From eaeb88401d07687eb3db8c273f7a4c0ed31ec153 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tilman Vatteroth Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2021 13:07:44 +0100 Subject: Move docs into subdirectory to make mkdocs work in a subdirectory Signed-off-by: Tilman Vatteroth --- docs/content/history.md | 54 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 54 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/content/history.md (limited to 'docs/content/history.md') diff --git a/docs/content/history.md b/docs/content/history.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..49f40618 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/content/history.md @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ +# History of HedgeDoc + +## It started with HackMD + +HackMD is the origin of this project, which was mostly developed by Max Wu and +Yukai Huang. Originally, this was open source under MIT license, but was +[relicensed in October 2017 to be AGPLv3](https://github.com/hackmdio/codimd/pull/578). +At the same time, [hackmd.io](https://hackmd.io) was founded to offer a +commercial version of HackMD. + +The AGPLv3-version was developed and released by the community, this was for a +while referred to as "HackMD community edition". + +*For more on the splitting of the projects, please refer to [A note to our community (2017-10-11)](https://hackmd.io/c/community-news/https%3A%2F%2Fhackmd.io%2Fs%2Fr1_4j9_hZ).* + +## HackMD CE became CodiMD + +In June 2018, CodiMD was renamed from its former name "HackMD" and continued to +be developed under AGPLv3 by the community. We decided to change the name to +break the confusion between HackMD (enterprise offering) and CodiMD (community +project), as people mistook it for an open core development model. + +*For the whole renaming story, see the [issue where the renaming was discussed](https://github.com/hackmdio/hackmd/issues/720).* + +## CodiMD went independent + +In March 2019, a discussion over licensing, governance and the future of CodiMD +lead to the formation of a distinct GitHub organization. Up to that point, the +community project resided in the organization of hackmdio but was for the most +part self-organized. + +During that debate, we did not reach an agreement that would have allowed us to +move the repository, so we simply forked it. We still welcome the HackMD team +as part of our community, especially since a large portion of this code base +originated with them. + +*For the debate that lead to this step, please refer to the [governance debate](https://github.com/hackmdio/hackmd/issues/1170) and [the announcement of the new repository](https://github.com/hedgedoc/hedgedoc/issues/10).* + +## CodiMD became HedgeDoc + +With two actively named forks sharing the same name, both [insisting on being +the original/actual owner of the name CodiMD](https://github.com/hackmdio/codimd/issues/1219), +people became rightfully confused about the projects sharing the same name. + +After roughly a year of being stuck on the name issue, the HedgeDoc community +decided to take action and started a [renaming process in April 2020](https://community.codimd.org/t/renaming-yet-another-time/102). +With a good head start in the amount of names, it was decided that an entire +rebranding should take place and therefore, after a [name was agreed on in July +2020](https://community.codimd.org/t/codimd-becomes-hedgedoc/170), the next step +was to [find a logo](https://community.codimd.org/t/time-to-find-the-hedgedoc-logo/171). + +In November of 2020, roughly 7 months after the initiative was started, a logo was +found, the rebranding of the application as well as all community pages took place +and the time of name conflicts was over. (hopefully.) -- cgit v1.2.3