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= libbsd =

This library provides useful functions commonly found on BSD systems,
and lacking on others like GNU systems, thus making it easier to port
projects with strong BSD origins, without needing to embed the same
code over and over again on each project.

== License ==

The licenses for the code contained in libbsd are quite permissive to
make it easier for other projects to use it. Most of the licenses are
either [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_licenses|New BSD]] or
[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mit_license|MIT style]], check the
source code for the actual license details.

== Download ==

Latest [[http://libbsd.freedesktop.org/releases/|released tarballs]].

The code under development can be cloned from git:

{{{
git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/libbsd
}}}

And browsed using [[http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libbsd/|cgit]] or
[[http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=libbsd.git;a=summary|gitweb]].

== Contact ==

[[http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libbsd|Mailing list]].

[[http://bugs.freedesktop.org|Bugzilla]].