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The Ouroboros project is a decentralized packet network implementation
started by Sander Vrijders and Dimitri Staessens.

### Licenses

Ouroboros is [free
software](https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html). The libraries
are available under the [GNU Lesser Public License (LGPL) version
2.1](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html). The
daemons are available under the [GNU Public License (GPL) version
2](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html). The tools
are availabe under the [3-Clause BSD
License](https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause).

Ouroboros logos © Dimitri Staessens. All Rights Reserved.

### Disclaimer

Ouroboros is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but without
any warranty; without even the implied warranty of merchantability or
fitness for a particular purpose.

At present, Ouroboros is a research prototype. Although it is developed
with utmost care, it may expose the host system to unknown security
risks and attack vectors. As such, we recommend to test it in a
contained environment.
