-BitBake is a simple tool for the execution of tasks. It is derived
-from Portage, which is the package management system used by the
-Gentoo Linux distribution. It is most commonly used to build packages,
-as it can easily use its rudimentary inheritance to abstract common
-operations, such as fetching sources, unpacking them, patching them,
-compiling them, and so on. It is the basis of the OpenEmbedded
-project, which is being used for OpenZaurus, Familiar, and a number of
-other Linux distributions.
+BitBake is a make-like build tool with the special focus of
+distributions and packages for embedded Linux cross compilation
+although it is not limited to that. It is inspired by Portage, which
+is the package management system used by the Gentoo Linux
+distribution. BitBake existed for some time in the OpenEmbedded
+project until it was separated out into a standalone, maintained,
+distribution-independent tool. BitBake is co-maintained by the Yocto
+Project and the OpenEmbedded project.