Holy crap, is this the Slashdottiest story summary ever posted to Slashdot?

Political and Technical Implications of GitTorrent

lkcl writes
“The GitTorrent Protocol (GTP) is a protocol for collaborative git repository distribution across the Internet. Git promises to be a distributed software management tool, where a repository can be distributed. Yet, the mechanisms used to date to actually ‘distribute,’ such as ssh, are very much still centralized. GitTorrent makes Git truly distributed. The initial plans are for reducing mirror loading, however the full plans include totally distributed development: no central mirrors whatsoever. PGP signing (an existing feature of git) and other web-of-trust-based mechanisms will take over from protocols on ports (e.g. ssh) as the access control ‘clearing house.’ The implications of a truly distributed revision control system are truly staggering: unrestricted software freedom. The playing field is leveled in so many ways, as ‘The Web Site’ no longer becomes the central choke-point of control. Coming just in time for that all-encompassing Free Software revolution hinted at by The Rebellion Against Vista, this article will explain more fully some of the implications that make this quiet and technically brilliant project, GitTorrent, so important to Software Freedom, from both technical and political perspectives.”

Let’s review.

• One long, impenetrable paragraph: check.
• Obscure, boring Linux-related technology: check.
• Blind faith in distributed computing: check.
• Windows-bashing: check.
• Borderline delusional political conjecture: check.
• PGP: check.

I could go on, but the upshot is that I can’t imagine a story summary Slashdottier than this one. It’s the quintessential Slashdot screed, a creation so perfect that we ought to preserve it, like Einstein’s brain, for further study.

(The first comment on the story is pretty great, too: “Reread the summary in Davros’s voice, increasing the volume and excitement as you get closer to the end.” Try it, it really works!)