magic-folder.rst: update introduction.

Signed-off-by: Daira Hopwood <daira@jacaranda.org>

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@@ -12,20 +12,28 @@ Tahoe-LAFS Magic Folder Frontend
 Introduction
 ============
 
-The Magic Folder frontend allows an upload to a Tahoe-LAFS grid to be triggered
-automatically whenever a file is created or changed in a specific local
-directory. It currently works on Linux and Windows.
-
-The implementation was written as a prototype at the First International
-Tahoe-LAFS Summit in June 2011, and is not currently in as mature a state as
-the other frontends (web, CLI, SFTP and FTP). This means that you probably
-should not rely on all changes to files in the local directory to result in
-successful uploads. There might be (and have been) incompatible changes to
-how the feature is configured.
+The Magic Folder frontend synchronizes local directories on two or more
+clients, using a Tahoe-LAFS grid for storage. Whenever a file is created
+or changed under the local directory of one of the clients, the change is
+propagated to the grid and then to the other clients.
+
+The implementation of the "drop-upload" frontend, on which Magic Folder is
+based, was written as a prototype at the First International Tahoe-LAFS
+Summit in June 2011. In 2015, with the support of a grant from the
+`Open Technology Fund`_, it was redesigned and extended to support
+synchronization between clients. It currently works on Linux and Windows.
+
+Magic Folder is not currently in as mature a state as the other frontends
+(web, CLI, SFTP and FTP). This means that you probably should not rely on
+all changes to files in the local directory to result in successful uploads.
+There might be (and have been) incompatible changes to how the feature is
+configured.
 
 We are very interested in feedback on how well this feature works for you, and
 suggestions to improve its usability, functionality, and reliability.
 
+.. _`Open Technology Fund`: https://www.opentech.fund/
+
 
 Configuration
 =============