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+This repository contains the PHY API header files of the Octasic
+OCTSDR PHY for GSM (OCTSDR-2G).
+
+The files have been released by Octasic under GNU AGPLv3 in order
+to be license compliant with OsmoBTS (http://git.osmocom.org/osmo-bts/)