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diff --git a/doc/documentation/chapters/preface.texi b/doc/documentation/chapters/preface.texi index b4889356a..00e6290f0 100644 --- a/doc/documentation/chapters/preface.texi +++ b/doc/documentation/chapters/preface.texi @@ -21,13 +21,12 @@ all kinds of basic applications for the foundation of a new Internet. @node About this book @section About this book -The books (described as ``book'' or ``books'' in the following) bundled as -the ``GNUnet Reference Manual'' are based on the historic work of all -contributors to GNUnet's documentation. The documentation existed in -various formats before it came to be in the format you are currently -reading. It is our hope that the content is described in a way that does -not require any academic background, although some concepts will require -further reading. +The books (described as ``book'' or ``books'' in the following) +bundled as the ``GNUnet Reference Manual'' are based on the historic +work of all contributors to GNUnet's documentation. It is our hope +that the content is described in a way that does not require any +academic background, although some concepts will require further +reading. Our (long-term) goal with these books is to keep them self-contained. If you see references to Wikipedia and other external sources (except for @@ -47,7 +46,8 @@ what GNUnet tries to achieve. GNUnet in its current version is the result of almost 20 years of work from many contributors. So far, most contributions were made by -volunteers or people paid to do fundamental research. Thus, +volunteers or people paid to do fundamental research. At this stage, +GNUnet remains an experimental system where significant parts of the software lack a reasonable degree of professionalism in its implementation. Furthermore, we are aware of a significant number of existing bugs and critical design flaws, as some |