[or-cvs] r18751: {website} Simplify the text of the index page, clean up the donation a (website/trunk/en)

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Author: phobos
Date: 2009-03-02 23:30:02 -0500 (Mon, 02 Mar 2009)
New Revision: 18751

Modified:
   website/trunk/en/index.wml
Log:
Simplify the text of the index page, clean up the donation ask, get rid
of the scary warnings that no one reads, emphasize we're free software
and open network


Modified: website/trunk/en/index.wml
===================================================================
--- website/trunk/en/index.wml	2009-03-03 04:28:50 UTC (rev 18750)
+++ website/trunk/en/index.wml	2009-03-03 04:30:02 UTC (rev 18751)
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 <p>
 <p><a href="<page 30seconds>">What is Tor?</a></p>
 <p><a href="<page torusers>">Who uses Tor?</a></p>
-<p><a href="<page overview>">How does Tor work in detail?</a></p>
+<p><a href="<page overview>">Want more detail?</a></p>
 <hr />
 <div class="downloadbutton">
 <p><a href="<page easy-download>">Download Tor</a></p>
@@ -29,65 +29,37 @@
 
 <hr />
 
-<p>Tor is a software project that helps you defend against <a
-href="<page overview>">traffic analysis</a>, a form of network
+<p>Tor is free software and an open network that helps you defend against a form of network
 surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy, confidential
-business activities and relationships, and state security.
-Tor protects you by bouncing your communications around a distributed
+business activities and relationships, and state security known as <a
+href="<page overview>">traffic analysis</a>.</p>
+<p>Tor protects you by bouncing your communications around a distributed
 network of relays run by volunteers all around the world: it prevents
 somebody watching your Internet connection from learning what sites you
 visit, and it prevents the sites you visit from learning your physical
-location.
-Tor works with many of your
-existing applications, including web browsers, instant messaging
-clients, remote login, and other applications based on the 
-TCP protocol.
+location.  Tor works with many of your existing applications, including web browsers, instant messaging
+clients, remote login, and other applications based on the TCP protocol.
 </p>
 
 <p> Hundreds of thousands of people around the world use Tor for a
-wide variety of reasons: journalists and
-bloggers, human rights workers, law enforcement officers, soldiers,
-corporations, citizens of repressive regimes, and just ordinary
-citizens.  See the <a href="<page torusers>">Who Uses Tor?</a> page for
-examples of typical Tor users.
-See the <a href="<page overview>">overview page</a> for a
-more detailed explanation of what Tor does, why this diversity of
-users is important, and how Tor works.
+wide variety of reasons: journalists and bloggers, human rights workers, law enforcement officers, soldiers,
+corporations, citizens of repressive regimes, and just ordinary citizens.  See the <a href="<page torusers>">Who Uses Tor?</a> page for
+examples of typical Tor users. See the <a href="<page overview>">overview page</a> for a
+more detailed explanation of what Tor does, why this diversity of users is important, and how Tor works.
 </p>
 
 <p>
-There are three pieces of fine print you need to know about.
-</p>
-<ol>
-<li>Tor does not protect you if you do not use it correctly.
-Read <a href="<page download>#Warning">our list of warnings</a> and
-make sure to follow the
-<a href="<page documentation>#RunningTor">instructions for your platform</a>
-carefully.</li>
-<li> Even if you configure and use Tor correctly, there are still
-<a href="https://wiki.torproject.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#RemainingAttacks";
->
-potential attacks that could compromise Tor's ability to protect
-you</a>.</li>
-<li>No anonymity system is perfect these days, and Tor is no exception:
-you should not rely solely on the current Tor network if you really need
-strong anonymity.</li>
-</ol>
-
-<p>
 Tor's security improves as its user
 base grows and as more people volunteer to
 <a href="<page docs/tor-doc-relay>">run relays</a>. (It isn't
 nearly as hard to set up as you might think, and can significantly
 <a href="https://wiki.torproject.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#RelayAnonymity";>
-enhance your own security against some attacks</a>.)
+enhance your own security</a>.)
 If running a relay isn't for you, we need
 <a href="<page volunteer>">help with many other aspects of the project</a>,
-and we need funds to <a
-href="https://wiki.torproject.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#Funding";>continue
-making the Tor network faster and easier to use while maintaining good
-security</a>.
-<a href="<page donate>">Please donate.</a>
+and we need funds to continue making the Tor network faster and easier to use while maintaining good
+security</a>.</p>
+<p>Tor is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit whose mission is to allow you to protect your Internet traffic from analysis. Please make a <a href="<page donate>">tax-deductible donation.</a>
 </p>
 
 <a id="News"></a>
@@ -114,7 +86,6 @@
 
 </ul>
 <p><a href="<page news>">More news</a></p>
-
   </div><!-- #main -->
 
 #include <foot.wmi>