The Bouncy Castle Crypto package is a C\# implementation of cryptographic algorithms and protocols, it was developed by the Legion of the Bouncy Castle, a registered Australian Charity, with a little help! The Legion, and the latest goings on with this package, can be found at [http://www.bouncycastle.org](http://www.bouncycastle.org). In addition to providing basic cryptography algorithms, the package also provides support for CMS, TSP, X.509 certificate generation and a variety of other standards such as OpenPGP.
The Legion also gratefully acknowledges the contributions made to this package by others (see [here](http://www.bouncycastle.org/csharp/contributors.html) for the current list). If you would like to contribute to our efforts please feel free to get in touch with us or visit our [donations page](https://www.bouncycastle.org/donate), sponsor some specific work, or purchase a support contract through [Crypto Workshop](http://www.cryptoworkshop.com).
Except where otherwise stated, this software is distributed under a license based on the MIT X Consortium license. To view the license, [see here](http://www.bouncycastle.org/licence.html). The OpenPGP library also includes a modified BZIP2 library which is licensed under the [Apache Software License, Version 2.0](http://www.apache.org/licenses/).
**Note**: this source tree is not the FIPS version of the APIs - if you are interested in our FIPS version please contact us directly at [office@bouncycastle.org](mailto:office@bouncycastle.org).
