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;;; GuixSD website --- GNU's advanced distro website
;;; Copyright © 2015, 2016 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
;;; Copyright © 2015 Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@openmailbox.org>
;;; Copyright © 2015 David Thompson <davet@gnu.org>
;;; Initially written by Luis Felipe López Acevedo <felipe.lopez@openmailbox.org>
;;; who waives all copyright interest on this file.
;;;
;;; This file is part of GuixSD website.
;;;
;;; GuixSD website is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
;;; under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
;;; your option) any later version.
;;;
;;; GuixSD website is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
;;; GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
;;;
;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
;;; along with GuixSD website. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
(define-module (www about)
#:use-module (www utils)
#:use-module (www shared)
#:export (about-page))
(define (about-page)
`(html (@ (lang "en"))
,(html-page-header "About")
(body
,(html-page-description)
,(html-page-links)
(div (@ (id "content-box"))
(article
(h1 "About the Project")
(p "The "
(em "Guix System Distribution (GuixSD)")
" and the "
(em "GNU Guix")
" package manager are "
(a (@ (href ,(gnu-url "philosophy/free-sw.html")))
"free software")
" projects developed by
volunteers around the world under the umbrella of the "
(a (@ (href ,(gnu-url "")))
"GNU Project") ". "
" This is the official web site for both projects. ")
(p "GuixSD is a GNU/Linux distribution committed to
respecting and enhancing "
(a (@ (href ,(gnu-url "philosophy/free-sw.html")))
"the freedom of its users")
". As such, it adheres to the "
(a (@ (href ,(gnu-url
"distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html")))
"GNU Free System Distribution Guidelines") ".")
(p "GNU Guix provides "
(a (@ (href ,(base-url "manual/html_node/Features.html")))
"state-of-the-art package management features")
" such as transactional upgrades and roll-backs,
reproducible build environments, unprivileged package management, and
per-user profiles. It uses low-level mechanisms from the "
(a (@ (href "https://nixos.org/nix/")) "Nix")
" package manager, but packages are "
(a (@ (href ,(base-url
"manual/html_node/Defining-Packages.html")))
"defined")
" as native "
(a (@ (href ,(gnu-url "software/guile"))) "Guile")
" modules, using extensions to the "
(a (@ (href "http://schemers.org")) "Scheme")
" language—which makes it nicely hackable.")
(p "GuixSD takes that a step further by supporting stateless,
reproducible "
(a (@ (href ,(base-url
"manual/html_node/Using-the-Configuration-System.html")))
"operating system configurations")
". This time the whole system is hackable in Scheme, from
the "
(a (@ (href ,(base-url
"manual/html_node/Initial-RAM-Disk.html")))
"initial RAM disk")
" to the "
(a (@ (href ,(gnu-url "software/shepherd")))
"initialization system")
", and to the "
(a (@ (href ,(base-url
"manual/html_node/Defining-Services.html")))
"system services")
".")
(h2 (@ (id "mantainer")) "Maintainer")
(p "Guix is currently maintained by Ludovic Courtès and
Ricardo Wurmus. Please use the "
(a (@ (href "#contact")) "mailing lists")
" for contact. ")
(h2 (@ (id "license")) "Licensing")
(p "Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the "
(a (@ (rel "license") (href ,(gnu-url "licenses/gpl.html")))
"GNU General Public License")
" as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version\xa03 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. ")
(h2 (@ (id "contact")) "Contact")
(p (a (@ (href "https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-guix"))
(b "help-guix"))
(small " ("
(a (@ (href "https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix"))
"archive")
") ")
(br)
"Support for users of GNU Guix and
the Guix System Distribution (GuixSD). "
(a (@ (href
"https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2015-12/msg00584.html"))
"Until December 2015")
", the Guix-devel mailing list filled that role.")
(p (a (@ (href "https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guix-devel"))
(b "guix-devel"))
(small " ("
(a (@ (href "https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel"))
"archive")
")")
(br)
"Discussion about the development of GNU Guix and the Guix
System Distribution (GuixSD). "
(a (@ (href "http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-guix/2013-07/msg00039.html"))
" Until July 2013")
", the bug-Guix mailing list filled that role. ")
(p (a (@ (href "https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-guix"))
(b "bug-guix"))
(small " ("
(a (@ (href "https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-guix"))
"archive")
")")
(br)
"Bug reports for GNU Guix and the Guix System
Distribution. Messages sent to this list populate the "
(a (@ (href "https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/pkgreport.cgi?package=guix;max-bugs=100"))
"bug database") ".")
(p (a (@ (href "https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guix-commits"))
(b "guix-commits"))
(small " ("
(a (@ (href "https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-commits"))
"archive")
")")
(br)
"Notifications of commits made to the "
(a (@ (href ,(base-url "contribute")))
"Git repositories") ".")
(p (a (@ (href "https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guix-security"))
(b "guix-security"))
(br)
"This is a private mailing list that anyone can post to "
"to " (a (@ (href ,(base-url "security")))
"report security issues")
" in Guix itself or in "
"the " (a (@ (href ,(base-url "packages"))) "packages")
" it provides. Posting here allows Guix developers to "
"address the problem before it is widely publicized.")
(p (a (@ (href "https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guix-sysadmin"))
(b "guix-sysadmin"))
(br)
"Private mailing list for the "
(a (@ (href "https://hydra.gnu.org/"))
"build farm") " system administration.")
;; Non-Guix lists.
(p (a (@ (href "https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-system-discuss"))
(b "gnu-system-discuss"))
(small " ("
(a (@ (href "http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnu-system-discuss/"))
"archive")
") ")
(br)
"Discussion about the development of the broader GNU system.")
(p (a (@ (href "https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-linux-libre"))
(b "gnu-linux-libre"))
(small " ("
(a (@ (href "http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/gnu-linux-libre/"))
"archive")
") ")
(br)
"Workgroup for fully free GNU/Linux distributions.")
(p (a (@ (href "https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnu"))
(b "info-gnu"))
(small " ("
(a (@ (href "http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/"))
"archive")
") ")
(br)
"GNU software announcements.")
(h2 (@ (id "artwork")) "Artwork")
(p "This web site was designed by "
(a (@ (href "http://sirgazil.bitbucket.org/"))
"Luis Felipe López Acevedo")
". See the "
(a (@ (href ,(base-url "graphics"))) "graphics page")
" for information about the Guix and GuixSD logotypes.")))
,(html-page-footer))))
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