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# SecuredText
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SecuredText is a messaging app for simple private communication with friends to communicate securely.
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## Contributing Bug reports
We use GitHub for bug tracking. Please search the existing issues for your bug and create a new one if the issue is not yet tracked!

https://github.com/SecuredText/SecuredText/issues
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## Contributing Code
Instructions on how to setup your development environment and build SecuredText can be found in  [BUILDING.md](https://github.com/SecuredText/SecuredText/blob/master/BUILDING.md).
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If you're new to the SecuredText codebase, we recommend going through our issues and picking out a simple bug to fix (check the "easy" label in our issues) in order to get yourself familiar.

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Help
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## Documentation
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Looking for documentation? Check out the wiki of the original project:

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https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/wiki

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# Legal things
## Cryptography Notice
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This distribution includes cryptographic software. The country in which you currently reside may have restrictions on the import, possession, use, and/or re-export to another country, of encryption software.
BEFORE using any encryption software, please check your country's laws, regulations and policies concerning the import, possession, or use, and re-export of encryption software, to see if this is permitted.
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See <http://www.wassenaar.org/> for more information.

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The U.S. Government Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), has classified this software as Export Commodity Control Number (ECCN) 5D002.C.1, which includes information security software using or performing cryptographic functions with asymmetric algorithms.
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The form and manner of this distribution makes it eligible for export under the License Exception ENC Technology Software Unrestricted (TSU) exception (see the BIS Export Administration Regulations, Section 740.13) for both object code and source code.

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## License
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Copyright 2011 Whisper Systems
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Copyright 2013-2014 Open Whisper Systems
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Licensed under the GPLv3: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html