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+Copyright (C) 2022 Nitrokey GmbH
+SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
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+PIV-Authenticator
+=================
+
+`piv-authenticator` is a Rust implematation of the [Personnal Identity Verification](https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/SpecialPublications/NIST.SP.800-73-4.pdf) smartcard.
+
+Supported features
+------------------
+
+`piv-authenticator` is still under heavy development and currently doesn't support most of PIV's features.
+See the [tracking issue for command support](https://github.com/Nitrokey/piv-authenticator/issues/1) for more information.
+
+License
+-------
+
+This project is licensed under the [GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
+version 3][LGPL-3.0].  Configuration files and examples are licensed under the
+[CC0 1.0 license][CC0-1.0]. The [original work][original] by [Solokeys][solokeys] from which this repository is forked from is licensed under [Apache-2.0][Apache-2.0] OR [MIT][MIT]  For more information, see the license header in
+each file.  You can find a copy of the license texts in the
+[`LICENSES`](./LICENSES) directory.
+
+[LGPL-3.0]: https://opensource.org/licenses/LGPL-3.0
+[CC0-1.0]: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
+[Apache-2.0]: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
+[MIT]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License
+[solokeys]: https://solokeys.com/
+[original]: https://github.com/solokeys/piv-authenticator
+
+This project complies with [version 3.0 of the REUSE specification][reuse].
+
+[reuse]: https://reuse.software/practices/3.0/