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-This project is licensed under the terms & conditions of the [GNU Affero General Public License version 3 or greater](LICENSE.md) unless stated otherwise in the file.
+This project is licensed under the terms & conditions of the [GNU Affero General Public License version 3 or greater](LICENSE.md) unless stated otherwise in the file. The reasoning for using this license is that originally I wanted to use the LGPLv3+, however OpenDHT is licensed under the GPLv3 and therefore I had to choose either between the GPLv3 or the AGPLv3. My final decision was for the AGPLv3 because at least then if a legal institution finds a way using this framework to exploit the network (most likely via modifying the framework itself) then they will be forced to share the code and fixes can hopefully be made.