From edf301cfa320cce48eaf055a57f416bc1aa6ee1e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Claudius Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2019 16:02:05 +0200 Subject: splitting README.md into files in /docs for better readability Signed-off-by: Claudius --- docs/history.md | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/history.md (limited to 'docs/history.md') diff --git a/docs/history.md b/docs/history.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b1dfde8a --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/history.md @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +# History of CodiMD + +## 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/codimd/server/issues/10).* -- cgit v1.2.3 From 54edec89000aec94cae325be3d5c85442ac21adf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Claudius Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2019 20:10:32 +0200 Subject: striving for consistency across various docs Signed-off-by: Claudius --- docs/history.md | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'docs/history.md') diff --git a/docs/history.md b/docs/history.md index b1dfde8a..cd12a369 100644 --- a/docs/history.md +++ b/docs/history.md @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ -# History of CodiMD +History of CodiMD +=== ## It started with HackMD -- cgit v1.2.3