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diff --git a/docs/user/intro.rst b/docs/user/intro.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..fe983b63 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/user/intro.rst @@ -0,0 +1,101 @@ +.. _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 |