Buttplug sex toy control library
1# Buttplug Core Library
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14The basis of the Buttplug Framework. Contains definitions for all current protocol messages, as well as base traits for architecture shared between client and server (serializers, connectors, etc...) and utilities used throughout the library (async managers, stream creation, etc...).
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16## License
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18Buttplug is BSD 3-Clause licensed.
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20```text
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