A reading from The Document: John 1.0
In the beginning was the Kernel and the Kernel was with Linux, and the code was by Linus. All Linux came into being through Linus, and without Linus not one distro came into being. What has come into being was free operating software, and the software was the salvation of all people. The open source software shines in the proprietary darkness, and the intellectual property lawyers did not overcome it.
There was a human sent by The One In Charge whose name was Robert Stallman. He came as a witness to testify to openness so that all might believe in openness through Linux. Stallman himself was not the Kernel, but he came to testify to the open source. The true open source, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.
Linux was in the world, and open source programming came into being through Linus; yet the world did not know either Linus or Linux. Linux came to all computer users, and but not all computer users received Linux. But to all who did receive Linux, who believed in open source computing, Linux gave the right to become children of The One In Charge.
Here endeth the reading from The Document.
An excerpt from Sistertech’s The Book of Uncommon Prayer.