Initial open-design proposal

open-design/MANIFESTO.md

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+# The "Distribution" project
+
+## What is this
+
+This is a part of the Docker project, or "primitive" that handles the "distribution" of images.
+
+### Punchline
+
+Pack. Sign. Ship. Store. Deliver. Verify.
+
+### Technical scope
+
+Distribution has tight relations with:
+
+ * libtrust, providing cryptographical primitives to handle image signing and verification
+ * image format, as transferred over the wire
+ * docker-registry, the server side component that allows storage and retrieval of packed images
+ * authentication and key management APIs, that are used to verify images and access storage services
+ * PKI infrastructure
+ * docker "pull/push client" code gluing all this together - network communication code, tarsum, etc