about: mention notable project dependencies

content/about.md

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ complementary to the blog, i operate some adjacent public spaces:
 i don't have the registration functionality for these operational yet, but the Pleroma and Matrix
 instances do interoperate with the wider network.
 
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 ### Yes, but I Want to Know About _You_
 
 i have a name: Colin. when last names are in play i respond favorably
@@ -46,3 +47,18 @@ in the extreme, why _can't_ i build my own physical home the same
 way i build my digital home here? in the very long run, that
 seems like a reasonable goal. it seems like a fulfilling direction
 in which to push things.
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+### Attributions/License
+
+special thanks to the following for making this project possible:
+- SIL for providing the [Gentium](https://software.sil.org/gentium/) font used on this site. ([Open Font License][SIL-OFL])
+- [Zola](https://www.getzola.org/) for providing the Markdown => HTML Static Site Generator.
+- [nginx](https://nginx.org/) for developing the software which serves you this content over HTTP.
+- [nixos](https://nixos.org/) for developing the operating system of this host.
+- [Raspberry Pi Foundation](https://www.raspberrypi.org/) for developing the hardware which hosts all the above.
+- the thousands of contributors out there contributing to the vague cloud of open works upon which all these things depend.
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+[SIL-OFL]: http://scripts.sil.org/ofl
+[ZOLA-MIT]: https://github.com/getzola/zola/blob/master/LICENSE
+[NGINX-2BSD]: https://nginx.org/LICENSE