From e2da3ea9599d2848b518999cb94b316f8b89291c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bart Feenstra Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 22:22:40 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Improve the About documentation (#2208) --- documentation/about.rst | 23 +++++------------------ documentation/about/license.rst | 3 ++- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) diff --git a/documentation/about.rst b/documentation/about.rst index 6f2fb48b5..0db9bcd8f 100644 --- a/documentation/about.rst +++ b/documentation/about.rst @@ -11,30 +11,17 @@ About Betty Philosophy ---------- - -Storytelling -^^^^^^^^^^^^ Betty builds sites that tell a story. Raw family data is visualized in different, sometimes interactive ways. Additional information is added automatically from a variety of third-party sources, augmenting your family trees with further encyclopedic information, imagery, and maps. -Simplicity -^^^^^^^^^^ -Anyone should be able to generate a site and view it. We aim for Betty to be simple to use, out of the box, for everyone. - -Speed -^^^^^ -Betty sites are fast. Faster than most other sites we use on a daily basis. - -Security and maintenance -^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -A Betty site is secure and requires almost no maintenance. - -.. important:: - This is about generated sites. You are still advised to install updates to your installation of Betty when they become available. +Name +---- +Betty was named after `Liberta "Betty" Lankester `_, grandmother +to the original project author. What is Betty not? -^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +------------------ Betty does not help you gather or manage the data for your family history. For that purpose, use a product such as `Gramps `_, or a service like `Ancestry.com `_. diff --git a/documentation/about/license.rst b/documentation/about/license.rst index 16cef8ec1..901a096e7 100644 --- a/documentation/about/license.rst +++ b/documentation/about/license.rst @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ Copyright & license =================== -Betty is copyright Bart Feenstra and contributors, and released under the **GPL**. This means that +Betty is copyright Bart Feenstra and `contributors `_, and +released under the **GPL**. This means that - You may use Betty at no charge - You may use Betty for commercial purposes