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 Contiki-NG is an open-source, cross-platform operating system for Next-Generation IoT devices. It focuses on dependable (secure and reliable) low-power communication and standard protocols, such as IPv6/6LoWPAN, 6TiSCH, RPL, and CoAP. Contiki-NG comes with extensive documentation, tutorials, a roadmap, release cycle, and well-defined development flow for smooth integration of community contributions.
 
-Unless excplicitly stated otherwise, Contiki-NG sources are distributed under
+Unless explicitly stated otherwise, Contiki-NG sources are distributed under
 the terms of the [3-clause BSD license](LICENSE.md). This license gives
 everyone the right to use and distribute the code, either in binary or
 source code format, as long as the copyright license is retained in