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45 lines
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A general-purpose programming language and toolchain for maintaining
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**robust**, **optimal**, and **reusable** software.
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## Resources
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* [Introduction](https://ziglang.org/learn/#introduction)
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* [Download & Documentation](https://ziglang.org/download)
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* [Chapter 0 - Getting Started | ZigLearn.org](https://ziglearn.org/)
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* [Community](https://github.com/ziglang/zig/wiki/Community)
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* [Contributing](https://github.com/ziglang/zig/blob/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md)
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* [Code of Conduct](https://github.com/ziglang/zig/blob/master/.github/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md)
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* [Frequently Asked Questions](https://github.com/ziglang/zig/wiki/FAQ)
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* [Community Projects](https://github.com/ziglang/zig/wiki/Community-Projects)
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## Installation
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* [download a pre-built binary](https://ziglang.org/download/)
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* [install from a package manager](https://github.com/ziglang/zig/wiki/Install-Zig-from-a-Package-Manager)
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* [build from source](https://github.com/ziglang/zig/wiki/Building-Zig-From-Source)
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* [bootstrap zig for any target](https://github.com/ziglang/zig-bootstrap)
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## License
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The ultimate goal of the Zig project is to serve users. As a first-order
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effect, this means users of the compiler, helping programmers to write better
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software. Even more important, however, are the end-users.
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Zig is intended to be used to help **end-users** accomplish their goals. Zig
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should be used to empower end-users, never to exploit them financially, or to
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limit their freedom to interact with hardware or software in any way.
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However, such problems are best solved with social norms, not with software
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licenses. Any attempt to complicate the software license of Zig would risk
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compromising the value Zig provides.
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Therefore, Zig is available under the MIT (Expat) License, and comes with a
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humble request: use it to make software better serve the needs of end-users.
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This project redistributes code from other projects, some of which have other
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licenses besides MIT. Such licenses are generally similar to the MIT license
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for practical purposes. See the subdirectories and files inside lib/ for more
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details.
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