People were up in arms about it because it's unworkable as a code of conduct for an open-source project.
Codes of conduct are specific, enforceable standards of professional conduct that apply to all contributors to a project that cover things like appropriate language and behavior in project spaces, equity and respect towards other community members, and especially, protecting members of marginalized communities from further marginalization or discrimination. They contain specific procedures for raising complaints (as well as protecting the complainants from retaliation), determining responsibility, and meting out disciplinary action.
The SQLite Code of Ethics is vague, can't be reasonably enforced, and its authors declared no intention to enforce it. No means of raising a complaint of a Code of Ethics violation is provided, nor is there an establishment of a committee or process to adjudicate complaints and administer disciplinary action. It is, per its authors again, merely a symbolic gesture. Furthermore, being a Christian seems to be a requirement to be in compliance.
So you can understand why people might be "up in arms" about it.
Assuming you're not being disingenuous, and that's a big if given your word choice ("a certain code of Ethics") and ellipsis, why do you think people were up in arms? What do you think is the core difference between Barlow's list and the one from sqlite?
Codes of conduct are specific, enforceable standards of professional conduct that apply to all contributors to a project that cover things like appropriate language and behavior in project spaces, equity and respect towards other community members, and especially, protecting members of marginalized communities from further marginalization or discrimination. They contain specific procedures for raising complaints (as well as protecting the complainants from retaliation), determining responsibility, and meting out disciplinary action.
The SQLite Code of Ethics is vague, can't be reasonably enforced, and its authors declared no intention to enforce it. No means of raising a complaint of a Code of Ethics violation is provided, nor is there an establishment of a committee or process to adjudicate complaints and administer disciplinary action. It is, per its authors again, merely a symbolic gesture. Furthermore, being a Christian seems to be a requirement to be in compliance.
So you can understand why people might be "up in arms" about it.