From f3a2c6a085d7ff8bb418cf20b7d61698f54faede Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?S=C3=B6ren=20Beye?= Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2023 14:18:37 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] docs: Garden --- docs/index.md | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md index 8d20c6a7078..3f38dada4a1 100644 --- a/docs/index.md +++ b/docs/index.md @@ -63,6 +63,29 @@ Also, make sure to check out the companion apps section. ### Further questions? [Valetudo Telegram group](https://t.me/+Wlt6LOE82dMwNmQy) -### Expectation Management -This project is the hobby of some random guy on the internet who really does not care about market share.
-It does what I want it to do, so I'm happy with it. +### Valetudo is a garden +This project is the hobby of some random guy on the internet. There is no intent to commercialize it, grow it +or expand the target audience of it. In fact, there is intent to explicitly not do that. + +Think of Valetudo as a privately-owned public garden. You can visit it any time for free and enjoy it. +You can spend time there, and you can bring an infinite amount of friends with you to enjoy it. +You can walk the pathways built there. You can sit on some patch of grass and maybe watch a Duck or something. +You can leave a tip in the tip jar at the entrance if you really enjoy it and want to support it flourish. +You can take inspiration from it and bring that home to your own garden, giving it a personal twist and adapting it as needed. + +You can even make friendly suggestions if you have a really good idea that ties into the vision that is already there. + +But, at the end of the day, you must understand that it is still privately-owned. You're on someone else's property +over which you have no power at all. You will have to show the necessary respect. And - most importantly - you need to +understand that letting you into this garden is a gift and should be treated as such. + +If you don't like this garden because you don't like how it's structured, or you feel like it's missing something, or maybe +I choose the wrong flowers to plant over there that's fine. It's just not for you then. You can leave at any time. + +There is simply no ground to stand on to demand change to the garden. It doesn't matter if it would attract more people +or if all the other gardens in town are doing something in a specific way. It doesn't matter if your idea of what gardens +even are differs.
+This at the end of the day is simply private property with free public access as a gift to everyone. + +When it comes to software development, _everyone_ has access to infinite plots of undeveloped land that they can claim at any time. +Therefore, a garden being build with a specific vision does not take away the ability for anyone else to build their own garden with a different vision.