From f1f1df0cec01c0c80283af0996e1cb7fac363f42 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Bhat Harkins Date: Wed, 29 May 2019 09:41:57 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] friendlier phrasing; note about sister site hosting idea --- README.md | 21 ++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index f74eea1a..97bffc18 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -6,16 +6,23 @@ source code to the site operating at [https://lobste.rs](https://lobste.rs). It is a Rails 5 codebase and uses a SQL (MariaDB in production) backend for the database. -While you are free to fork this code and modify it (according to the [license](https://github.com/lobsters/lobsters/blob/master/LICENSE)) -to run your own link aggregation website, this source code repository and bug -tracker are only for the site operating at [lobste.rs](https://lobste.rs/). -Please do not use the bug tracker for support related to operating your own -site unless you are contributing code that will also benefit [lobste.rs](https://lobste.rs/). +You are free to use this code to start your own [sister site](https://github.com/lobsters/lobsters/wiki) +because the code is availbale under a [permissive license](https://github.com/lobsters/lobsters/blob/master/LICENSE) (3-clause BSD). +We welcome bug reports and code contributions that help use improve [lobste.rs](https://lobste.rs). +As a volunteer project we're reluctant to take on work that's not useful to our site, so please understand if we don't want to adopt your custom feature. + +2019-05-29 experiment: +Are you interested in running your own sister site and not technical, or otherwise willing to pay for hosting/support? +Maybe you're a Reddit community unhappy with their redesign, want an internal site for your company, or want to experiement with community design? +Please contact Peter (email that name @push.cx). +I'm exploring the idea of a hosting company to run sites using the codebase, or maybe consulting on custom features, and would love to hear from you. +(The only change to Lobsters would be that someone's getting paid to PR back bug fixes.) + #### Contributing bugfixes and new features -Please see the [CONTRIBUTING](https://github.com/lobsters/lobsters/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) -file. +We'd love to have your help. +Please see the [CONTRIBUTING](https://github.com/lobsters/lobsters/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) file for details. #### Initial setup