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@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@ .. This file is part of GNU TALER. Copyright (C) 2014, 2015, 2016 GNUnet e.V. + TALER 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; either version 2.1, or (at your option) any later version. + TALER 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 Lesser General Public License for more details. + You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with TALER; see the file COPYING. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/> @@ -29,12 +32,16 @@ while providing anonymity for Customers. Cryptography is used to ensure that none of the participants can defraud the others without being detected immediately; however, in practice a fradulent Exchange might go bankrupt instead of paying the -Merchants and thus the Exchange will need to be audited regularly like any -other banking institution. +Merchants and thus the Exchange will need to be audited regularly like +any other banking institution. The system will be based on free software and open protocols. -In this document, we describe the REST-based API of the Exchange, -which is at the heart of the system. + +In this document, we describe the REST-based APIs between the various +components, as well as the internal architecture of key components. +However, you do not have to re-implement these APIs to use Taler: the +project includes free software reference implementations of the +various components. ----------------- |