From 8f6c2db289be1f92105d3d4da0032e1ea1c8680b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Anderson <127358482+zc-devs@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 11:13:53 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Update About (#4555) Co-authored-by: Lauris BH Co-authored-by: John Olheiser Co-authored-by: Robert Kaussow Co-authored-by: Robert Kaussow --- docs/docs/50-about.md | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/docs/50-about.md b/docs/docs/50-about.md index bec3304a1..fe7b4a55f 100644 --- a/docs/docs/50-about.md +++ b/docs/docs/50-about.md @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ # About -Woodpecker has been originally forked from Drone 0.8 as the Drone CI license was changed after the 0.8 release from Apache 2.0 to a proprietary license. Woodpecker is based on this latest freely available version. +Woodpecker is a community-driven open source CI/CD tool. It is lightweight, fast and simple to use. It can be used with many different Git providers and runners. ## History -Woodpecker was originally forked by [@laszlocph](https://github.com/laszlocph) in 2019. +Woodpecker was originally forked from Drone 0.8 by [@laszlocph](https://github.com/laszlocph) in 2019 after its license model was changed. A few important time points: @@ -15,4 +15,5 @@ A few important time points: ## Differences to Drone -Woodpecker is a community-focused software that still stay free and open source forever, while Drone is managed by [Harness](https://harness.io/) and published under [Polyform Small Business](https://polyformproject.org/licenses/small-business/1.0.0/) license. +Woodpecker is a community-driven open source software published under the Apache License 2.0 and will always remain so. Drone CI is managed by [Harness](https://harness.io/) and is available in two editions: [Open Source under Apache License 2.0 and Enterprise under Polyform Small Business license](https://docs.drone.io/enterprise/#is-drone-open-source). +In terms of Drone's feature set, Woodpecker is somewhere between [Drone Enterprise and OSS](https://docs.drone.io/enterprise/#what-is-the-difference-between-open-source-and-enterprise), but also has some unique features.