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Author: Solderpunk 
Date:   Tue Dec 29 13:49:27 2020 +0100

    Add project start date to FAQ.

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 ### 1.1 What is Gemini?

-Gemini is a new application-level internet protocol for the distribution of arbitrary files, with some special consideration for serving a lightweight hypertext format which facilitates linking between files.  You may think of Gemini as "the web, stripped right back to its essence" or as "Gopher, souped up and modernised a little", depending upon your perspective.  Gemini may be of interest to people who are:
+Gemini is a new (the project started in June 2019) application-level internet protocol for the distribution of arbitrary files, with some special consideration for serving a lightweight hypertext format which facilitates linking between files.  You may think of Gemini as "the web, stripped right back to its essence" or as "Gopher, souped up and modernised a little", depending upon your perspective.  Gemini may be of interest to people who are:

 * Opposed to the web's ubiquitous user tracking
 * Tired of obnoxious adverts, autoplaying videos and other misfeatures

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