freedom means you cannot dictate to anyone"<br>
1134: <br>
1135: <br>
1136: Then Hypocrites goes mad.<br>
1137: <br>
1138: <br>
1139: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
1140: <img width=395 height=1720 src="images/43song.gif"><br>
1141: </td></tr></table>
1142: <p>
1143: <em>
1144: Music written and arranged by Jonathan Lewis. Lyrics by Ty Semaka and
1145: Nikkos Diochnos. Vocals and bouzouki by Nikkos Diochnos. Baglama,
1146: second bouzouki, violin, bass, and drum programming by Stelios Pulos,
1.101 naddy 1147: né Jonathan Lewis. Guitar by Methodios Valtiotis, né Allen Baekeland.
1148: Percussion by Pentelis Yiannikopulos, né Ben Johnson. Recorded, mixed,
1.112 deraadt 1149: and mastered by Jonathan Lewis of
1150: Moxam Studios (<a mailto:moxamstudios@hotmail.com>moxamstudios@hotmail.com</a>).
1.95 deraadt 1151: <br>
1152: <br>
1153: </em>
1154:
1155: <hr>
1.90 deraadt 1156: <a name=42></a>
1157: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="42.html">
1158: 4.2: "100001 1010101"</a></font></h2>
1159: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%">
1160: <tr>
1.123 deraadt 1161: <td valign="top" width="30%">
1.126 deraadt 1162: <a href="orders.html">[Order OpenBSD items]</a><br>
1163: <a href="42.html">OpenBSD 4.2</a> CD2 track 2 is an<br>
1.90 deraadt 1164: uncompressed copy of this song.<br>
1165: <br>
1.126 deraadt 1166: 4:40 <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/songs/song42.mp3">(MP3 4.0MB)</a>
1.118 deraadt 1167: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/songs/song42.ogg">(OGG 6.4MB)</a><br>
1.90 deraadt 1168: <br>
1169: <a href="images/Marathon.jpg">
1170: <img width=227 height=343 alt="Marathon" src="images/Marathon.jpg"></a>
1171: <br>
1172: <br>
1173: <em>
1174: Those of us who work on OpenBSD are often asked why we do what we do.
1.91 merdely 1175: This song's lyrics express the core motivations and goals which have
1.90 deraadt 1176: remained unchanged over the years - secure, free, reliable software,
1177: that can be shared with anyone. Many other projects purport to share
1178: these same goals, and love to wrap themselves in a banner of "Open
1179: Source" and "Free Software". Given how many projects there are one
1180: would think it might be easy to stick to those goals, but it doesn't
1181: seem to work out that way. A variety of desires drag many projects
1182: away from the ideals very quickly.
1183: <p>
1.93 jmc 1184: Much of any operating system's usability depends on device support,
1.91 merdely 1185: and there are some very tempting alternative ways to support devices
1.90 deraadt 1186: available to those who will surrender their moral code. A project
1187: could compromise by entering into NDA agreements with vendors, or
1188: including binary objects in the operating system for which no source
1189: code exists, or tying their users down with contract terms hidden
1190: inside copyright notices. All of these choices surrender some subset
1191: of the ideals, and we simply will not do this. Sure, we care about
1192: getting devices working, but not at the expense of our original goals.
1193: <p>
1194: Of course since "free to share with anyone" is part of our goals,
1195: we've been at the forefront of many licensing and NDA issues,
1.91 merdely 1196: resulting in a good number of successes. This success had led to much
1.90 deraadt 1197: recognition for the advancement of Free Software causes, but has also
1198: led to other issues.
1199: <p>
1200: We fully admit that some BSD licensed software has been taken and used
1201: by many commercial entities, but contributions come back more often
1202: than people seem to know, and when they do, they're always still
1203: properly attributed to the original authors, and given back in the
1204: same spirit that they were given in the first place.
1205: <p>
1206: That's the best we can expect from companies. After all, we make our
1207: stuff so free so that everyone can benefit -- it remains a core goal;
1208: we really have not strayed at all in 10 years. But we can expect more
1209: from projects who talk about sharing -- such as the various Linux
1210: projects.
1211: <p>
1212: Now rather than seeing us as friends who can cooperatively improve all
1213: codebases, we are seen as foes who oppose the GPL. The participants
1214: of "the race" are being manipulated by the FSF and their legal arm, the
1215: SFLC, for the FSF's aims, rather than the goal of getting good source
1216: into Linux (and all other code bases). We don't want this to come off
1217: as some conspiracy theory, but we simply urge those developers caution
1218: -- they should ensure that the path they are being shown by those who
1219: have positioned themselves as leaders is still true. Run for yourself,
1220: not for their agenda.
1221: <p>
1222: The Race is there to be run, for ourselves, not for others. We do
1223: what we do to run our own race, and finish it the best we can. We
1224: don't rush off at every distraction, or worry how this will affect our
1225: image. We are here to have fun doing right.
1226: <p>
1227: </em>
1228: </td><td valign="top" width="3%">
1229: <br>
1230: </td><td valign=top width="30%">
1231: <br>
1232: The starting line is nervous<br>
1233: we burst upon the course<br>
1234: Electric is our passion<br>
1235: An open hearted force<br>
1236: <br>
1237: The water's full of dangers<br>
1238: That interrupt the flow<br>
1239: And soon the spirit splinters<br>
1.92 deraadt 1240: as temptation takes its toll<br>
1.90 deraadt 1241: <br>
1242: *Give and get back some<br>
1243: Sharing it all<br>
1244: Path we know best<br>
1245: we're having a ball<br>
1246: Opulent mission<br>
1247: Lost in our passion<br>
1248: You can still choose<br>
1249: If you don't swim to win<br>
1250: you'll never lose*<br>
1251: <br>
1252: One Zero Zero Zero Zero One<br>
1253: <br>
1254: The window is a wall by now<br>
1255: A sieve of sickened holes<br>
1256: The water chicken stealing maps<br>
1257: Mistaking us for foes<br>
1258: <br>
1259: The sun a son of Icarus<br>
1260: Flies too close to itself<br>
1261: Forbidden fruit is blinded<br>
1262: by the toys upon the shelf<br>
1263: <br>
1264: *CHORUS*<br>
1265: <br>
1266: One Zero One Zero One Zero One<br>
1267: <br>
1268: Slow and steady wins they say<br>
1269: but this is not a race<br>
1270: It's not about who takes a prize<br>
1271: for first or second place<br>
1272: <br>
1273: Imaginary rings of brass<br>
1274: Were traded for real goals<br>
1275: The vision and the mission lost<br>
1276: For those with corporate souls<br>
1277: <br>
1278: *Give and get back some<br>
1279: Sharing it all<br>
1280: Path we know best<br>
1281: we're having a ball<br>
1282: Give and get zeros<br>
1283: Give and get ones<br>
1284: Given to you but<br>
1285: Not you to us<br>
1286: Opulent mission<br>
1287: Lost in our passion<br>
1288: You can still choose<br>
1289: If you don't swim to win<br>
1290: you'll never lose<br>
1291: You'll never lose*<br>
1292: <br>
1293: <br>
1294: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
1295: <img width=396 height=1876 src="images/42song.gif"><br>
1296: </td></tr></table>
1297: <p>
1298: <em>
1299: Music written and arranged by Jonathan Lewis. Recorded, mixed and
1.112 deraadt 1300: mastered by Jonathan Lewis of
1301: Moxam Studios (<a mailto:moxamstudios@hotmail.com>moxamstudios@hotmail.com</a>).
1.90 deraadt 1302: Vocals by Duncan McDonnald (www.thegreatgavalan.com). Drums by
1303: John McNeil. Guitar by Jeff Drummond. Bass and keyboards by
1304: Jonathan Lewis. Lyrics by Ty Semaka and Theo de Raadt.
1305: <br>
1306: <br>
1307: </em>
1308:
1309: <hr>
1.81 deraadt 1310: <a name=41></a>
1311: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="41.html">
1312: 4.1: "Puffy Baba and the 40 Vendors"</a></font></h2>
1313: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%">
1314: <tr>
1.123 deraadt 1315: <td valign="top" width="30%">
1.126 deraadt 1316: <a href="orders.html">[Order OpenBSD items]</a><br>
1317: <a href="41.html">OpenBSD 4.1</a> CD2 track 2 is an<br>
1.81 deraadt 1318: uncompressed copy of this song.<br>
1319: <br>
1.126 deraadt 1320: 4:19 <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/songs/song41.mp3">(MP3 4.1MB)</a>
1.118 deraadt 1321: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/songs/song41.ogg">(OGG 8.3MB)</a><br>
1.81 deraadt 1322: <br>
1323: <a href="images/PuffyBaba.jpg">
1324: <img width=227 height=343 alt="PuffyBaba" src="images/PuffyBaba.jpg"></a>
1325: <br>
1326: <br>
1327: <em>
1328: As developers of a free operating system, one of our prime responsibilities
1329: is device support. No matter how nice an operating system is, it remains
1330: useless and unusable without solid support for a wide percentage of the
1331: hardware that is available on the market. It is therefore rather unsurprising
1332: that more than half of our efforts focus on various aspects relating to
1333: device support.
1334: <p>
1.85 mbalmer 1335: Most parts of the operating system (from low kernel, through to libraries,
1.81 deraadt 1336: all the way up to X, and then even to applications) use fairly obvious
1337: interface layers, where the "communication protocols" or "argument passing"
1338: mechanisms (ie. APIs) can be understood by any developer who takes the
1339: time to read the free code. Device drivers pose an additional and significant
1340: challenge though: because many vendors refuse to document the exact behavior
1341: of their devices. The devices are black boxes. And often they are surprisingly
1342: weird, or even buggy.
1343: <p>
1344: When vendor documentation does not exist, the development process can
1345: become extremely hairy. Groups of developers have found themselves focused
1346: for months at a time, figuring out the most simple steps, simply because
1347: the hardware is a complete mystery. Access to documentation can ease
1348: these difficulties rapidly. However, getting access to the chip documentation
1349: from vendors is ... almost always a negotiation. If we had open access to
1.84 matthieu 1350: documentation, anyone would be able to see how simple all these devices
1.81 deraadt 1351: actually are, and device driver development would flourish (and not just in
1352: OpenBSD, either).
1353: <p>
1354: When we proceed into negotiations with vendors, asking for documentation,
1355: our position is often weak. One would assume that the modern market is fair,
1356: and that selling chips would be the primary focus of these vendors. But
1357: unfortunately a number of behemoth software vendors have spent the last 10 or
1358: 20 years building
1.83 wvdputte 1359: <a href="papers/brhard2007/mgp00024.html">
1.81 deraadt 1360: political hurdles against the smaller players</a>.
1361: <p>
1.82 jsg 1362: A particularly nasty player in this regard has been the Linux vendors and
1.87 tom 1363: some Linux developers, who have played along with an American corporate model
1.81 deraadt 1364: of requiring NDAs for chip documentation. This has effectively put Linux
1365: into the club with Microsoft, but has left all the other operating system
1366: communities -- and their developers -- with much less available clout for
1367: requesting documentation. In a more fair world, the Linux vendors would
1368: work with us, and the device driver support in all free operating systems
1369: would be fantastic by now.
1370: <p>
1371: We only ask that
1.83 wvdputte 1372: <a href="papers/brhard2007/mgp00027.html">
1.81 deraadt 1373: users help</a> us in changing the political landscape.
1374: </em>
1375: </td><td valign="top" width="3%">
1376: <br>
1377: </td><td valign=top width="30%">
1378: <br>
1379: Here's an old story ...<br>
1380: <br>
1381: <br>
1382: Puffy Baba and the 40 Vendors<br>
1383: We all know the details<br>
1384: Magic cave, magic words, some thieves,<br>
1385: some serious loot,<br>
1386: and lucky - Mister - Baba<br>
1387: Who got a bad rap if you ask me<br>
1388: The little guy who<br>
1389: did the best with what he had<br>
1390: <br>
1391: <br>
1392: Here are Mr. Baba's lessons<br>
1393: Load one ass, take a few trips and spend<br>
1394: in moderation<br>
1395: Three things the average man can't - get - right<br>
1396: <br>
1397: <br>
1398: If you know your brother is a greedy bastard<br>
1399: never give him the password<br>
1400: If he goes penguin on you,<br>
1401: stop - being - his brother.<br>
1402: When a cave is guarded by magic lawyers<br>
1.86 tom 1403: A sea of blood will be its doormat<br>
1.81 deraadt 1404: So do the best with what you have<br>
1405: <br>
1406: <br>
1407: Beyond the lessons - you must know this<br>
1408: that the Devil is as real as your address<br>
1409: But unlike Vendors,<br>
1410: he at least keeps the door open<br>
1411: <br>
1412: <br>
1413: Vendors of water that should be free<br>
1414: Look upon their words and despair<br>
1415: Their badvertising made a thief of my brother<br>
1416: then made him better off dead<br>
1417: Now he hasn't got shit to do his best with<br>
1418: <br>
1419: <br>
1420: Gratis. Free. Libre. Cuffo.<br>
1421: The companies of thieves stole every good adjective<br>
1422: and left us with open source (sores)<br>
1423: sharing smaller and smaller bandages<br>
1424: for each consecutive cut<br>
1425: But with the salty water of labour<br>
1426: parched desert becomes pregnant black soil<br>
1427: <br>
1428: <br>
1429: It's not whether you're well off<br>
1430: it's where you dig the well<br>
1431: The best the little guy can do is what<br>
1432: the little guy does right<br>
1433: <br>
1434: <br>
1435: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
1436: <img width=396 height=1904 src="images/41song.gif"><br>
1437: </td></tr></table>
1438: <p>
1439: <em>
1.112 deraadt 1440: Recorded, mixed and mastered by Jonathan Lewis of
1441: Moxam Studios (<a mailto:moxamstudios@hotmail.com>moxamstudios@hotmail.com</a>).
1442: Voice by Richard Sixto. Lyrics by Ty Semaka.
1.81 deraadt 1443: <br>
1444: <br>
1445: </em>
1446:
1447: <hr>
1.126 deraadt 1448: <a name=audio_extra40></a>
1.76 deraadt 1449: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="items.html#audio">
1450: "OpenVOX"</a></font></h2>
1451: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%">
1452: <tr>
1.123 deraadt 1453: <td valign="top" width="30%">
1.126 deraadt 1454: <a href="orders.html">[Order OpenBSD items]</a><br>
1455: This is the extra song on the
1456: <a href="https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order?CDA1=1&CDA1%2b=Add">
1457: "The Songs 3.0 - 4.0"</a> Audio CD.
1458: <br>
1.76 deraadt 1459: <br>
1.126 deraadt 1460: 4:00 <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/songs/songty.mp3">(MP3 3.9MB)</a>
1.118 deraadt 1461: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/songs/songty.ogg">(OGG 6.0MB)</a><br>
1.76 deraadt 1462: <br>
1463: <img height=158 width=158 hspace="5" src="images/cdaudio-m.gif">
1464: <br>
1465: <br>
1466: <em>
1.126 deraadt 1467: This is an extra track by the artist Ty Semaka
1468: (who really has "had Puffy on his mind") which we included on the "The Songs 3.0 - 4.0" audio CD.
1.76 deraadt 1469: <p>
1470: This song details the process that Ty has to go through to make the art
1471: and music for each OpenBSD release.
1472: Ty and Theo really do go to a (very specific) bar and discuss what is
1473: going on in the project, and then try to find a theme that will work...
1.111 deraadt 1474: <p>
1.126 deraadt 1475: <a href="https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order?CDA1=1&CDA1%2b=Add">
1.111 deraadt 1476: Order this CDROM from our International site.</a>
1477: <p>
1.126 deraadt 1478: The 1st OpenBSD Audio CD "The Songs 3.0 - 4.0" celebrates the artwork
1479: and songs that have been released with each OpenBSD release. All the
1480: songs from the 3.0 to 4.0 releases are included (plus this bonus track).
1.111 deraadt 1481: <p>
1.126 deraadt 1482: Includes an 11cm silver-on-clear die-cut wireframe Puffy sticker!
1.76 deraadt 1483: </em>
1484: </td><td valign="top" width="3%">
1485: <br>
1486: </td><td valign=top width="30%">
1487: Be Open<br>
1488: Be Vocal<br>
1489: Stay Open<br>
1490: Stay Vocal<br>
1491: <br>
1492: (repeat)<br>
1493: <br>
1494: OpenBSD<br>
1495: <br>
1496: Twice a year,<br>
1497: me an' Theo Theorize over beer<br>
1498: at the Ship and outhip all the misers<br>
1499: and take strips out of liars.<br>
1500: He sits me down and he tries to explain:<br>
1501: He says "The badabadabingabanger<br>
1502: button on the raidorama cuttin'<br>
1.78 deraadt 1503: on the systematicalifornication<br>
1.76 deraadt 1504: and a license application<br>
1505: is a fishybomination<br>
1506: and a random allocation<br>
1507: got a copywritten melanoma<br>
1508: sasafrazzin' wireless device".<br>
1509: OK stop.<br>
1510: I get it.<br>
1511: Some asshole lied.<br>
1512: <br>
1513: And then he says,<br>
1.78 deraadt 1514: "The crashorama villaination<br>
1.76 deraadt 1515: lawyerific pornication threatifies<br>
1516: the only honest hackerammerunderider<br>
1517: in the cyber cider documation<br>
1518: universal anagrama-attic (I'm outta here)<br>
1519: cohabitationizizingation"<br>
1520: OK stop.<br>
1521: I get it.<br>
1522: <a href="http://developer.osdl.org/dev/opendrivers/summit2006/james_ketrenos.pdf">
1523: Some asshole said he was "open"<br>
1524: but he was only open for business.<br></a>
1525: I get it.<br>
1526: Where's my pencils?<br>
1527: Bring me my mic!<br>
1528: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
1529: Be Open<br>
1530: Be Vocal<br>
1531: Stay Open<br>
1532: Stay Vocal<br>
1533: <br>
1534: (repeat)<br>
1535: <br>
1536: Then he has another beer and<br>
1537: gets all, you know, pushy.<br>
1538: Make Puffy kill pussies?<br>
1539: And too much thinkin' and kitchen sinkin'<br>
1540: the drawings or toons I should say,<br>
1541: where a fish can talk, be an agent<br>
1542: a hit man or walk, and ride horses<br>
1543: and forces my hand to make Puffy a spy<br>
1544: or a cowboy, or WHY a little girl, in a dream<br>
1545: and fake Floyd as the theme?<br>
1546: And squeeze in five concepts<br>
1547: every time, every song!<br>
1548: And the geeks and Theo lose it<br>
1549: if I draw the device wrong!<br>
1550: "It's four little buttons not five Ty"<br>
1551: And pretty soon I'll be losing my mind<br>
1552: cause it's a f@#!kin' cartoon!<br>
1553: <br>
1554: (beat boxin')<br>
1555: <br>
1556: <br>
1557: </td></tr></table>
1558: <p>
1559: <em>
1560: <br>
1561: </em>
1562:
1563: <hr>
1564: <a name=40></a>
1565: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="40.html">
1566: 4.0: "Humppa Negala"</a></font></h2>
1567: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%">
1568: <tr>
1.123 deraadt 1569: <td valign="top" width="30%">
1.126 deraadt 1570: <a href="orders.html">[Order OpenBSD items]</a><br>
1571: <a href="40.html">OpenBSD 4.0</a> CD2 track 2 is an<br>
1.76 deraadt 1572: uncompressed copy of this song.<br>
1573: <br>
1.126 deraadt 1574: 2:40 <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/songs/song40.mp3">(MP3 2.3MB)</a>
1.118 deraadt 1575: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/songs/song40.ogg">(OGG 3.6MB)</a><br>
1.76 deraadt 1576: <br>
1577: <a href="images/Pufferix.jpg">
1578: <img width=227 height=343 alt="Pufferix" src="images/Pufferix.jpg"></a>
1579: <br>
1580: <br>
1581: <em>
1582: The last 10 years, every 6 month period has (without fail)
1.77 deraadt 1583: resulted in an official OpenBSD release making it to the FTP
1.76 deraadt 1584: servers. But CDs are also manufactured, which the project
1.77 deraadt 1585: sells to continue our development goals.
1.76 deraadt 1586: <br>
1587: <br>
1588: While tests of the release binaries are done by developers
1.77 deraadt 1589: around the world, Theo and some developers from Calgary
1590: or Edmonton (such as Peter Valchev or Bob Beck) test that
1.76 deraadt 1591: the discs are full of (only) correct code. Ty Semaka works for
1592: approximately two months to design and draw artwork that will fit
1593: the designated theme, and coordinates with his music buddies to
1594: write and record a song that also matches the theme.
1595: <br>
1596: <br>
1597: Then the discs and all the artwork gets delivered to the plant,
1598: so that they can be pressed in time for an official release date.
1599: <br>
1600: <br>
1601: This release, instead of bemoaning vendors or organizations that
1602: try to make our task of writing free software more difficult, we
1603: instead celebrate the 10 years that we have been given (so far) to
1604: write free software, express our themes in art, and the 5 years
1605: that we have made music with a group of talented musicians.
1.77 deraadt 1606: <br>
1607: <br>
1.76 deraadt 1608: OpenBSD developers have been torturing each other for years now
1609: with Humppa-style music, so this release our users get a taste
1.77 deraadt 1610: of this too. Sometimes at hackathons you will hear the same
1611: songs being played on multiple laptops, out of sync. It is
1612: under such duress that much of our code gets written.
1.76 deraadt 1613: <br>
1614: <br>
1615: We feel like Pufferix and Bobilix delivering The Three Discs of
1616: Freedom to those who want them whenever the need arises, then
1617: returning to celebrate the (unlocked) source tree with all the
1618: other developers.
1619: </em>
1620: </td><td valign="top" width="3%">
1621: <br>
1622: </td><td valign=top width="30%">
1623: <br>
1624: <br>
1625: <br>
1626: Humppa negala<br>
1627: Humppa negala<br>
1628: Humppa negala<br>
1629: Venismechah<br>
1630: <br>
1631: Humppa negala<br>
1632: Humppa negala<br>
1633: Humppa negala<br>
1634: Venismechah<br>
1635: <br>
1636: Humppa neranenah<br>
1637: Humppa neranenah<br>
1638: Humppa neranenah<br>
1639: Venismechah<br>
1640: <br>
1641: Humppa neranenah<br>
1642: Humppa neranenah<br>
1643: Humppa neranenah<br>
1644: Venismechah<br>
1645: <br>
1646: Uru, uru achim!<br>
1647: Uru achim b'lev sameach<br>
1648: Uru achim b'lev sameach<br>
1649: Uru achim b'lev sameach<br>
1650: Uru achim b'lev sameach<br>
1651: uru achim!<br>
1652: uru achim!<br>
1653: OpenBSD!<br>
1654: <br>
1655: <br>
1656: (circus torture)<br>
1657: <br>
1658: <br>
1659: Humppa negala<br>
1660: Humppa negala<br>
1661: Humppa negala<br>
1662: Venismechah<br>
1663: <br>
1664: Humppa negala<br>
1665: Humppa negala<br>
1666: Humppa negala<br>
1667: Venismechah<br>
1668: <br>
1669: Humppa neranenah<br>
1670: Humppa neranenah<br>
1671: Humppa neranenah<br>
1672: Venismechah<br>
1673: <br>
1674: Humppa neranenah<br>
1675: Humppa neranenah<br>
1676: Humppa neranenah<br>
1677: Venismechah<br>
1678: <br>
1679: Uru, uru achim!<br>
1680: Uru achim b'lev sameach<br>
1681: Uru achim b'lev sameach<br>
1682: Uru achim b'lev sameach<br>
1683: Uru achim b'lev sameach<br>
1684: uru achim!<br>
1685: uru achim!<br>
1686: OpenBSD!<br>
1687: <br>
1688: <br>
1689: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
1690: <img width=396 height=1862 src="images/40song.gif"><br>
1691: </td></tr></table>
1692: <p>
1693: <em>
1.90 deraadt 1694: Based on the traditional Jewish song "Hava Nagilah" composed by Anonymous.
1.76 deraadt 1695: Section of "Enter The Gladiators" (circus theme) composed by Julius Fucik.
1.112 deraadt 1696: Recorded, mixed and mastered by Jonathan Lewis of
1697: Moxam Studios (<a mailto:moxamstudios@hotmail.com>moxamstudios@hotmail.com</a>).
1698: Accordion, Tuba and drums by Jonathan Lewis. Vocals by
1.94 tobias 1699: Ty Semaka & Jonathan Lewis.
1.76 deraadt 1700: <br>
1701: <br>
1702: </em>
1703:
1704: <hr>
1.63 deraadt 1705: <a name=39></a>
1.64 jolan 1706: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="39.html">
1.63 deraadt 1707: 3.9: "Blob!"</a></font></h2>
1708: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%">
1709: <tr>
1.123 deraadt 1710: <td valign="top" width="30%">
1.126 deraadt 1711: <a href="orders.html">[Order OpenBSD items]</a><br>
1712: <a href="39.html">OpenBSD 3.9</a> CD2 track 2 is an<br>
1.63 deraadt 1713: uncompressed copy of this song.<br>
1714: <br>
1.126 deraadt 1715: 4:00 <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/songs/song39.mp3">(MP3 7.6MB)</a>
1.118 deraadt 1716: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/songs/song39.ogg">(OGG 6.0MB)</a><br>
1.63 deraadt 1717: <br>
1.76 deraadt 1718: <a href="images/Blob.jpg">
1.123 deraadt 1719: <img width=227 height=343 alt="Blob" src="images/Blob.jpg"></a>
1.63 deraadt 1720: <br>
1721: <br>
1722: <em>
1723: OpenBSD emphasizes security. It also emphasizes openness. All the code
1724: is there for all to see. Blobs are vendor-compiled binary drivers
1725: without any source code. Hardware makers like them because they
1726: obscure the details of how to make their hardware work. They hide bugs
1727: and workarounds for bugs. Newer versions of blobs can weaken support
1728: for older hardware and motivate people to buy new hardware.<br>
1729: <br>
1730: <br>
1731: Blobs are expedient. Many other open source operating systems
1732: cheerfully incorporate them; in fact their users demand them.<br>
1733: <br>
1734: <br>
1735: But when you need to trust the system, how do you check the blob for
1736: quality? For adherence to standards? How do you know the blob contains
1737: no malicious code? No incompetent code? Inspection is impossible; you
1738: can only test the black box. And when it breaks, you have no idea why.<br>
1739: <br>
1740: <br>
1741: <ul>
1742: <li>Blobs can be 'de-supported' by vendors<br>
1743: at any time.<br>
1744: <br>
1745: <li>Blobs cannot be supported by developers.<br>
1746: <br>
1747: <li>Blobs cannot be fixed by developers.<br>
1748: <br>
1749: <li>Blobs cannot be improved.<br>
1750: <br>
1751: <li>Blobs cannot be audited.<br>
1752: <br>
1753: <li>
1754: Blobs are specific to an architecture, thus<br>
1755: less portable.<br>
1756: <br>
1757: <li>Blobs are quite often massively bloated.<br>
1758: </ul>
1759: <br>
1760: <br>
1761: This release, like every OpenBSD release, contains OpenBSD and its
1762: source code. It runs on a wide variety of hardware. It contains many
1763: new features and improvements. OpenBSD does attempt to convince
1764: vendors to release documentation, and often reverse-engineers around
1765: the need for blobs. OpenBSD remains blob-free. Anyone can look at it,
1766: assess it, improve it. If it breaks, it can be fixed.
1767: </em>
1768: </td><td valign="top" width="3%">
1769: <br>
1770: </td><td valign=top width="30%">
1771: <br><br><br>
1772: Little baby Blobby was a cute little baby<br>
1773: when we found him on the beach,<br>
1774: there was nothin' shady<br>
1775: you could bounce him on your knee<br>
1776: like a ba-ba-ball<br>
1777: and his first little word was adorable<br>
1778: <br>
1779: He said a blah blah blah blah blah<br>
1780: blah blah blah<br>
1781: Blah!<br>
1782: <br>
1783: <br>
1784: Thin edge of the wedge?<br>
1785: But everybody was so happy - about Blob<br>
1786: <br>
1787: <br>
1788: Blob was popular at school he was helpful too<br>
1789: He could get your motor runnin'<br>
1790: with a drop of goo<br>
1791: He was givin' it away never charged a dime<br>
1792: But by the time he graduated<br>
1793: Blob was business slime!<br>
1794: <br>
1795: He was a blah blah blah blah blah blah<br>
1796: blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah<br>
1797: blah blah<br>
1798: <br>
1799: <br>
1800: He's givin' you the Evil Eye!<br>
1801: <br>
1802: <br>
1803: Now everybody had it<br>
1804: they was drivin' around<br>
1805: They was givin' up their freedoms<br>
1806: for convenience now<br>
1807: Blobbin' up the freeway, water black as pitch<br>
1808: And somehow little Blobby was a growin' rich!<br>
1809: <br>
1810: <br>
1811: He was a blah blah blah blah blah blah<br>
1812: blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah<br>
1813: blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah<br>
1814: blah blah<br>
1815: <br>
1816: <br>
1817: It's linkin' time!<br>
1818: <br>
1819: <br>
1820: Now it was out of control<br>
1821: n' fishy's came to depend<br>
1822: on Blobby's Blob Blah, seemed to be no end<br>
1823: Then his empire spread and to their surprise<br>
1824: Blobby been a growin' to incredible size!<br>
1825: <br>
1826: <br>
1827: He's a blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah<br>
1828: blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah<br>
1829: blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah<br>
1830: blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah<br>
1831: B-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b<br>
1832: <br>
1833: <br>
1.66 deraadt 1834: Then along came a genius Doctor Puffystein<br>
1.63 deraadt 1835: And he battled the Blob<br>
1836: who had crossed the line<br>
1837: He was 50 feet tall - Doctor said "No fear"<br>
1838: I got a sample of Blob I can reverse engineer!<br>
1839: <br>
1840: <br>
1841: But it was too late!<br>
1842: Blob was takin' over the world!<br>
1843: He wants your video!<br>
1844: Ya he wants your net!<br>
1845: He wants your drive!<br>
1846: He wants it all!!<br>
1847: <br>
1848: <br>
1849: Somebody help us!<br>
1850: Noooooooo!<br>
1851: NVIDIA!<br>
1852: Intel!<br>
1853: Atheros!<br>
1854: 3-Ware!<br>
1855: VIA!<br>
1856: ATI!<br>
1857: Broadcom!<br>
1858: TI!<br>
1859: Myricom!<br>
1860: HighPoint!<br>
1861: Adaptec!<br>
1862: Mylex!<br>
1863: ICP Vortex!<br>
1864: and IBM!<br>
1865: Takin' over the world!<br>
1866: <br>
1867: <br>
1868: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
1.76 deraadt 1869: <img height=2160 width=396 src="images/39song.gif"><br>
1.63 deraadt 1870: </td></tr></table>
1871: <p>
1872: <em>
1873: Music composed by Ty Semaka and Jonathan Lewis.
1.112 deraadt 1874: Recorded, mixed and mastered by Jonathan Lewis of
1875: Moxam Studios (<a mailto:moxamstudios@hotmail.com>moxamstudios@hotmail.com</a>).
1.63 deraadt 1876: Vocals and Lyrics by <a href="http://www.tysemaka.com">Ty Semaka</a> &
1877: Theo de Raadt.
1878: Bass guitar, organ and bubbles by Jonathan Lewis.
1879: Guitar by <a href="http://www.tom-bagley.com">Tom Bagley</a>.
1880: Drums by Jim Buick.
1881: <br>
1882: <br>
1883: </em>
1884:
1885: <hr>
1.58 deraadt 1886: <a name=38></a>
1887: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="38.html">
1888: 3.8: "Hackers of the Lost RAID"</a></font></h2>
1889: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%">
1890: <tr>
1.123 deraadt 1891: <td valign="top" width="30%">
1.126 deraadt 1892: <a href="orders.html">[Order OpenBSD items]</a><br>
1893: <a href="38.html">OpenBSD 3.8</a> CD2 track 2 is an<br>
1.58 deraadt 1894: uncompressed copy of this song.<br>
1895: <br>
1.126 deraadt 1896: 4:24 <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/songs/song38.mp3">(MP3 8.1MB)</a>
1.118 deraadt 1897: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/songs/song38.ogg">(OGG 5.6MB)</a><br>
1.76 deraadt 1898: Instrumental version
1.118 deraadt 1899: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/songs/song38b.mp3">(MP3 8.0MB)</a>
1900: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/songs/song38b.ogg">(OGG 5.5MB)</a><br>
1.58 deraadt 1901: <br>
1.76 deraadt 1902: <a href="images/Jones.jpg">
1.123 deraadt 1903: <img width=227 height=343 alt="Jones" src="images/Jones.jpg"></a>
1.58 deraadt 1904: <br>
1905: <br>
1906: <em>
1907: For a multitude of (stupid) reasons, vendors often attempt to lock
1908: out our participation with their customers by refusing to give our
1909: programmers sufficient documentation so that we can properly support
1910: their devices.
1911: <p>
1912: Take Adaptec for instance. Before the 3.7 release we disabled support
1913: for the
1.70 steven 1914: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=aac&sektion=4">aac(4)</a>
1.58 deraadt 1915: Adaptec RAID driver because negotiations with the Adaptec had failed.
1916: They refused to give us documentation. Without documentation, support
1917: for their controller had always been poor. The driver had bugs (which
1918: affected some users more than others) which caused crashes, and of
1919: course there was no RAID management support. Apparently most of these
1.59 jolan 1920: bugs are because the Adaptec controllers have numerous buggy firmware
1921: issues which require careful workarounds; without documentation we
1922: cannot solve these issues.
1.58 deraadt 1923: <p>
1924: The driver was written by an OpenBSD developer, who cribbed parts
1925: of it from a FreeBSD driver written by an ex-Adaptec employee. But no
1926: public documentation exists, and Adaptec has dozens of cards with
1927: different firmware issues. All of this adds up to a very desperate
1928: development model -- it becomes very hard for the principle of
1929: "quality" to show its head.
1930: <p>
1931: RAID devices have two main qualities that people buy them for:
1932: <br>
1933: <ul>
1.60 pvalchev 1934: <li>Redundancy
1.58 deraadt 1935: <li>Repair
1936: </ul>
1937: You want a RAID unit to provide you with redundancy, so that if some drives
1.60 pvalchev 1938: fail, your data is not lost. But once a drive has failed, you require your
1939: array to (automatically, most likely) perform the operations to repair
1.58 deraadt 1940: itself, so that it is functioning perfectly again.
1941: <p>
1942: Some vendors (or like the above Adaptec case, ex-employee) have
1943: sometimes given us some documentation so that we could write drivers,
1944: so that their devices could support Redundancy. But these vendors have
1945: never given us any documentation for performing Repairs.
1946: <p>
1947: Instead these vendors have tried to pass out non-free RAID management
1948: tools. These are typically gigantic Linux binaries, or some crazy thing, that
1.67 jolan 1949: is supposed to work through a bizarre interface in the device driver, which
1.58 deraadt 1950: we are apparently supposed to write code for without any documentation.
1951: <p>
1952: And since we refuse to accept our users being forced into depending on
1953: vendor binaries, we have reverse engineered the management interface for
1954: the AMI controllers.
1955: <p>
1956: There is no great "intellectual property" in this stuff, it is all
1957: rather simple primitives. This is all that we need to implement
1958: basic RAID management:
1959: <ul>
1960: <li>SCSI transactions on the back-side busses
1961: <li>Discovering which drives are in which volumes
1962: <li>Being able to silence the buzzer
1963: <li>Marking a new drive as a Hot-Spare
1964: </ul>
1965: <p>
1966: The AMI driver needed to support these small primitive operations.
1967: And once we had that, we rely on something else which we know: Almost
1968: all the RAID controllers would need the same primitives.
1969: <p>
1970: Thus armed, we were able to write a generic framework which would later
1971: work on other vendors' RAID cards, that is, once we get documentation
1972: or do some reverse engineering for their products.
1973: <p>
1.60 pvalchev 1974: But having been ignored for so long by these vendors, it is not clear when (if
1975: ever) we will get around to writing that support for Adaptec RAID
1.58 deraadt 1976: controllers now. And Adaptec has gone and bought ICP Vortex, which
1977: may mean we can never get documentation for the
1.70 steven 1978: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gdt&sektion=4">gdt(4)</a>
1.58 deraadt 1979: controllers.
1980: The "Open Source Friendly liar" IBM owns Mylex, and Mylex has told us we
1981: would not get documentation, either.
1982: 3Ware has lied to us and our users so many times they make politicians
1983: look saintly.
1984: <p>
1985: Until other vendors give us documentation, if you want reliable RAID
1986: in OpenBSD, please buy
1987: <a href="http://www.lsilogic.com/products/megaraid/index.html">LSI/AMI</a>
1988: RAID cards. And everything
1.88 miod 1989: <a href="http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=112630095818062&w=2">
1.58 deraadt 1990: will just work</a>.
1991: <p>
1992: And keep pestering the other vendors.
1993: <br>
1994: </em>
1995: </td><td valign="top" width="3%">
1996: <br>
1997: </td><td valign=top width="30%">
1998: <font color="#b00000">Narrator:</font>
1999: Welcome friends to the adventures of Puffiana Jones!<br>
2000: <br>
2001: Brought to you by the good people at OpenBSD!<br>
2002: <br>
2003: Whether braving jungles of wires, oceans of code, or hacking the most
2004: treacherous of crypts, one fish fights for justice. With bravery and
2005: morality like none other, one name rings true. Puffiana Jones, famed
2006: hackologist and adventurer!<br>
2007: <br>
2008: Tracking down valuable artifacts and returning them to the public from
2009: the steely grip of greed. Many a villain has he pummeled, many a vile
2010: vendor has he thwarted, countless thugs, lawyers and kitties abound.<br>
2011: <br>
2012: Join us now in his latest adventure. Hackers of the Lost RAID!<br>
2013: <br>
2014: <br>
2015: <font color="#b00000">Marlus:</font>
2016: Puffy, this mission will be dangerous.<br>
2017: <br>
2018: <font color="#b00000">Puffy:</font>
2019: I'm a careful guy Marlus.<br>
2020: <br>
2021: <br>
2022: <font color="#b00000">Puffy and Salmah:</font>
2023: They're hacking in the wrong place!<br>
2024: <br>
2025: <br>
2026: <font color="#b00000">Beluge:</font>
2027: You will never get the documentation Jones! Ah ha ha ha ha!<br>
2028: <br>
2029: <font color="#b00000">Puffy:</font>
2030: Now you're gettin' nasty.<br>
2031: <br>
2032: <br>
2033: <font color="#b00000">Puffy:</font>
2034: SCSI's, why'd it have to be SCSI's?<br>
2035: <br>
2036: <font color="#b00000">Salmah:</font>
2037: API's, very dangerous. You go first.<br>
2038: <br>
2039: <br>
2040: <font color="#b00000">Narrator:</font>
2041: Through thick and thin our hero persists, until finally,
2042: there before him
2043: lies the answer of the ages. How to get OpenBSD, the world's most
2044: secure operating system,
2045: to communicate with the lost RAID. But alas, he is foiled once again by
2046: the evil Neozis. Again he must chase the truth. Will our hero prevail?<br>
2047: <br>
2048: Triumphant again! Join us next time for the continuing adventures of
2049: Puffiana Jones!<br>
2050: <br>
2051: <br>
2052: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
1.76 deraadt 2053: <img height=2160 width=380 src="images/38song.gif"><br>
1.58 deraadt 2054: </td></tr></table>
2055: <p>
2056: <em>
2057: Music composed by Ty Semaka and Jonathan Lewis.
2058: The Moxam Orchestra programmed and played by Jonathan Lewis.
2059: Vocals and Lyrics by Ty Semaka. Drums by Charlie Bullough.
1.112 deraadt 2060: Recorded, mixed and mastered by Jonathan Lewis of
2061: Moxam Studios (<a mailto:moxamstudios@hotmail.com>moxamstudios@hotmail.com</a>).
1.58 deraadt 2062: <br>
2063: <br>
2064: </em>
2065:
2066: <hr>
1.44 deraadt 2067: <a name=37></a>
2068: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="37.html">
2069: 3.7: "Wizard of OS"</a></font></h2>
2070: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%">
2071: <tr>
1.123 deraadt 2072: <td valign="top" width="30%">
1.126 deraadt 2073: <a href="orders.html">[Order OpenBSD items]</a><br>
2074: <a href="37.html">OpenBSD 3.7</a> CD2 track 2 is an<br>
1.44 deraadt 2075: uncompressed copy of this song.<br>
2076: <br>
1.126 deraadt 2077: 10:08 <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/songs/song37.mp3">(MP3 18MB)</a>
1.118 deraadt 2078: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/songs/song37.ogg">(OGG 13MB)</a><br>
1.44 deraadt 2079: <br>
1.76 deraadt 2080: <a href="images/Wizard.jpg">
2081: <img width=227 height=343 alt="Wizard" src="images/Wizard.jpg"></a>
1.44 deraadt 2082: <br>
2083: <br>
2084: <em>
2085: For an operating system to get anywhere in "the market" it must have
2086: good device support.<br>
2087: <br>
2088: Ethernet was our first concern. Many vendors refused to supply
2089: programmers with programming documentation for these chipsets. Donald
2090: Becker (Linux) and Bill Paul (FreeBSD) changed the rules of the game
2091: here: They wrote drivers for the chipsets that they could get
2092: documentation for, and as they succeeded in writing more and more
2093: drivers, eventually closed vendors slowly opened up until most
2094: ethernet chipset documentation was available. Today, some vendors
2095: still resist releasing ethernet chipset documentation (ie. Broadcom,
1.62 brad 2096: Intel, Marvell/SysKonnect, NVIDIA) but the driver problem is mostly
1.46 henning 2097: solved in the ethernet market.<br>
1.44 deraadt 2098: <br>
2099: Similar problems have happened in the SCSI, IDE, and RAID markets.
2100: Again, the problem was solved by writing drivers for documented
2101: devices first. If the free software user communities use those drivers
2102: preferentially, it is a market loss for the secretive vendors.
2103: Another approach that has worked is to publish email addresses and
2104: phone numbers for the marketing department managers in these
2105: companies. These email campaigns have worked almost every time.<br>
2106: <br>
2107: The new frontier: 802.11 wireless chipsets.<br>
2108: <br>
2109: Over the last six months, this came to a head in the OpenBSD project.
2110: We asked our users to help us petition numerous vendors so that we
2111: could get chipset documentation or redistributable firmware. Certainly, we did
1.52 deraadt 2112: not succeed for some vendors. But we did influence some vendors, in
1.44 deraadt 2113: particular the Taiwanese (Ralink and Realtek), who have given us
2114: everything we need. We also reverse engineered the Atheros chipsets.<br>
2115: <br>
2116:
2117: Want to help us? Avoid
2118: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw">Intel Centrino</a>,
2119: Broadcom, TI, or Connexant PrismGT chipsets.
2120: Heck, avoid buying even regular
1.48 deraadt 2121: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wi">old pre-G Prism products</a>,
1.44 deraadt 2122: to send a message.
1.48 deraadt 2123: If you can, buy 802.11 products using chips by
1.44 deraadt 2124: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rtw">Realtek</a>,
2125: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ral">Ralink</a>,
2126: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=atu">Atmel</a>,
2127: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=awi">ADMTek</a>,
2128: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath">Atheros</a>.
2129: Our manual pages attempt to explain which vendors (ie. D-Link) box
1.52 deraadt 2130: which chipsets into which product.
1.44 deraadt 2131: <br>
2132: <br>
2133: Send a message that open support for hardware matters. A vendor in
1.56 cloder 2134: Redmond largely continues their practices because they get
1.44 deraadt 2135: the chipset documentation years before everyone else does.
2136: What really upsets us the most is that some Linux vendors are signing
2137: Non-Disclosure Agreements with vendors, or contracts that let them
2138: distribute firmwares. Meanwhile both Linux and FSF head developers
1.49 nick 2139: are not asking their communities to help us in our efforts to free
1.44 deraadt 2140: development information for all, but are even going further and
2141: telling their development communities to not work with us at
2142: pressuring vendors. It is ridiculous.
2143: <br>
2144: </em>
2145: </td><td valign="top" width="3%">
2146: <br>
2147: </td><td valign=top width="30%">
2148: The heroine is deaf to her device<br>
2149: her uncles on the farm,<br>
2150: send out the alarm<br>
2151: and the shit storm flies<br>
2152: E-maelstrom is lifting up the house<br>
2153: With Puffathy inside,<br>
2154: twisting up a ride<br>
2155: to the land of OS<br>
2156: Hard landing, the packets celebrate<br>
2157: The wicked lawyers dead<br>
2158: The open slippers red are<br>
2159: Hers to take<br>
2160: <br>
1.53 otto 2161: Ding dong the lawyer's dead<br>
1.44 deraadt 2162: You're off to see the Wizard kid<br>
2163: <br>
2164: The north witch instructed Puffathy<br>
2165: To get yourself back home<br>
2166: Take this yellow road and<br>
1.47 pvalchev 2167: You'll be fine<br>
1.44 deraadt 2168: Believe in the open ruby shoes<br>
2169: Now go to see the Wiz and<br>
2170: give Taiwan your biz<br>
2171: You'll never lose<br>
2172: The 3 friends she made along the way<br>
2173: Were nice but pretty lame,<br>
2174: lazy and insane<br>
2175: but they sang OK<br>
2176: <br>
1.53 otto 2177: Ding dong the lawyer's dead<br>
1.44 deraadt 2178: You're off to see the Wizard kid<br>
2179: <br>
2180: Finally we're through the trees<br>
2181: The city glows<br>
2182: It's positively green<br>
2183: Pompously the wizard booms<br>
2184: He wants the broom of triple 'w'<br>
2185: <br>
2186: Go to the west<br>
2187: You must pass the test<br>
2188: For me<br>
2189: Bring me the ride<br>
2190: of the witch I despise<br>
2191: And you'll be free<br>
2192: <br>
2193: You don't need the broom<br>
2194: You don't need the shoes<br>
2195: You don't need the wiz<br>
2196: You will never lose<br>
2197: You have all you need<br>
2198: You always had heart<br>
2199: You always had courage<br>
2200: Did somebody fart?<br>
2201: You always had brains<br>
2202: You answered each call<br>
1.57 deraadt 2203: And this may surprise you<br>
1.44 deraadt 2204: But you've got some balls<br>
2205: So double click heels<br>
2206: and work with Taiwan<br>
2207: And speak to your doggie<br>
2208: You're already gone....<br>
2209: <br>
2210: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
1.76 deraadt 2211: <img height=1079 width=380 src="images/37song.gif"><br>
1.44 deraadt 2212: </td></tr></table>
2213: <p>
2214: <em>
2215: Lyrics and vocal melody written by Ty Semaka.
2216: Main vocals by Jonathan Lewis, sung female vocals by Adele Legere,
2217: Puffathy (little girl voice) by Anita Miotti, monkeys and laughing by Ty
2218: Semaka,
2219: guitar by Reed Shimozawa, drums, bass and all other sounds programmed by
1.55 tom 2220: Jonathan Lewis. Co-Arranged by Ty Semaka & Jonathan Lewis.
1.112 deraadt 2221: Recorded, mixed and mastered by Jonathan Lewis at
2222: Moxam Studios (<a mailto:moxamstudios@hotmail.com>moxamstudios@hotmail.com</a>).
1.44 deraadt 2223: <br>
2224: <br>
2225: </em>
2226:
2227: <hr>
1.37 deraadt 2228: <a name=36></a>
2229: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="36.html">
2230: 3.6: "Pond-erosa Puff (live)"</a></font></h2>
2231: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%">
2232: <tr>
2233: <td valign="top" width="28%">
1.126 deraadt 2234: <a href="orders.html">[Order OpenBSD items]</a><br>
2235: <a href="36.html">OpenBSD 3.6</a> CD2 track 2 is an<br>
1.37 deraadt 2236: uncompressed copy of this song.<br>
2237: <br>
1.126 deraadt 2238: 4:00 <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/songs/song36.mp3">(MP3 7.7MB)</a>
1.118 deraadt 2239: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/songs/song36.ogg">(OGG 5.2MB)</a><br>
1.37 deraadt 2240: <br>
1.76 deraadt 2241: <a href="images/Ponderosa.jpg">
1.123 deraadt 2242: <img width=227 height=343 alt="Ponderosa" src="images/Ponderosa.jpg"></a>
1.37 deraadt 2243: <br>
2244: <br>
2245: <em>
2246: What is up with some free software providers?!
2247: They say "Here's something free! Oh wait, I changed my mind."
2248: <p>
2249: While not exactly bait-and-switch, this is something which
2250: has been causing the community continual grief, and therefore
2251: we decided to honour a few of the projects that have decided
1.41 deraadt 2252: to go non-free. After all.. having gone non-free, no one is
1.37 deraadt 2253: going to remember them in the end.
2254: <p>
2255: This song is dedicated to a few worthy groups who
2256: have made this Free-to-Non-Free transition with their
2257: offerings in the last few years:
2258: <ul>
2259: <li>David Dawes worked for years with a team of
2260: developers to make a free X11 distribution for us to use,
2261: called XFree86, 98% of which was based on entirely free
2262: code from MIT. Suddenly, one day, he decided that
2263: we must give him more credit (ie. advertise his name) or
2264: stop using it. Within about 4 months every project had
2265: told him to get stuffed, and the community has created a
2266: replacement effort.
1.41 deraadt 2267: Now his team cannot even keep their web pages up to date...
1.37 deraadt 2268: <p>
2269: <li>OpenBSD was the first operating system to integrate a
2270: packet filter, and it was the ipf codebase from Darren Reed
2271: that we chose. But a few years later he told us that we
2272: were not free to make changes to the code. So we deleted ipf,
2273: and our new packet filter far exceeds the capabilities of the
2274: one he wrote. And other projects are switching too...
2275: <p>
2276: <li>The Apache group started from the humble beginnings
2277: of just being 'a patchy' set of changes to a completely free
2278: web server of dubious quality. But the years have changed them,
2279: and what they supply is now quite non-free... released under
1.40 jolan 2280: a license so entangled in legalese that we have absolutely no
1.51 jcs 2281: doubt that there are encumbrances hidden within. Legal terms
1.37 deraadt 2282: protect. Who are they protecting? Not your freedom.
2283: </ul>
2284: So here's a goodbye to those three groups, and a warning to any
2285: others who will follow them:
2286: Make your stuff non-free, and something else will
2287: replace it.
2288: <br>
2289: </em>
2290: </td><td valign="top" width="3%">
2291: <br>
2292: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
2293: <br>
2294: <br>
2295: Well he rode from the ocean far upstream<br>
2296: Nuthin' to his name but a code and a dream<br>
2297: Lookin' for the legendary inland sea<br>
2298: Where the water was deep n' clean n' free<br>
2299: <p>
2300: But the town he found had suffered a blow<br>
1.38 pvalchev 2301: Fish were dying, cause the water was low<br>
1.37 deraadt 2302: Fat cat fish name o' Diamond Dawes<br>
2303: Plugged the stream with copyright laws<br>
2304: <p>
2305: <br>
2306: He said my water's good n' my water's free<br>
2307: So Pond-erosa, you gonna thank me!<br>
2308: Then he bottled it up and he labeled it "Mine"<br>
2309: They opened n' poured, but they ran outta time!<br>
2310: <p>
2311: So Puff made a brand and he tanned his hide<br>
2312: Said. "this is the mark of too much pride"<br>
2313: Tied him to a horse, set the tail on fire<br>
2314: Slapped er on the ass and the water went higher!<br>
2315: <p>
2316: <br>
2317: Pond-erosa Puff<br>
2318: wouldn't take no guff<br>
1.41 deraadt 2319: Water oughta be clean and free<br>
1.37 deraadt 2320: So he fought the fight<br>
2321: and he set things right<br>
2322: With his OpenBSD<br>
2323: <p>
2324: <br>
2325: Well things were good fer a spell in town<br>
2326: But then one day, dang water turned brown<br>
2327: Comin' to the rescue, Mayor Reed<br>
2328: He said, "This here filter's all ya'll need"<br>
2329: <p>
2330: But it didn't take long 'fore the filter plugged<br>
2331: Full of mud, n' crud, n' bugs<br>
2332: Folks said "gotta be a gooder way"<br>
2333: Mayor said "Hell No! She's O.K."<br>
2334: <p>
2335: <br>
2336: "The water's fine on the Open range"<br>
2337: And he passed a law that it couldn't change.<br>
1.51 jcs 2338: "No freeze, no boil, no frolicking young"<br>
1.37 deraadt 2339: Puff took him aside, said "this is wrong"<br>
2340: <p>
2341: Then he found the Mayor was addin' the crud!<br>
2342: So he took him down in a cloud of blood<br>
2343: Said "The Mayor's learnd, he's done been mean"<br>
2344: So they did it right and the water went clean!<br>
2345: <p>
2346: <br>
2347: CHORUS<br>
2348: <p>
2349: <br>
2350: So once agin' it was right, but then<br>
2351: The lake went dry, she was gone again!<br>
2352: Fish started flippin' and floppin' about<br>
1.42 deraadt 2353: Yellin' "Mercy Puff! It's a doggone drought!"<br>
1.37 deraadt 2354: <p>
2355: So he rolled up-gulch till he hit the lake<br>
2356: Of Apache fish, they was on the take<br>
2357: They'd built a dam that was made of rules<br>
2358: Now Puff was pissed and he lost his cool!<br>
2359: <p>
2360: <br>
2361: I'm sick and tired of these goldarn words!<br>
1.39 mcbride 2362: n' laws n' bureaucratic nerds!<br>
1.37 deraadt 2363: You're full o' beans n' killin' my town<br>
2364: and if you's all don't shut er down<br>
2365: <p>
2366: I'll hang a lickin' on every one<br>
2367: of you sons o' bitchin' greedy scum!<br>
1.41 deraadt 2368: So he blew the dam, an' he let 'er haul<br>
2369: Cause water oughta be free for all!<br>
1.37 deraadt 2370: <p>
2371: <br>
2372: CHORUS<br>
2373: <br>
2374: <p>
2375: That's right!<br>
2376: I'll hang a lickin' on ya!<br>
2377: Never piss on another man's boot!<br>
2378: <br>
2379: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
1.76 deraadt 2380: <img height=1634 width=263 src="images/36song.gif"><br>
1.37 deraadt 2381: </td></tr></table>
2382: <p>
2383: <em>
2384: Vocals, Lyrics, Melody and Co-Arrangement by Ty Semaka - Guitar by
2385: Chantal Vitalis - Bass by Jonny Nordstrom - Drums by John McNiel,<br>
2386: Fiddle - Co-Arrangement, Recording, Mixing, Mastering by Jonathan Lewis of
1.112 deraadt 2387: Moxam Studios (<a mailto:moxamstudios@hotmail.com>moxamstudios@hotmail.com</a>).
1.37 deraadt 2388: <br>
2389: <br>
2390: </em>
2391:
2392: <hr>
1.30 deraadt 2393: <a name=35></a>
1.33 deraadt 2394: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="35.html">
2395: 3.5: "CARP License" and "Redundancy must be free"</a></font></h2>
1.30 deraadt 2396: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%">
2397: <tr>
2398: <td valign="top" width="28%">
1.126 deraadt 2399: <a href="orders.html">[Order OpenBSD items]</a><br>
2400: <a href="35.html">OpenBSD 3.5</a> CD2 track 2 is an<br>
1.55 tom 2401: uncompressed copy of this skit & song.<br>
1.30 deraadt 2402: <br>
1.126 deraadt 2403: 5:21 <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/songs/song35.mp3">(MP3 9.7MB)</a>
1.118 deraadt 2404: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/songs/song35.ogg">(OGG 6.8MB)</a><br>
1.30 deraadt 2405: <br>
1.76 deraadt 2406: <a href="images/Carp.gif">
2407: <img width=255 height=343 alt="CARP" src="images/Carp.gif"></a>
1.30 deraadt 2408: <br>
2409: <br>
2410: <em>
2411: A common theme used by the comedy crew Monty Python was to emphasize
2412: and exaggerate ridiculousnesses that their target had imposed upon
2413: themselves. Few things could be considered as humorous as making a
2414: redundancy protocol... redundant; e.g. being forced to replace it by
2415: Cisco lawyers and IETF policy.
2416: <p>
2417: We've been working a few years now on our packet filtering software
2418: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a>
2419: and it became time to add failover. We want to be able to set up pf
2420: firewalls side by side, and exchange the stateful information between
2421: them, so that in case of failure another could take over 'keep state'
2422: sessions. Our
2423: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pfsync&sektion=4">pfsync(4)</a>
2424: protocol solves this problem. However, on both sides of the firewall,
2425: it is also necessary to have all the regular hosts not see a
2426: network failure. The only reliable way to do this is for both
2427: firewall machines to have and use the same IP and MAC addresses. But
2428: the only real way to do that is to use multicast protocols.
2429: <p>
2430: The IETF community proposed work in this direction in the late
2431: 90's, however in 1997 Cisco informed them that they believed some of
2432: Cisco's patents covered the proposed IETF VRRP (Virtual Router
2433: Redundancy Protocol); on
2434: <a href="http://www.ietf.org/ietf/IPR/VRRP-CISCO">
2435: March 20, 1998 they went further and specifically named their HSRP
2436: "Hot Standby Router Protocol" patent</a>. Reputedly, they were upset
2437: that IETF had not simply adopted the flawed HSRP protocol as the
2438: standard solution for this problem. Despite this legal pressure, the
2439: IETF community forged ahead and published VRRP as a standard even
2440: though there was a patent in the space. Why?
1.122 deraadt 2441: <a href="http://mirror.switch.ch/ftp/doc/ietf/vrrp/vrrp-minutes-97dec.txt">
1.30 deraadt 2442: There was much deliberation</a>
2443: at all levels of the IETF, and unfortunately for all of us the
2444: politicians within eventually decided to allow patented technology in
2445: standards -- as long as the patented technology is licensed under RAND
2446: (Reasonable And Non Discriminatory) terms. As free software
2447: programmers, we therefore find ourselves in the position that these
2448: RAND standards must not be implemented by us, and we must deviate from
2449: the standard. We find all this rather Unreasonable and Discriminatory
2450: and we *will* design competing protocols. Some standards organization,
2451: eh?
2452: <p>
2453: Due to some HSRP flaws fixed by VRRP and for compatibility with the
2454: (HSRP-licensed) VRRP implementations of their competitors, Cisco in
2455: recent times has largely abandoned HSRP and now relies on VRRP instead
2456: -- a protocol designed for and by the community, but for which they
2457: claim patent rights.
2458: <p>
2459: On August 7 2002, after many communications, Robert Barr (Cisco's
2460: lawyer) firmly informed the OpenBSD community that Cisco would defend
2461: its patents for VRRP implementations -- meaning basically that it was
2462: impossible for a free software group to produce a truly free
2463: implementation of the IETF standard protocol. Perhaps this is because
2464: Cisco and Alcatel are currently engaged in a pair of patent lawsuits; a
2465: small piece of which is Cisco attempting to use the HSRP patent
2466: against Alcatel for their use of VRRP. Some IETF working group
2467: members took note of our complaints,
1.122 deraadt 2468: <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20061109082106/http://lists.microshaft.org/pipermail/dmca_discuss/2003-April/004702.html">
1.30 deraadt 2469: however an attempt in April 2003 to have the IETF abandon the use of
2470: patented technology failed to "reach consensus" in the IETF</a>.
2471: <p>
2472: A few years ago, the W3C, who designs our web protocols, tried to move
2473: to a RAND policy as well (primarily because of pressure from Microsoft
2474: and Apple), but the community outrage was so overpowering that they
2475: backed down. Some standards groups use this policy, while others
2476: avoid it -- the one differentiation being the amount of corporate
1.55 tom 2477: participation. In the IETF, the pro-RAND agents work for AT&T,
1.30 deraadt 2478: Alcatel, IBM, Cisco, Microsoft, and other large companies. Since IETF
2479: is an open forum, they can blend in as the populace, and vote just
2480: like all others, except against the community.
2481: <p>
2482: Translation: In failing to "reach consensus", the companies who
2483: benefit from RAND won, and the community lost again.
2484: <p>
2485: Left with little choice, we proceeded to reinvent the wheel or, more
2486: correctly, abandon the wheel entirely and go for a "hovercraft". We
2487: designed CARP (Common Address Redundancy Protocol) to solve the same
2488: problem that these other protocols are designed for, but without the
2489: same technological basis as HSRP and VRRP. We read the patent
2490: document carefully and ensured that CARP was fundamentally different.
2491: We also avoided many of the flaws in HSRP and VRRP (such as an inherent
2492: lack of security). And since we are OpenBSD developers, we designed
2493: it to use cryptography.
2494: <p>
2495: The combination of
2496: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a>,
2497: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pfsync&sektion=4">pfsync(4)</a>, and
2498: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=carp&sektion=4">carp(4)</a>
2499: has permitted us to build highly redundant firewalls. To date, we
2500: have built a few networks that include as many as 4 firewalls, all
2501: running random reboot cycles. As long as one firewall is alive in a
2502: group, traffic through them moves smoothly and correctly for all of
2503: our packet filter functionality. Cisco's low end products are unable
2504: to do this reliably, and if they have high end products which can do
2505: this, you most certainly cannot afford them.
2506: <p>
2507: As a final note of course, when we petitioned IANA, the IETF body
2508: regulating "official" internet protocol numbers, to give us numbers
2509: for CARP and pfsync our request was denied. Apparently we had failed
2510: to go through an official standards organization. Consequently we
2511: were forced to choose a protocol number which would not conflict with
2512: anything else of value, and decided to place CARP at IP protocol 112.
2513: We also placed pfsync at an open and unused number. We informed IANA of
2514: these decisions, but they declined to reply.
2515: <p>
2516: This ridiculous situation then inspired one of our developers to create
2517: this parody of the well-known Monty Python skit and song.
2518: <br>
2519: </em>
2520: </td><td valign="top" width="3%">
2521: <br>
2522: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
2523: <br>
2524: <br>
2525: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
2526: Hello, I would like to buy a CARP license please.
2527: <br>
2528: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
2529: A what?
2530: <br>
2531: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
2532: A license for my network redundancy protocol, CARP.
2533: <br>
2534: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
2535: Well, it's free isn't it?
2536: <br>
2537: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
2538: Exactly, the protocol's name is CARP. CARP the redundancy protocol.
2539: <br>
2540: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
2541: What?
2542: <br>
2543: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
2544: He is an.... redundancy protocol.
2545: <br>
2546: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
2547: CARP is a free redundancy protocol!
2548: <br>
2549: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
2550: Yes, I chose it out of three, I didn't like the others,
2551: they were all too... encumbered. And now I must license it!
2552: <br>
2553: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
2554: You must be a looney.
2555: <br>
2556: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
2557: I am not a looney! Why should I be tied with the epithet looney merely
2558: because I wish to protect my redundancy protocol? I've heard tell
2559: that Network Associates has a pet algorithm called RSA used in IETF
2560: standards, and you wouldn't call them a looney; Geoworks has a claim
2561: on WAP, after what their lawyers do to you if you try to implement it.
2562: Cisco has two redundant patents, both encumbered, and Cadtrack has a
2563: patent on cursor movement! So, if you're calling the large American
2564: companies that fork out millions of dollars for the use of XOR a
2565: bunch of looneys, I shall have to ask you to step outside!
2566: <br>
2567: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
2568: Alright, alright, alright. A license.
2569: <br>
2570: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
2571: Yes.
2572: <br>
2573: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
2574: For a free redundancy protocol?
2575: <br>
2576: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
2577: Yes.
2578: <br>
2579: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
2580: You are a looney.
2581: <br>
2582: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
2583: Look, it allows for bleeding redundancy doesn't it? Cisco's got a
2584: patent for the HSRP, and I've got to get a license for me router
2585: VRRP.
2586: <br>
2587: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
2588: You don't need a license for your VRRP.
2589: <br>
2590: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
1.32 otto 2591: I bleeding well do and I got one. It can't be called VRRP without it.
1.30 deraadt 2592: <br>
2593: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
2594: There's no such thing as a bloody VRRP license.
2595: <br>
2596: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
2597: Yes there is!
2598: <br>
2599: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
2600: Isn't!
2601: <br>
2602: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
2603: Is!
2604: <br>
2605: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
2606: Isn't!
2607: <br>
2608: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
2609: I bleeding got one, look! What's that then?
2610: <br>
2611: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
2612: This is a Cisco HSRP patent document with the word "Cisco" crossed
2613: out and the word "IETF" written in in crayon.
2614: <br>
2615: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
2616: The man didn't have the right form.
2617: <br>
2618: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
2619: What man?
2620: <br>
2621: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
2622: Robert Barr, the man from the redundancy detector van.
2623: <br>
2624: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
2625: The looney detector van, you mean.
2626: <br>
2627: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
2628: Look, it's people like you what cause unrest.
2629: <br>
2630: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
2631: What redundancy detector van?
2632: <br>
2633: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
2634: The redundancy detector van from the Monopoly of Cizzz-coeee.
2635: <br>
2636: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
2637: Cizzz-coeee?
2638: <br>
2639: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
2640: It was spelt like that on the van. I'm very observant! I never seen
2641: so many bleeding aerials. The man said that their equipment could
2642: pinpoint a failover configuration at 400 yards! And my Cisco router,
2643: being such a flappy bat, was a piece of cake.
2644: <br>
2645: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
1.34 otto 2646: How much did you pay for that?
1.30 deraadt 2647: <br>
2648: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
2649: Sixty quid, and twenty grand for the PIX.
2650: <br>
2651: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
2652: What PIX?
2653: <br>
2654: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
2655: The PIX I'm replacing!
2656: <br>
2657: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
2658: So you're replacing your PIX with free software, and yet you want to
2659: license it?
2660: <br>
2661: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
2662: There's nothing so odd about that. I'm sure they patented this
2663: protocol too. After all, the IETF had a hand in it!
2664: <br>
2665: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
2666: No they didn't!
2667: <br>
2668: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
2669: Did!
2670: <br>
2671: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
2672: Didn't!
2673: <br>
2674: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
2675: Did, did, did and did!
2676: <br>
2677: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
2678: Oh, all right.
2679: <br>
2680: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
2681: Spoken like a gentleman, sir. Now, are you going to give me a CARP
2682: license?
2683: <br>
2684: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
2685: I promise you that there is no such thing. You don't need one.
2686: <br>
2687: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
2688: In that case, give me a Firewall License.
2689: <br>
2690: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
2691: A license?
2692: <br>
2693: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
2694: Yes.
2695: <br>
2696: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
2697: For your firewall?
2698: <br>
2699: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
2700: No.
2701: <br>
2702: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
2703: No?
2704: <br>
2705: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
2706: No, half my firewall. It had an accident.
2707: <br>
2708: <font color="#b00000">Licenser:</font>
2709: You're off your chump.
2710: <br>
2711: <font color="#b00000">Customer:</font>
2712: Look, if you intend by that utilization of an obscure colloquialism
1.43 deraadt 2713: to imply that my sanity is not entirely up to scratch, or indeed to deny the
1.30 deraadt 2714: semi-existence of my little half firewall, I shall have to ask you to
2715: listen to this! Take it away CARP the orchestra leader!
2716: <br>
2717: <br>
2718: A zero... one.. A one zero one one<br>
2719: <br>
2720: VRRP, philosophically,<br>
2721: must ipso facto standard be<br>
2722: But standard it<br>
2723: needs to be free<br>
2724: vis a vis<br>
2725: the IETF<br>
2726: you see?<br>
2727: <br>
2728: But can VRRP<br>
2729: be said to be<br>
2730: or not to be<br>
2731: a standard, see,<br>
2732: when VRRP can not be free,<br>
2733: due to some Cisco patentry..<br>
2734: <br>
2735: Singing...<br>
2736: <br>
2737: La Dee Dee, 1, 2, 3.<br>
2738: VRRP ain't free.<br>
2739: O P E N B S D<br>
2740: CARP is free<br>
2741: <br>
2742: Is this wretched Cisco-eze<br>
2743: let through IETF to mean<br>
2744: my firewall must pay legal fees?<br>
2745: No! CARP and PF are Free!<br>
2746: <br>
2747: Fiddle dee dum,<br>
2748: Fiddle dee dee,<br>
2749: CARP and PF are free.<br>
2750: <br>
2751: 1 1 2,<br>
2752: Tee Hee Hee,<br>
2753: CARP and PF are free.<br>
2754: <br>
2755: My firewall just keeps running, see,<br>
2756: bisected accidentally,<br>
2757: one summer afternoon by me.<br>
2758: Redundancy's good when free.<br>
2759: <br>
2760: Redundancy must be free.<br>
2761: Redundancy must be free.<br>
2762: <br>
2763: The End<br>
2764: <br>
2765: Under the Geddy Lee?<br>
2766: <br>
2767: No, Redundancy must be free!<br>
2768: <br>
2769: Geddy must be free.<br>
2770: <br>
2771: <br>
2772: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
1.76 deraadt 2773: <img height=1800 width=360 src="images/35song.gif"><br>
1.30 deraadt 2774: </td></tr></table>
2775: <p>
2776: <em>
2777: <font color="#00b000">"CARP License"</font> sketch:<br>
2778: Tony Binns as the Customer, Peter Rumpel as the Licenser.
2779: <br>
1.34 otto 2780: <font color="#00b000">"Redundancy must be free"</font> song:<br>
1.30 deraadt 2781: Lead vocal by Peter Rumpel, backing vocals by Jonathan Lewis and Ty Semaka.
1.37 deraadt 2782: Piano by Janet Lewis, acoustic guitars by Chantal Vitalis.<br>
1.30 deraadt 2783: Bass and Geddy Lee questioning by Jonathan Lewis.
2784: Lyrics by Bob Beck.<br>
2785: <br>
2786: <br>
2787: </em>
2788:
2789: <hr>
1.20 deraadt 2790: <a name=34></a>
1.33 deraadt 2791: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="34.html">
2792: 3.4: "The Legend of Puffy Hood"</a></font></h2>
1.20 deraadt 2793: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%">
2794: <tr>
2795: <td valign="top" width="28%">
1.126 deraadt 2796: <a href="orders.html">[Order OpenBSD items]</a><br>
2797: <a href="34.html">OpenBSD 3.4</a> CD2 track 2 is an<br>
1.20 deraadt 2798: uncompressed copy of this song.<br>
2799: <br>
1.126 deraadt 2800: 3:30 <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/songs/song34.mp3">(MP3 7.0MB)</a>
1.118 deraadt 2801: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/songs/song34.ogg">(OGG 5.1MB)</a><br>
1.20 deraadt 2802: <br>
1.76 deraadt 2803: <a href="images/Hood.gif">
2804: <img height=343 width=255 alt="Puffy Hood" src="images/Hood.gif"></a>
1.20 deraadt 2805: <br>
2806: <br>
2807: <em>
2808: Join Puffy Hood and his Funny Fish as they take on
1.26 deraadt 2809: the Sheriff (an unelected leader) and other evil
1.20 deraadt 2810: forces of the draconian government!
2811: <p>
2812: <br>
2813: As we did for the 3.3 release, we have once again tried
2814: making release artwork and music which are allegorical
2815: of recent happenings.
2816: <p>
2817: Two years ago we became involved with the University
2818: of Pennsylvania and DARPA, who were funding us to do
2819: security research and development .. on things that
2820: we were already intending to do. We provided ideas,
2821: wrote papers, and deployed cutting-edge technology;
2822: DARPA provided finances and reaped a share of the
2823: credit, and the University of Pennsylvania acted as
2824: a middle-man. We accepted funding based on the
2825: promise that our freedom to operate as we wished
2826: was unaffected. To us, freedom is more important
1.21 deraadt 2827: than funding -- heck, we were dealing with the evil
1.20 deraadt 2828: forces of government, and needed to be careful.
2829: <p>
2830: A few months prior to this release, DARPA suddenly
2831: and without warning decided to withdraw that funding;
2832: they also aggressively backed out of contractual
2833: obligations. Many articles in the <a href=press.html>press</a> followed regarding
1.67 jolan 2834: this sudden maneuver. Apparently this hoopla happened
1.20 deraadt 2835: because an OpenBSD-related article in the Canadian
1.55 tom 2836: newspaper The Globe & Mail had quoted Theo de Raadt
1.20 deraadt 2837: making anti-war statements regarding Iraq and the
2838: theft of oil.
2839: <p>
2840: The only answer given (to major media reporters) by a
2841: DARPA spokesperson (Jan Walker) was this:
2842: <p>
2843: "As a result of the DARPA review of the
2844: project, and due to world events and the evolving
2845: threat posed by increasingly capable nation-states,
2846: the Government on April 21 advised the University
2847: to suspend work on the "security fest" portion of
2848: the project."
2849: <p>
2850: That almost toes the line of calling us terrorists!
2851: We had lost financial support, but the release of the
2852: statement above suddenly made us very happy to be free
2853: of any perceived obligation to such crazy people.
2854: <p>
2855: Since the termination came near natural contract
2856: termination (about 4 months remained), less damage
2857: than expected was sustained by the project. Sponsors
2858: stepped forward and helped us make up the missing funds
2859: we needed to run our "Hackathon", and the event
1.61 grunk 2860: proceeded as planned. We even had T-shirts made with
1.20 deraadt 2861: "Workstations of Mass Development" artwork for those
2862: developers who attended (sorry, they are not for sale).
2863: <p>
2864: We could not make stories like this up. So instead,
2865: we are making up an allegory about it, using the tale
2866: of Robin Hood.
2867: </em>
2868: </td><td valign="top" width="3%">
2869: <br>
2870: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
2871: <br>
2872: Sir Puffy of Ramsay was a wandrin'<br>
2873: Through forests of seaweed all alone<br>
2874: He had found the crusades<br>
2875: were an endless charade<br>
2876: So for now he called Nothing Hack home<br>
2877: <br>
2878: <br>
2879: One day he met Little Bob of Beckley<br>
2880: Beat him fair on a log-in by staff<br>
2881: Clever chums they did find<br>
2882: other fish of their kind<br>
2883: Thwarting evil with humppa and math<br>
2884: <br>
2885: <br>
2886: Now trouble was a brewin' when the Good King was away<br>
2887: The Sheriff came a callin' for the poor to pay<br>
2888: With CD's and their freedom<br>
2889: for to share online<br>
2890: And burning down the village cause he was a slime<br>
2891: <br>
2892: <br>
2893: So Puffy and his buddies took the booty from the rich<br>
2894: and turned it into a system to protect poor fish<br>
2895: Sent out by Hook or a Wim<br>
2896: to the teaming schools<br>
2897: Town cryers were on fire cause the crypto ruled!<br>
2898: <br>
2899: <br>
2900: <em>Chorus:</em><br>
2901: They called it "BSD"!<br>
2902: And "Open" because it's always free<br>
2903: So raise up your glass and<br>
2904: three cheers to the Funny<br>
2905: Fish for never running<br>
2906: and making something good!<br>
2907: And here's to Puffy Hood!<br>
2908: <br>
2909: <br>
2910: Aaaw! Word to the sea y'all<br>
2911: The Hood's a bad ball<br>
2912: Ya underneath he's a heathen and a traitor<br>
2913: He can take from you all and say "later!"<br>
2914: Think he's a hero?<br>
2915: Naw he ain't lovin' ya<br>
1.24 deraadt 2916: He gettin' richer than Bill Gates and Dubya<br>
1.20 deraadt 2917: Read the Wanted poster<br>
2918: of Sheriff Plac-o-derm fool<br>
2919: We gettin' back the booty<br>
2920: or we take away your worms too<br>
2921: <br>
2922: <br>
2923: Yo! Word to the classes<br>
2924: Put on your glasses<br>
2925: I guess the Sheriff is King till this passes<br>
2926: Times are a changin' and movin' so fast<br>
2927: He says "Give me your freedom,<br>
2928: I'll grasp it and pass it to brass<br>
2929: who can hash it for weapons of massive distraction.<br>
2930: And hand me the bastards that brashly amassed from the cash<br>
2931: happy faction of oily and gassy co-action".<br>
2932: No! Don't hand em dick, grab a stick, keep attacking for freedom<br>
2933: and hack till the King cometh back and leave em'<br>
2934: <br>
2935: <br>
2936: Then trouble was a rollin' with an army on the run<br>
1.25 deraadt 2937: The Sheriff came a callin' for the spikey one<br>
1.20 deraadt 2938: And took back all the booty<br>
2939: Puff intended for the poor<br>
2940: The Arch-a-thon went on despite the mighty roar<br>
2941: <br>
2942: <br>
2943: Puff snuck into the castle, and found the treasure hill<br>
2944: And also found Maid Marlin held against her will<br>
2945: He loaded all the loot<br>
2946: to give it back and big surprise<br>
2947: He took the maiden too, 'cause she was easy on the eyes<br>
2948: <br>
2949: <br>
2950: <em>Chorus:</em><br>
2951: They called it "BSD"!<br>
2952: And "Open" because it's always free<br>
2953: So raise up your glass and<br>
2954: three cheers to the Funny<br>
2955: Fish for never running<br>
2956: and making something good!<br>
2957: And here's to Puffy Hood!<br>
2958: <br>
2959:
2960: <br>
2961: <br>
2962: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
1.76 deraadt 2963: <img height=1440 width=263 src="images/34song.gif"><br>
1.20 deraadt 2964: </td></tr></table>
2965: <p>
2966: <em>
2967: Music, Co-arrangement, Recording, Mixing, Drum Programming,
2968: Bass, Organ, and Violin by Jonathan Lewis.
2969: <br>
2970: Co-Arrangement, Lyrics, and Main Vocals by Ty Semaka.
2971: <br>
2972: Back-vocals by Bob Beck, Calvin Beck, Theo de Raadt, Alan Kolodziejzyk,
1.55 tom 2973: Jonathan Lewis & Peter Valchev.
1.20 deraadt 2974: <br>
2975: Rap #1 by Richard Sixto.
2976: Guitar by Chantal Vitalis.
2977: <br>
2978: </em>
2979:
1.23 jose 2980: <br>
2981: <hr>
1.11 deraadt 2982: <a name=33></a>
1.33 deraadt 2983: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="33.html">
2984: 3.3: "Puff the Barbarian"</a></font></h2>
1.11 deraadt 2985: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%">
2986: <tr>
1.123 deraadt 2987: <td valign="top" width="30%">
1.126 deraadt 2988: <a href="orders.html">[Order OpenBSD items]</a><br>
2989: <a href="33.html">OpenBSD 3.3</a> CD2 track 2 is an<br>
1.11 deraadt 2990: uncompressed copy of this song.<br>
2991: <br>
1.126 deraadt 2992: 4:00 <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/songs/song33.mp3">(MP3 7.5MB)</a>
1.118 deraadt 2993: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/songs/song33.ogg">(OGG 3.3MB)</a><br>
1.11 deraadt 2994: <br>
1.76 deraadt 2995: <a href="images/Barbarian.gif">
2996: <img height=343 width=255 alt="Puff the Barbarian" src="images/Barbarian.gif"></a>
1.12 deraadt 2997: <br>
2998: <br>
1.14 deraadt 2999: <em>
1.69 deraadt 3000: Like other Barbarians before him, Puff has had to
3001: face some pretty crazy challenges.
1.12 deraadt 3002: <br>
1.69 deraadt 3003: This song is an allegory of the recent difficulties
3004: we went through dealing with Sun, who refused our
3005: request for documentation about their UltraSPARC
3006: III processors. We want documentation, because
3007: these are the fastest processors with a per-page
3008: eXecute bit in the MMU, needed to fully support
3009: our new W^X security feature. In the meantime,
3010: the AMD Hammer has come onto the scene, and
3011: this processor supports an eXecute bit in 64-bit
1.36 deraadt 3012: mode.<br>
3013: <br>
3014: And it is going to be faster...<br>
1.12 deraadt 3015: </em>
1.11 deraadt 3016: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
3017: Deep through the mists of time<br>
3018: Gaze to the crystal ball<br>
3019: Back to the age of darkness<br>
3020: Black was the protocol<br>
3021: <p>
3022: A King ruled the web with fear<br>
3023: Spilling the blood of men<br>
3024: Then from the ocean came<br>
3025: Puff the Barbarian<br>
1.17 deraadt 3026: <br>
3027: <br>
1.11 deraadt 3028: Born in a tiny bowl Puff was a pet<br>
3029: Sold into slav-er-y by the man<br>
3030: Eating the weeds till he was strong enough<br>
3031: Breaking his bonds like nobody can<br>
3032: <p>
3033: Down the sewer pipes of Hell<br>
3034: A thousand kitties then did bleed<br>
3035: Constraints were slain as well<br>
3036: Hacked his way out to the C<br>
3037: <p>
3038: And there he found<br>
3039: His destiny<br>
3040: Hammer of the Ocean God<br>
3041: "Xor taking care of me"<br>
3042: <p>
3043: Then in a dream Xor requested he<br>
3044: "Go to the Sun King, get what I yearn<br>
3045: Kernighan saw it, prophet of the C<br>
3046: Knowledge - so they may never return"<br>
3047: <p>
3048: At the tower Puff appealed<br>
3049: For the wisdom of the One<br>
3050: Denied, his mind did reel<br>
3051: Puff was getting tired of Sun<br>
3052: <p>
3053: Broke down the guard<br>
3054: Cause math is hard<br>
1.18 deraadt 3055: Saw McNealy on his throne<br>
1.11 deraadt 3056: All alone and only bones<br>
3057: <p>
3058: Come the Sun King blade ablur<br>
3059: Hammer down eclipse the Sun<br>
3060: And Puff, the land secured<br>
3061: The new King Barbarian!<br>
3062: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
1.76 deraadt 3063: <img height=640 width=260 src="images/33song.gif"><br>
1.11 deraadt 3064: </td></tr></table>
3065: <p>
3066: <em>
3067: Written and arranged by Ty Semaka.
3068: Co-arranged, recorded, mixed & mastered by Jonathan Lewis.
3069: <br>
3070: Vocals by DeVille, guitar by Sean Desmond, bass by Ian Knox,
3071: drums by John McNiel, violin by Jonathan Lewis.
3072: </em>
3073:
3074: <br>
3075: <hr>
1.9 millert 3076: <a name=32></a>
1.33 deraadt 3077: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="32.html">
3078: 3.2: "Goldflipper"</a></font></h2>
1.11 deraadt 3079: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%">
3080: <tr>
1.123 deraadt 3081: <td valign="top" width="30%">
1.126 deraadt 3082: <a href="orders.html">[Order OpenBSD items]</a><br>
3083: <a href="32.html">OpenBSD 3.2</a> CD2 track 2 is an<br>
1.11 deraadt 3084: uncompressed copy of this song.<br>
3085: <br>
1.126 deraadt 3086: 3:00 <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/songs/song32.mp3">(MP3 2.5MB)</a>
1.118 deraadt 3087: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/songs/song32.ogg">(OGG 2.3MB)</a><br>
1.11 deraadt 3088: <br>
1.76 deraadt 3089: <a href="images/MrPond.gif">
3090: <img height=313 width=255 alt="Mr Pond" src="images/MrPond.gif"></a>
1.11 deraadt 3091: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
1.9 millert 3092: Goldflipper<br>
3093: With golden skin<br>
3094: and flippers as sharp as a knife<br>
3095: He's the machine<br>
3096: Designed to dismember your life<br>
3097: <p>
3098: And the fish<br>
3099: Protecting us all from the cat<br>
3100: And the cat<br>
3101: Infecting the wo-orld for a laugh<br>
3102: <p>
3103: Cyborg on a mission<br>
3104: To do some Puff fishin'<br>
3105: The doctor wants fugu tonight!<br>
3106: <p>
3107: (short instrumental intro)
1.1 deraadt 3108: <p>
1.9 millert 3109: You'll need some machismo to<br>
3110: catch the spikey one<br>
3111: He's got guts and gizmos to<br>
3112: make the system run<br>
1.1 deraadt 3113: <p>
1.9 millert 3114: But Flip's here for fun<br>
3115: and without a gun<br>
3116: He'll dice you with his Golden fin<br>
1.1 deraadt 3117: <p>
1.9 millert 3118: She's all over Puff cause he's<br>
3119: such a sexy catch<br>
3120: Is she spying on him or<br>
3121: just a seafood match?<br>
1.1 deraadt 3122: <p>
1.9 millert 3123: Oh double seven<br>
3124: Send me to Heaven<br>
3125: Cause for Mr. Po-o-o-ond<br>
1.1 deraadt 3126: <p>
1.9 millert 3127: The women are fond<br>
3128: She knows what to do<br>
3129: She'll turn Gold to goo<br>
1.1 deraadt 3130: <p>
1.9 millert 3131: Goldflipper is gone<br>
3132: Gold flipper's goooooooooooooone<br>
1.11 deraadt 3133: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
3134: <br>
3135: </td></tr></table>
1.1 deraadt 3136: <p>
3137: <em>
1.9 millert 3138: Lyrics by Ty Semaka. Arranged by Ty Semaka & Jonathan Lewis.
1.1 deraadt 3139: <br>
1.9 millert 3140: Base & drum programming, recording, mixing & mastering by
3141: Jonathan Lewis. Vocals by Onalea Gilbertson. Sax by Dan Meichel.
3142: Trumpet & Trombone by Craig Soby.
1.1 deraadt 3143: </em>
3144:
3145: <br>
3146: <hr>
1.3 ian 3147: <a name=31></a>
1.33 deraadt 3148: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="31.html">
3149: 3.1: "Systemagic"</a></font></h2>
1.11 deraadt 3150: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%">
3151: <tr>
1.123 deraadt 3152: <td valign="top" width="30%">
1.126 deraadt 3153: <a href="orders.html">[Order OpenBSD items]</a><br>
3154: <a href="31.html">OpenBSD 3.1</a> CD2 track 2 is an<br>
1.11 deraadt 3155: uncompressed copy of this song.<br>
3156: <br>
1.126 deraadt 3157: 3:00 <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/songs/song31.mp3">(MP3 2.9MB)</a>
1.118 deraadt 3158: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/songs/song31.ogg">(OGG 2.3MB)</a><br>
1.11 deraadt 3159: <br>
1.76 deraadt 3160: <a href="images/Systemagic.jpg">
3161: <img width=255 height=323 alt="Systemagic" src="images/Systemagic.jpg"></a>
1.11 deraadt 3162: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
1.1 deraadt 3163: BSD fight buffer reign<br>
3164: Flowing blood in circuit vein<br>
3165: Quagmire, Hellfire, RAMhead Count<br>
3166: Puffy rip attacker out<br>
3167: <p>
3168: Crackin' ze bathroom, Crackin' ze vault<br>
3169: Tale of the script, HEY! Secure by default<br>
3170: <p>
3171: Can't fight the Systemagic<br>
3172: Über tragic<br>
3173: Can't fight the Systemagic<br>
3174: <p>
3175: Sexty second, black cat struck<br>
3176: Breeding worm of crypto-suck<br>
3177: Hot rod box unt hunting wake<br>
3178: Vampire omellete, kitten cake<br>
1.11 deraadt 3179: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
1.1 deraadt 3180: <p>
3181: Crackin' ze boardroom, Crackin' ze vault<br>
3182: Rippin' ze bat, HEY! Secure by default<br>
3183: <p>
3184: Chorus
3185: <p>
3186: Cybersluts vit undead guts<br>
3187: Transyl-viral coffin muck<br>
3188: Penguin lurking under bed<br>
3189: Puffy hoompa on your head<br>
3190: <p>
3191: Crackin' ze bedroom, Crackin' ze vault<br>
3192: Crackin' ze whip, HEY! Secure by default<br>
3193: Crackin' ze bedroom, Crackin' ze vault<br>
3194: Crackin' ze whip, HEY! Secure by default<br>
3195: <p>
3196: Chorus<br>
1.11 deraadt 3197: </td></tr></table>
1.1 deraadt 3198: <p>
3199: <em>
1.3 ian 3200: Produced & Directed by Ty Semaka and Ian Knox.
1.1 deraadt 3201: Written, Arranged and Performed by Ty Semaka (vocals, lyrics), Ian Knox (bass,
3202: drum programming), and Sean Desmond (guitar).
3203: <br>
1.3 ian 3204: Recorded & Mixed at Ruffmix Audio Productions (Calgary) by Kelly Mihalicz.
1.1 deraadt 3205: <br>
3206: Mastered by Jonathan Lewis.
3207: </em>
3208:
1.8 millert 3209: <br>
3210: <hr>
1.9 millert 3211: <a name=30></a>
1.33 deraadt 3212: <h2><font color="#00b000"><a href="30.html">
3213: 3.0: "E-Railed (OpenBSD Mix)"</a></font></h2>
1.11 deraadt 3214: <p>
3215: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="95%">
3216: <tr>
1.123 deraadt 3217: <td valign="top" width="30%">
1.126 deraadt 3218: <a href="orders.html">[Order OpenBSD items]</a><br>
3219: <a href="30.html">OpenBSD 3.0</a> CD2 track 2 is an<br>
1.11 deraadt 3220: uncompressed copy of this song.<br>
3221: <br>
1.126 deraadt 3222: 3:00 <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/songs/song30.mp3">(MP3 2.9MB)</a>
1.118 deraadt 3223: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/songs/song30.ogg">(OGG 2.3MB)</a><br>
1.11 deraadt 3224: <br>
1.76 deraadt 3225: <a href="images/Rock.jpg">
3226: <img width=255 height=323 alt="Rock" src="images/Rock.jpg"></a>
1.11 deraadt 3227: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
1.76 deraadt 3228: <br>
3229: <br>
1.9 millert 3230: Don't tell anyone I'm free<br>
3231: Don't tell anyone I'm free<br>
1.8 millert 3232: <p>
1.9 millert 3233: During these hostile and trying times and what-not<br>
3234: OpenBSD may be your family's only line of defense<br>
1.8 millert 3235: <p>
1.9 millert 3236: I'm secure by default<br>
1.8 millert 3237: <p>
1.27 deraadt 3238: They that can give up liberty to obtain a little temporary safety<br>
1.9 millert 3239: deserve neither liberty nor safety<br>
1.8 millert 3240: <p>
1.9 millert 3241: RELEASE TIME!!!!<br>
1.8 millert 3242: <p>
1.16 deraadt 3243: Stay off, stay off, stay off...<br>
1.9 millert 3244: I'm secure by default<br>
3245: stay off, stay off, stay off<br>
1.8 millert 3246: <br>
1.11 deraadt 3247: </td><td valign=top width="33%">
1.8 millert 3248: <br>
1.11 deraadt 3249: </td></tr></table>
3250: <p>
1.8 millert 3251: <em>
1.9 millert 3252: By The Plaid Tongued Devils. Produced & Arranged by Ty Semaka & Wynn Gogol.
3253: <br>
3254: Written & Performed by Gordon Chipp Robb (bass line),
1.35 nick 3255: John McNiel (drums), Ty Semaka (vocals & lyrics), and Wynn Gogol (programming).
1.9 millert 3256: <br>
3257: Recorded, Mixed & Mastered by Wynn Gogol of Workshop Recording Studios (Victoria BC).
1.8 millert 3258: <br>
1.9 millert 3259: Check out <a href="http://www.thedevils.com">http://www.thedevils.com</a>
1.8 millert 3260: </em>
3261:
1.1 deraadt 3262: <hr>
1.79 deraadt 3263: <a href="index.html"><img height="24" width="24" src="back.gif" border="0" alt="OpenBSD"></a>
3264: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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1.79 deraadt 3266:
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3268: </html>
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