1The OpenSSL Project is a collaborative effort to develop a robust,
2commercial-grade, full-featured, and Open Source toolkit implementing
3the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL v3) and Transport Layer Security (TLS v1,
4v1.1, v1.2, v1.3) protocols with full-strength cryptography world-wide.
5The project is managed by a worldwide community of volunteers that use
6the Internet to communicate, plan, and develop the OpenSSL tookit
7and its related documentation.
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9OpenSSL is based on the excellent SSLeay library developed by Eric
10A. Young and Tim J. Hudson. The OpenSSL toolkit is licensed under
11an Apache-style licence, which basically means that you are free
12to get and use it for commercial and non-commercial purposes subject
13to some simple license conditions.
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