dive into mark

• Days between writing “freedom 0 is the freedom to run a program for any purpose” and reading “you can freely modify, redistribute, and use Movable Type for any purpose“: 1,307
• Amount I donated to the fledgling Wordpress movement in 2004, just before writing that: $535
• Number of hits I’ve gotten on that post in the past 1,307 days: 283,361
• Number of times Wordpress 2.3.1 has been downloaded: 448,472
• Number of times Anil used the words “free”, “freedom”, or “freely available” in the MTOS announcement: 9
• Number of times he used the words “free”, “freedom”, or “freely available” to refer to something other than freedom 0: 8
• Number of times he mentioned “those who are quick to judge or quick to question whether the intention of openness was ever there”: 1
• Number of times he used “open” or “openness” to refer to something other than open source: 9
• Number of words he used before finally stating “Movable Type Open Source is being released under the standard GPL license”: 1,178
• Number of times he mentioned “community”, not including the page header or the name of the blog itself: 11
• Number of times Wordpress has been downloaded since I began writing this list: 316

(with apologies to Harper’s)

There is an episode of “Sex and the City” where Charlotte befriends a group of “power lesbians” who seem to run everything in her little corner of the art world. The lesbians are friendly and chummy and accommodating, up to a point — the point at which they finally confront Charlotte about her sexuality:

Charlotte: I do so much enjoy the company of all these women. Everyone’s so smart and funny. I’ve been spending way too much time and attention on men. It feels like such a safe, warm environment. While sexually I feel that I am straight, there’s a very powerful part of me that connects to the female spirit.

Patty: Sweetheart, that’s all very nice, but if you’re not going to eat pussy, you’re not a dyke.

Sex and the City s02e06, The Cheating Curve

So anyway, congratulations to Six Apart for finally joining the open community of freedom-loving pussy eaters. There may be those who are quick to judge or quick to question whether this move is a day late and a dollar short, or indeed 1,307 days late and 535 dollars short. I assure you I am not one of those people.

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