Initial commit that credits @jondot and explains why Kicks exists

README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# Sneakers
+# Kicks, né Sneakers
 
-[![CI](https://github.com/jondot/sneakers/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/jondot/sneakers/actions/workflows/ci.yml)
+[![CI](https://github.com/ruby-amqp/kicks/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/ruby-amqp/kicks/actions/workflows/ci.yml)
 
 ```
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@@ -9,10 +9,16 @@
 
 ```
 
-A high-performance RabbitMQ background processing framework for
-Ruby.
+## What is Kicks?
+
+Kicks is a high-performance RabbitMQ background processing framework for
+Ruby, originally developed by @jondot 👏 under the name of [Sneakers](https://github.com/jondot/sneakers).
+The original repo was abandoned by the person who has exclusive control
+over the RubyGems project, so the community of users has decided to move it
+to this "fork" (continuation) under the new name.
+
+By virtue of its Sneakers lineage, Kicks is a mature project that has been around since 2016.
 
-Sneakers is being used in production for both I/O and CPU intensive workloads, and have achieved the goals of high-performance and 0-maintenance, as designed.
 
 ## Installation
 

sneakers.gemspec

@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ require 'sneakers/version'
 Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.name          = 'sneakers'
   gem.version       = Sneakers::VERSION
-  gem.authors       = ['Dotan Nahum']
-  gem.email         = ['[email protected]']
+  gem.authors       = ['Dotan Nahum', 'Michael Klishin']
+  gem.email         = ['[email protected]']
   gem.description   = %q( Fast background processing framework for Ruby and RabbitMQ )
   gem.summary       = %q( Fast background processing framework for Ruby and RabbitMQ )
-  gem.homepage      = 'https://github.com/jondot/sneakers'
+  gem.homepage      = 'https://github.com/ruby-amqp/kicks'
   gem.license       = 'MIT'
   gem.required_ruby_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 2.5")