Source Wars
Episode IV
Trial of the BSD Knights
Not so very long ago
And not so far away
AT&T made system code
And gave some bits away
Some Berkeley geeks rebuilt it
Better, faster, more diverse
This open thing was wonderful
For everyone on Earth
And then the roaring 90's came
The Empire changed its mind
And good old greed was back again
The geeks were in a legal bind
The Empire's Unix Lab
Sued BSDi from above
The code is free but
Only we can sell it bub
The University came calling
In full protective mode
And proved the source in Net/2
Didn't use the Empire's code
Then Bostic brought the Empire's books
N' slammed them dandys down
And showed the giant chunks
Of BSD code all around
They didn't even give an ounce
Of credit front to back
This broke the license USL
Was using to attack
The case was thrown out by the judge
And "settled" out of court
And UCB was big enough
To take it like a sport
And to this day the geekfolk say
Now did we win or lose?
They shoulda made 'em reprint
Every book with proper dues
And take out ads in major rags
Apologetically
And maybe now it wouldn't be
The same monopoly
The Empire might have tumbled
Down if everybody saw
How greed became so big
They couldn't see that glaring flaw
But only one community
The one that makes it tick
Is there to fight for everyone
Exposing hypocrites
And OpenBSD is here
To tell the story right
Once again the fight is fought
And kept in shining light
And may the source be with you
May the Empire fall apart
Ya like that's gonna happen
But we gotta keep heart