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+.. _introduction:
+
+Introduction
+============
+
+The LEAP Client
+---------------
+.. if yoy change this, change it also in the index.rst
+The **LEAP Client** is a :ref:`GPL3 Licensed <gpl3>` multiplatform client, written in python using PyQt4, that supports the features offered by :ref:`the LEAP Platform <leapplatform>`. Currently is being tested on Linux, support for OSX and Windows will come soon.
+
+Features
+^^^^^^^^
+
+The LEAP Client allows to easily secure communications.
+
+- Provider selection
+- User registration
+- Encrypted Internet Proxy support (autoconfigured service using openvpn).
+
+Coming soon
+^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+- Encrypted email
+
+.. _leapplatform:
+
+The LEAP Platform
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+The LEAP Provider Platform is the server-side part of LEAP that is run by service providers. It consists of a set of complementary packages and recipes to automate the maintenance of LEAP services in a hardened GNU/Linux environment. Our goal is to make it painless for service providers and ISPs to deploy a secure communications platform.
+
+Read `more about the LEAP Platform <https://leap.se/en/technology/platform>`_ or `check out the code <https://github.com/leapcode/leap_platform>`_.
+
+
+.. _philosophy:
+
+Philosophy
+----------
+
+The Right to Whisper
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+LEAP fights for *the right to whisper*.
+
+Like free speech, the right to whisper is an necessary precondition for **a free society**. Without it, civil society and political freedom become impossible. As the importance of digital communication for civic participation increases, so does the importance of the ability to digitally whisper.
+
+Unfortunately, advances in surveillance technology are rapidly eroding the ability to whisper. This is a worldwide problem, not simply an issue for people in repressive contexts. Acceptance of poor security in the West creates a global standard of insecure practice, even among civil society actors who urgently need the ability to communicate safely.
+
+The stakes could not be higher. Activists are dying because their communication technologies betray their identity, location, and conversations. When activists attempt to secure their communications, they face confusing software, a dearth of secure providers, and a greater risk of being flagged as potential troublemakers. In other words, problems of usability, availability, and adoption.
+
+Our vision
+^^^^^^^^^^
+The LEAP vision is to attack these problems of usability, availability, and adoption head on.
+
+To address **usability**:
+        we are creating a complete system where the user-facing client software is
+        tightly coupled with the cloud-base components of the system. All our software 
+        will be auto-configuring, prevent users from practicing insecure behavior, and 
+        primarily limit the configuration options to those moments when the user is placing i
+        their trust in another entity.
+
+To address **availability**:
+        LEAP will work closely with service providers to adopt our open source, automatedl
+        platform for running high-availability communication services. By lowering the 
+        barriers of entry to become a reliable provider, we can increase the supply and 
+        decrease the cost of secure communications.
+
+To address **adoption**:
+        the LEAP platform layers higher security on top of existing protocols to allow 
+        users a gradual transition path and backward compatibility. Our goal is to create 
+        services that are attractive in terms of features, usability, and price for users in
+        both democratic and repressive contexts.
+
+All contributions should have these three points in mind.
+
+.. _`gpl3`:
+
+GPLv3 License
+--------------
+
+.. image:: gpl.*
+
+The LEAP Client is released under the terms of the `GNU GPL version 3`_ or later.
+
+::
+
+    The LEAP Client is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    The LEAP Client 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 General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with the LEAP Client.  If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
+
+.. _`GNU GPL version 3`: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt
+
+.. ??? include whole version?
+    .. include:: ../COPYING