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-# OpenPGP Remote API library
+# OpenPGP API library
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+The OpenPGP API provides methods to do common OpenPGP operations, such as sign, encrypt, decrypt, verify, and more without user interaction from background threads. This is done by connecting your client application to a remote service provided by OpenKeychain or other OpenPGP providers.
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+For usage instructions, please consult our Wiki page about the [OpenPGP API](https://github.com/open-keychain/open-keychain/wiki/OpenPGP-API).
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+License
+=======
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+    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+    You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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+    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+    limitations under the License.
 
-For usage instructions, please consult our Wiki page about the [OpenPGP Remote API](https://github.com/open-keychain/open-keychain/wiki/OpenPGP-API).
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