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Brad Potter
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The Dev Went Down to Georgia
Brad Potter
The following lyrics are a parody. They are meant to poke fun at the never ending GPL debate within the WordPress community.
The Dev Went Down to Georgia
(Sung to the tune of “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” originally by The Charlie Daniels Band)
The dev went down to Georgia
He was looking for some code to steal
He was in a bind ’cause his mortgage was behind
He thinks rippin’ open source is the deal
When he came across this young man
Working his GPL theme and makin’ it hot
And the dev jumped upon his desk
And said: “Boy let me tell you what”
“I guess you didn’t know it
But I’m a WordPress coder too
And if you’d care to take a dare
I’ll make a bet with you”
“Now you build a pretty good theme, boy
But give this developer his due
I’ll bet a sack of theme club gold against your code
‘Cause I think I’m better than you”
The boy said: “My name’s Johnny
I know you think you’ll win
But I’ll take your bet, your gonna regret
‘Cause I’m the best damn coder that’s ever been”
Johnny fire up your Mac
And work your theme code hard
Cause hells broke loose in Georgia
And the dev needs to pay his Visa card
And if you win
You’ll get his sack of gold
But if you lose
The developer gets your code.
The dev opened up his Dell
And he said: “I’ll start this show.”
And fire flew from his fingertips
As his screen began to glow
As he struck his keyboard’s keys
They made an evil hiss
Then his team joined in
Marking up code with ignorant bliss
When the dev finished, Johnny said:
“Well you’re pretty good ol’ son
“But if you’ll sit down in that chair, right there
I’ll show how codin’ is done.”
Fire on the mountain, run boys, run
The dev has skills but I won’t be outdone
Buildin’ a framework, makin’ my plug-in go.
Johnny, get your style sheet right
No errors no
The developer bowed his head
Because he knew that he’d been beat
He laid that sack of theme club gold
On the ground at Johnny’s feet
Johnny said: “Dev, just come on back
If you ever want to try again
I told you once, you son of a bitch
I’m the best damn coder that’s ever been.”
Fire on the mountain, run boys, run
The dev has skills but I won’t be outdone
Buildin’ a framework, makin’ my plug-in go.
Johnny, get your style sheet right
No errors no
I have a lot of respect for WordPress, Matt Mullenweg, his team, and the Open Source community. At the same time, I admire many of the talented premium theme and plug-in developers, some of which choose alternate license methods. I am a member of numerous well known theme clubs, I occasionally buy individual premium themes and I use GPL licensed themes as well. When I first began learning WordPress I was totally ignorant of the GPL. I still don’t fully understand it.
Can’t we all just get along?
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Andrea
Well played, my friend. Well played.
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Ozh
wicked

want mp3!
Chip Bennett 3:41 am on May 9, 2009 Permalink |
That’s freakin’ awesome!
Justin Tadlock 2:09 pm on May 9, 2009 Permalink |
Ha ha. I love this.
Michael Torbert 5:18 pm on May 9, 2009 Permalink |
Hilarious!
Jeffro 7:30 pm on May 9, 2009 Permalink |
This is refreshing. Submitted it to stumbleupon and anytime I need a good laugh when their is a GPL fight brewing, I’ll come back and read the lyrics again. I can only imagine what your version of the video would be like LOL
Jacob Santos 7:46 pm on May 9, 2009 Permalink |
That was awesome!
However it is the other way around. The paid themers believe that they can create an agreement that doesn’t allow others to share (distribute) or use their code in any way. Which they can.
It is okay to create a non-GPL component for a GPL licensed application, however, it can’t be distributed to anyone else.
Furthermore, it is fine to sell GPL code, just don’t be surprised when the person turns around and redistributes it or tries to resell it.
Brad Potter 9:26 pm on May 9, 2009 Permalink |
Glad you guys liked it. It seemed the perfect song and we all need a laugh (or a drink) after so much GPL conversation. See you at the Tavern.
conorp 12:24 am on May 10, 2009 Permalink |
Great stuff!