docs: update readme with brief repo history (#1636)

* docs: update readme with brief repo history This is in support of #1631 * Update README.md Co-authored-by: Phi-rjan <[email protected]> * Incorporate feedback --------- Co-authored-by: Phi-rjan <[email protected]>
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 # Lotus Infrastructure
 
-A repository holding Lotus related infrastructure
+A repository holding Lotus-related infrastructure
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+## Background
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+This repo has a long history from its days as a private repo within Protocol Labs Inc during the initial ~4 years of Lotus' development and maintenance.  In 202402, this repo came under the ownership/stewardship of [FilOz](http://filoz.org/).  Since then, this repo has been primarily stripped down to supporting the Butterfly developer network, which is used by Lotus maintainers and other close contributors.  In an effort to work more in public and give more insight into Lotus' development process, this repo was made public.  At least as of 202409, it hasn't been fully cleaned up (i.e., there is cruft), but it's better than it being locked behind GitHub's private access flag.  While this repo is here primarily to support the Lotus and related software's maintenance and development efforts that FilOz engages in, ideas and contributions are welcome.
 
 ## Terraform