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+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, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+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.
+
+A copy of the GNU General Public License can be seen at
+https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt
+
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+# Coppino
+A simple and trivial IPv6 stack for Arduino. Currently implements:
+* a SLIP client
+* IPv6 manual and auto-configuration (SLAAC via Router Advertisement)
+* ICMP echo reply
+* ICMP Router Advertisement
+* UDP server
+