Rewrite README intro, add badges, fix broken support link - #2613
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Replace the About section with updated copy describing ZeroTier One as identity-first SDN, split across About / How It Works / Security, and move the platform and build notes into their own sections. Add a centered header block with the existing repo icon and badges for build and validate workflow status, latest release, license, docs, and supported platforms. Point "Commercial Support" at https://docs.zerotier.com/support/ — the old https://www.zerotier.com/contact URL returns 404. Also fix a stray period in the license section ("osdep/. service/" -> "osdep/, service/"). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Refreshes the top-level README: updated intro copy, a header badge block, and two link/typo fixes.
Broken link
https://www.zerotier.com/contact(linked as "Commercial Support") returns 404 — with and without a trailing slash, so it isn't a redirect issue. Repointed athttps://docs.zerotier.com/support/, which is where the marketingwww.zerotier.com/support/landing page sends people anyway. Using the trailing-slash form directly, sincedocs.zerotier.com/support301s to it.The other five links were verified fine: docs, corporate site, downloads,
service/README.md,nonfree/controller/README.md.Typo
License section:
node/, osdep/. service/,->node/, osdep/, service/,Copy
The About section is rewritten to describe ZeroTier One as identity-first SDN for distributed infrastructure, split into About / How It Works / Security. The platform note and the
build.mdpointer move into their own Platforms and Building and Running sections so About isn't carrying housekeeping.build.mdis now a real link.Badges
Centered header block using the existing
artwork/ZeroTierIcon512x512.png, plus:build.ymlandvalidate.ymlActions status — both passing at time of writing. These reference workflow file paths, since neither workflow declares aname:.version.h.MPL-2.0 + source-availablerather than a plain MPL badge, sincenonfree/isn't MPL. Links to the License section.make-*.mkfiles,windows/, andjava/).Every link and badge URL in the new README was verified to return 200 and all relative paths resolve.
Deliberately left out a GitHub downloads-total badge — it reads ~230, since real distribution goes through zerotier.com, so it undersells things badly.
Note
The Platforms section adds one sentence not in the source copy — "ZeroTier One runs on Linux, macOS, Windows, and BSD." — so the section covers desktop and not just the mobile apps. Easy to drop.
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