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@@ -3,39 +3,34 @@ copyleft.org
 
 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.
-  
+copyleft licensing.
+
 ### The Copyleft Guide and Tutorial
 
-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/).
+The primary project currently on this site is a tutorial book entitled
+[*Copyleft and the GNU General Public License: A Comprehensive Guide and Tutorial*](/guide/).
+This guide describes the policy motivations for copyleft, presents a detailed analysis of the text of
+various copyleft licenses, and gives examples and case studies of copyleft compliance situations.
 
 ### 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.
+copyleft.org website is a wiki, and we welcome helpful edits and additions.
 
-However, the primary project available on this site is the aforementioned
-guide and tutorial about GPL and other copyleft concepts.  We seek
-contributors to get involved in the following ways:
+For the aforementioned guide and tutorial about GPL and other copyleft concepts,
+we seek help in the following ways:
 
-   * [Submit merge requests on copyleft.org's gitorious site](https://gitorious.org/copyleft-org/tutorial/merge_requests).
-     If you're looking for something to fix, just grep the *.tex files for
-     "FIXME" and you'll find plenty.
-   * Subscribe to [our low-traffic, announcements-only mailing list](https://lists.copyleft.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/announce)
+   * Submit [merge requests on copyleft.org's Gitorious site](https://gitorious.org/copyleft-org/tutorial/merge_requests).
+     If you're looking for something to fix, just grep the *.tex files for "FIXME" and you'll find plenty.
+   * Subscribe to our low-traffic [announcements-only mailing list](https://lists.copyleft.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/announce)
    * Join discussion on our [primary mailing list, called "discuss"](https://lists.copyleft.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss).
    * Join discussion on our [IRC channel, #copyleft on irc.freenode.net](irc://irc.freenode.net/#copyleft).
 
 ### 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
+[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](/recentchanges) shows who has
 contributed to the wiki, and you can see the