Add details on community driven effort (#123)

* Add details on community driven effort

Includes changes to README by adding details on licensing, emphasizing a community driven effort in the introduction, and adding more information in the contributing section. Also, added the community driven introduction to mkdocs.

* Update ordering of sections and add explicit naming of license

Author: zacdezgeo

README.md

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 - **OGC Features and Vector Tiles** API built on top of [https://github.com/developmentseed/tipg](https://github.com/developmentseed/tipg)
 
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+## 🌍 eoAPI: An Open-Source Community Project
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+`eoAPI` is proudly open-source and driven by a dedicated community of contributors. We believe in the power of open collaboration and welcome anyone to contribute, discuss, and grow this tool with us. Join the conversations on [GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/developmentseed/eoAPI/discussions) and make a difference in the Earth Observation realm.
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 ## Getting started
 
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 ## Contribution & Development
 
-See [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/developmentseed/eoAPI/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md)
+We highly value and rely on our community! Whether you're an expert or just getting started, you can make a difference. Here's how:
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+- **Contribute**: Check out our [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/developmentseed/eoAPI/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) guide to understand how you can contribute.
+- **Engage in Discussions**: Share your ideas, ask questions, or provide feedback through [GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/developmentseed/eoAPI/discussions). This is where most of our project conversations take place.
+- **Report Issues**: Found a bug or have a feature request? Raise it on our [issues page](https://github.com/developmentseed/eoAPI/issues).
 
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 ## License
 
-See [LICENSE](https://github.com/developmentseed/eoAPI/blob/main/LICENSE)
+At Development Seed, we believe in open collaboration and making tools and data more accessible. In line with this ethos, we've explicitly chosen a MIT license for `eoAPI`.
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+For full license details, see [LICENSE](https://github.com/developmentseed/eoAPI/blob/main/LICENSE).
 
 ## Authors
 
-Created by [Development Seed](<http://developmentseed.org>)
+Nurtured by [Development Seed](<http://developmentseed.org>)
 
 See [contributors](https://github.com/developmentseed/eoAPI/graphs/contributors) for a listing of individual contributors.
 

docs/src/intro.md

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   <p align="center">Create a full Earth Observation API with Metadata, Raster and Vector services.</p>
 </p>
 
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 ## **E**arth **O**bservation **API**
 
 `eoAPI` combines several *state-of-the-art* projects to create a full Earth Observation API. Each service can be used and deployed independently but `eoAPI` creates the interconnections between each service:
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+## 🌍 eoAPI: An Open-Source Community Project
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+`eoAPI` is proudly open-source and driven by a dedicated community of contributors. We believe in the power of open collaboration and welcome anyone to contribute, discuss, and grow this tool with us. Join the conversations on [GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/developmentseed/eoAPI/discussions) and make a difference in the Earth Observation realm.
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 ## Why should you use `eoAPI`
 
 - **Focus on your use case:** `eoAPI` is used for large-scale data processing, building geographic information systems (GIS), creating real-time data applications, climate research and environmental monitoring, machine learning model training, and more.