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You can adapt this file completely to your liking, but it should at least
contain the root `toctree` directive.
-Soledad: synchronization of locally encrypted data among devices
+Soledad
================================================================
-Soledad consists of a client library and a server daemon that allow
-applications to securely share a common state among devices. It is LEAP's
-solution for synchronizing client-encrypted data among user's devices that
-access a LEAP provider.
+Synchronization of Locally Encrypted Data Among Devices.
+What is Soledad?
+----------------
+
+Soledad is a client library and a server daemon that together allow
+applications to securely share a common state among devices. It is `LEAP
+<https://leap.se/>`_'s solution for mail delivery and for synchronizing
+client-encrypted data among a user's devices that access an account in a LEAP
+provider.
The local application is presented with a simple, document-centric searchable
database API. Any data saved to the database by the application is
@@ -18,12 +23,17 @@ client-encrypted, backed up in the cloud, and synchronized among a user's
devices. Soledad is cross-platform, open source, scalable, and features
a highly efficient synchronization algorithm.
-The application is written in Python and the `source code
-<https://0xacab.org/leap/soledad>`_ is available and licensed as free software.
-Both client and server are `distributed through pypi
-<https://pypi.python.org/pypi/leap.soledad>`_, and `Debian packages
+Soledad Client and Server are written in Python using `Twisted
+<https://twistedmatrix.com/>`_. Source code is available at `0xacab
+<https://0xacab.org/leap/soledad>`_ and is licensed under the `GPLv3
+<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt>`_. Client and server are packaged
+together and distributed in `pypi
+<https://pypi.python.org/pypi/leap.soledad>`_. `Debian packages
<https://deb.leap.se/>`_ are also provided for the server-side component.
+Soledad documentation
+---------------------
+
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 2