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 copyleft.org
 ============
 
-This site is a wiki for dissemination of information of all things related to
-copyleft licensing.  The primary project currently on this site is the
-[tutorial book entitled *Copyleft and the GNU General Public License: A Comprehensive Tutorial*](/guide/).
+copyleft.org is a collaborative project to create and disseminate useful
+information, tutorial material, and new policy ideas regarding all forms of
+copyleft licensing.  Its primary project is currently a
+[comprehensive tutorial and guide](/guide/), which describes the policy
+motivations for copyleft exists, presents a detailed analysis of the text of
+various copyleft licenses, and gives examples and case studies of copyleft
+compliance situations.
+  
+## The Copyleft Guide and Tutorial
 
-## What Is Copyleft?
+The primary project currently on this site is the
+[tutorial book entitled *Copyleft and the GNU General Public License: A Comprehensive Guide and Tutorial*](/guide/).
+
+## Getting Involved
+
+There are various ways to get involved with this project.  The primary
+copyleft.org website is a wiki, and we welcome additional information.
+Please edit this wiki with more information about copyleft.
+
+However, the primary project available on this site is the aforementioned
+guide and tutorial about GPL and other copyleft concepts.  We seek
+contributors
+
+## Who Contributes to Copyleft.org?
+
+This site is a joint project of
+[Software Freedom Conservancy](https://sfconservancy.org) and
+[the Free Software Foundation](https://fsf.org).  The editor-in-chief of
+[the guide](/guide/) is [Bradley M. Kuhn](http://ebb.org/bkuhn).  The
+[recent changes page](http://copyleft.org/recentchanges) shows who has
+contributed to the wiki, and you can see the
+[Git commit log on the tutorial](https://gitorious.org/copyleft-org/tutorial/commits/)
+to see who has contributed to it.
+
+## Offsite Resources
+
+### What Is Copyleft?
 
 Here are a few sources to read generally what copyleft is:
-
   * [Richard M. Stallman's essay on copyleft at gnu.org](https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/)
   * [The Wikipedia entry on Copyleft](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyleft)