An open-source follower of linux

The Computer Songs and Poems archive has quite a few good parodies. They have several Gilbert and Sullivan knockoffs, some of them quite good.

Some other favorites:

• Berkelian Rhapsody (Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody)
• Bye Bye Unix (Don McLean, American Pie)
• User (Beck, Loser)
• The Longest Path (Billy Joel, The Longest Time)
• The HACTRN (Poe, The Raven)

Dude, your scansion needs a lot of work :-) One of the key points about The Major General song is that the rhythm and scansion have to be perfect. E.g.:

> I am the very model of an open -source fashion victim The hard stress is on the "ion" of fashion (equivalent to the "Gen" of General), which isn't where you want it :-)

> I note mozilla bugs and dutifully file them in This line is two syllables short.

> Modifications passed on to others must be made public. > I'm also prohibiting you from combining this with any version of 'The > Free Software Song' Then, on two counts, your license isn't GPL-compatible :-)

Gerv

So gerv, post a patch! And thanks for the word "scansion", I've wanted to know what that's called for a while.

Now, can anyone remember the origin of this other (techno) remix: RMS-The_Free_Software_Song_Remix.mp3 ?

... that if I see another MMG parody I may have to hurt someone. I suggest instead the Mikado... e.g.,

A would-be hacker I -- a fan of open sources.
I take no CS courses: their scheming I defy.
My resume is sparse, but every project beckons
And every leader reckons I'm something of a farce.
I'm something of a farce.

Do you like realtime gaming, dude?
I'll code with you --- Tomorrow!
Do you think CVS is crude?
I'll think so too --- Tomorrow, morrow!
I'll fill your jockey shorts with bug reports
While you write wild retorts, like "get a clue!" --- Tomorrow, morrow!

But if "new" Free Software sentiment is wanting,
I've "new" Free Software words to any song,
For it's easy if you pick a tune that's haunting.
(I've never read a license, they're too long.)
My lyrics, in their verses all assembled,
Never scan -- nor would I notice if they did --
And I shouldn't be surprised if they resembled
A score of inky blots, of blots from giant squid.

And if you call for a patch, say in C,
I'll hack until the sunrise,
With array o'erflow, and un-malloced 'free',
Compiling's a trip, what is gdb?
Hurrah for a thousand eyes.
   (Array-oh 'verflow, hurrah for a thousand eyes.)

To think running C's ubiquitous
May lead any geek to err,
But he'll find it becomes iniquitous.
When one more port seems a jaundiced sport
Then it's Java all the way -- Write once!
And debug it everywhere!
   (Then man the trenches, off we go, as we try it on for size
   With a try and throw, and no catch below, hurrah for a thousand eyes.)

A would-be hacker I -- a fan of open sources.
I take no CS courses: their scheming I defy.
Their scheming I de-, I defy! I defy!

[I retain copyright, ta. This is a work of fiction and any resemblance to real persons, places, or events is purely coincidental although death threats will be read with all the attention they deserve.]