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+# The Cryb libraries
+
+The Cryb libraries are a collection of cryptography- and
+security-related function libraries written with the following goals
+in mind:
+
+* Comprehensive: Cryb aims to provide a rich and flexible set of
+  building blocks for cryptographic applications.
+
+* Self-contained and easily embeddable: the Cryb libraries have no
+  external dependencies (apart from the toolchain) and few internal
+  ones.  Individual modules and algorithms can easily be extracted
+  from Cryb and integrated into other codebases.
+
+* Reliable: the libraries come with an extensive test suite with a
+  long-term goal of 100% test coverage.
+
+* Stable: guaranteed API and ABI stability.
+
+* Documented: full API documentation in the form of Unix man pages.
+
+* Consistently and permissively licensed: the entire collection is
+  under the 3-clause BSD license.
+
+## Caveat
+
+We aren't there yet.  The Cryb libraries are still undeniably at the
+experimental stage.  However, significant portions are already in
+production use as components in other projects (cf: easily
+embeddable), and we have great expectations for the future of Cryb.
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