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+# sandboxlib: a lightweight library for running programs/commands in a sandbox
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+This project is a total work in progress, no documentation yet.
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+It is being developed as part of the [Baserock] project.
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+The goal of this library is to provide the sandboxing functionality that is
+already present in the build tools [Morph] and [YBD]. We want this new library
+to be usable without depending on [linux-user-chroot], so that it can be used
+on Mac OS X, and hopefully other platforms too.
+
+## Copyright
+
+Copyright (C) 2015  Codethink Limited
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
+
+This program 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.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+