From ec4e254f2ea71dff67841715ea5e1e271278b4a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeff Atwood Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:41:30 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] freeeeedoommmmm --- README.md | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index b4d8ce8e1e8..40d4ef3f5c2 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ Before you get started, ensure you have the following minimum versions: [Ruby 1. ## Vision -We think of Discourse as a **Civilized Discourse Construction Kit**, an 100% open-source discussion platform that acts as a flexible, fundamental building block of most online communities of any size, from tiny to huge. Discourse is always free for everyone to use and contribute to – forever. Discourse is: +We think of Discourse as a **Civilized Discourse Construction Kit**, an open-source discussion platform that acts as a free, flexible, fundamental building block for online communities of any size, tiny to huge. + +Discourse is: - A **flattened, endlessly scrolling discussion**, which avoids the awkwardness of traditionally threaded and paginated discussion, while still allowing replies to be expanded in place for context. @@ -32,7 +34,7 @@ We think of Discourse as a **Civilized Discourse Construction Kit**, an 100% ope - A **contemporary, robust technology stack**, free of legacy PHP and MySQL constraints. -We wish to **foster an active community of contributors**, all of whom commit to free, simple, pleasant to use online discussion software that can thrive in an Internet age dominated by micro-blogging and diminishing attention spans. Civilized online discussion belongs to everyone, not just huge corporate websites. +Our goal is to **foster an active community of contributors**, all of whom commit to free, simple, pleasant to use online discussion software that can thrive in an Internet age dominated by micro-blogging and diminishing attention spans. Internet discussion belongs to everyone, not just huge corporate websites. Discourse is built for the *next* 10 years of the Internet, so our requirements are high: