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+Bypass Censorship Portal
+========================
+
+Self-service deployment of censorship circumvention resources.
+
+[![Documentation](https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-latest-blue)](https://bypass.censorship.guide/)
+![Gitlab pipeline status](https://img.shields.io/gitlab/pipeline-status/guardianproject-ops/bypass-censorship/portal?branch=main)
+
+Development Setup
+-----------------
+
+For development, it is possible to use SQLite and a single host.
+More documentation to follow on this later.
+
+Copyright
+---------
+
+![BSD 2-clause](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-BSD%202--clause-blue)
+
+---
+
+Copyright 2021-2022 SR2 Communications Limited.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the
+following conditions are met:
+
+1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following 
+   disclaimer.
+2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
+   disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES,
+INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
+DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR
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