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<p class="lead mt-5">A decentralized packet network</p>

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Ouroboros stems from our deep interest in computer networks, tackling
some long standing problems in TCP/IP networks such as achieving clean
fragmentation, routing scalability, efficient congestion control and
simple multicast. Instead of trying to tackle these issues in
isolation, we subscribe to the view that the entire TCP/IP design is
*fundamentally* broken, and a different approach is needed to build
efficient packet networks.

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

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.

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