# ZeroMQ

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## Welcome

The 0MQ lightweight messaging kernel is a library which extends the
standard socket interfaces with features traditionally provided by
specialised messaging middleware products. 0MQ sockets provide an
abstraction of asynchronous message queues, multiple messaging patterns,
message filtering (subscriptions), seamless access to multiple transport
protocols and more.

## Stable Fork

This repository is used for making stable releases. Please do not send
pull requests here unless they are specifically and only for this fork.
Rather, send them to libzmq/master. Issues with test cases may be back
ported to this repository by its maintainers.

## Building and installation

See the INSTALL file included with the distribution.

## Resources

Extensive documentation is provided with the distribution. Refer to
doc/zmq.html, or "man zmq" after you have installed 0MQ on your system.

Website: http://www.zeromq.org/

Development mailing list: zeromq-dev@lists.zeromq.org
Announcements mailing list: zeromq-announce@lists.zeromq.org

Git repository: http://github.com/zeromq/libzmq

0MQ developers can also be found on the IRC channel #zeromq, on the
Freenode network (irc.freenode.net).

## Copying

Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU Lesser General
Public License (LGPL). For details see the files `COPYING` and `COPYING.LESSER`
included with the 0MQ distribution.