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/history.md | 54 ------------------------------------------------------ 1 file changed, 54 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 docs/history.md (limited to 'docs/history.md') diff --git a/docs/history.md b/docs/history.md deleted file mode 100644 index 49f40618..00000000 --- a/docs/history.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,54 +0,0 @@ -# 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