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+# Aaru.Checksums.Native
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+This repository contains the Aaru.Checksums.Native library for [Aaru](https://www.aaru.app).
+
+The purpose of this library is to provide checksums and hashing algorithms for Aaru.
+
+No archiver processing code should fall here, those go in [Aaru.Checksums](https://github.com/aaru-dps/Aaru.Checksums).
+
+To build you just need Docker on Linux and run `build.sh`, that will generate a NuGet package for use with Aaru.Checksums.
+
+Currently implemented algorithms are:
+- Adler-32
+- CRC-16 (CCITT and IBM polynomials)
+- CRC-32 (ISO polynomial)
+- CRC-64 (ECMA polynomial)
+- Fletcher-16
+- Fletcher-32
+- SpamSum
+
+Each of these algorithms have a corresponding license, that can be found in their corresponding file header.
+
+The resulting output of `build.sh` falls under the LGPL 2.1 license as stated in the [LICENSE file](LICENSE).
+
+Any new algorithm added should be under a license compatible with the LGPL 2.1 license to be accepted.
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+© 2021 Natalia Portillo
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