From 167381e4aea5900942e71aea6ca7fd275ca61dd1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jo-Philipp Wich Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2016 13:30:08 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add some initial drafts Signed-off-by: Jo-Philipp Wich --- pages/about.txt | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ pages/rules.txt | 1 + 2 files changed, 39 insertions(+) create mode 100644 pages/about.txt create mode 100644 pages/rules.txt diff --git a/pages/about.txt b/pages/about.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e2a4953 --- /dev/null +++ b/pages/about.txt @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +== About LEDE + +The LEDE project was founded in April 2016 as an OpenWrt based spinoff with a +strong focus on transparency, user collaboration and decentralized structures. + +=== Origin + +For a long time the OpenWrt parent project experienced infrastructure issues +and declining developer participation on the base system while the community +driven package ecosystem around it continued to thrive. + +When the number of frequently active committers reached a new low in the +beginning of 2016, the three OpenWrt developers John Crispin, Felix Fietkau +and Jo-Philipp Wich decided to start a new spin-off project in an attempt to +radically change the development processes and reboot the project in better, +community-driven manner. + +=== Goals + +LEDE's stated goals are: + +. Transparent decision processes with broad community participation and public + meetings +. Only rely on decentralized infrastructure provided by free services and + volunteers while avoiding single points of failure to ensure maximum + avilability of the software +. Avoidance of developer hierarchies, "core members" and the like + +=== Name + +The name _LEDE_ is an abbreviation for Linux Embedded Development Environment, +a reference to its flexibility and embedded buildroot origins, making it a +solid choice for embedded Linux applications far beyound the wireless router +and network appliance realm. + +The word _LEDE_ is also an alternation of the phrase _to lead_, describing +an introductory section of a news story that is intended to entice the reader +to read the full story. diff --git a/pages/rules.txt b/pages/rules.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8b13789 --- /dev/null +++ b/pages/rules.txt @@ -0,0 +1 @@ + -- 2.30.2