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A memcached protocol server that stores data to Amazon DynamoDb.

# Private
## Private

This project will not be released publicly, in protest of the re-appointment
of Richard Stallman to the board of the Free Software Foundation.
This project has not been fully released publicly, in protest of the
re-appointment of Richard Stallman to the board of the Free Software Foundation.

I'm going to need something more than a bunch of white men deciding they miss
their rape apologist buddy, especially if the best they can say about him is
that they "feel his behavior has moderated." _Does that even mean anything?_
Adding to the apparent insincerity, it took them two weeks to come up with that
egregiously bland statement.
## Y tho

I don't even know what the endgame is, here. If Stallman were to part ways
again, should I release dynacache? If there is a release, it's not feasible to
pull it back if they were to reverse course again. Can I trust the FSF? Can I
trust Stallman himself? I don't think I can give a "Yes" to either of those
any more.
Back when I was a teen reading Slashdot, RMS seemed pretty cool. Since then,
I've grown up, and Stallman hasn't. I've worked to improve myself, but I have
no power; meanwhile, people with power show very little indication that they
understand improving themselves is _possible,_ or that their actions matter.
Technical people especially seem to think that anything that isn't objectively
quantifiable is beneath their concern.

RIP the dream.
And if I sit here giving away software, I'm supporting their dream. I'm
supporting their work. I'm supporting their public image, implying that yes,
these are people (and organizations) that I want my efforts to be associated
with. That is no longer the case.

## The future

I will probably release source code eventually; I still believe in the _ideal_
of free software. If the FSF were to get some true diversity on the board,
enough to escape from tokenism, that day would come sooner.

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