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	<h1 style="color: #2f8ab5; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Welcome to&nbsp<i>The</i> Least-Authority File Store</h1>
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			<p>Tahoe-LAFS is a Free and Open decentralized cloud storage system. It distributes your data across multiple servers. Even if some of the servers fail or are taken over by an attacker, the entire file store continues to function correctly, preserving your privacy and security.</p>
<p><a href="/trac/tahoe-lafs/browser/git/docs/about.rst">A one-page summary</a> explains the unique properties of this system.</p>
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 <h1 style="color: #2f8ab5; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Get Involved</h1>
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    <li>Join <a href="/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tahoe-dev">the tahoe-dev mailing list</a> and subscribe to <a href="/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tahoe-announce">tahoe-announce</a></li>
    <li>Get the source code and <a href="/trac/tahoe-lafs/wiki/Dev">start hacking</a>.</li>
    <li><a href="https://travis-ci.org/tahoe-lafs/tahoe-lafs"><img src="https://travis-ci.org/tahoe-lafs/tahoe-lafs.png?branch=master" alt="Build status"></a>
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    <li><a href="http://tahoe-lafs.readthedocs.org/en/latest/INSTALL.html">Installation Instructions</a></li>
    <li><a href="http://tahoe-lafs.readthedocs.org/">Tahoe-LAFS Manual</a> (tahoe-lafs.readthedocs.org)</li>
    <li><a href="/trac/tahoe-lafs/wiki/Doc">index of docs</a></li>
    <li><a href="/trac/tahoe-lafs/wiki/FAQ">Frequently Asked Questions</a></li>
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<p><a href="/trac/tahoe-lafs/browser/trunk/docs/about.rst"><img alt="Tahoe-LAFS network topology" src="/~trac/LAFS.svg" style="max-width: 90%; height: auto;"></a></p>
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 <p><b>2018-12-28</b> <a href="https://tahoe-lafs.org/pipermail/tahoe-dev/2018-December/009926.html">Tahoe-LAFS engages a fiscal sponsor</a></p>
 <p><b>2018-08-08</b> <a href="https://tahoe-lafs.org/pipermail/tahoe-dev/2018-August/009923.html">v1.13.0</a> released </p>
 <p><b>2017-01-18</b> <a href="https://tahoe-lafs.org/pipermail/tahoe-dev/2017-January/009848.html">v1.12.1</a> released </p>

 <p><b>2016-12-17</b> <a href="https://tahoe-lafs.org/pipermail/tahoe-dev/2016-December/009834.html">v1.12.0</a> released</p>

 <p><b>2016-11-08</b> The <a href="https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/wiki/Summit2016">2016 Tahoe Summit</a> is held in San Francisco</p>

 <p><b>2016-03-30</b> <a href="https://tahoe-lafs.org/pipermail/tahoe-dev/2016-March/009712.html">v1.11.0</a> released</p>

 <p><b>2015-07-30</b> <a href="https://tahoe-lafs.org/pipermail/tahoe-dev/2015-July/009523.html">v1.10.2</a> released</p>

 <p><b>2015-06-15</b> <a href="https://tahoe-lafs.org/pipermail/tahoe-dev/2015-June/009439.html">v1.10.1</a> released</p>

 <p><b>2015-04-07</b> — Tahoe-LAFS featured on a usability blog: <a href="http://gandre.ws/blog/blog/2015/04/07/why-the-command-line-is-not-usable/
">“Why the command line is not usable”</a></p>

 <p><b>2014-12-01</b> — "Least-Authority File System" is now renamed to "Least-Authority File Store".</p>

 <p><b>2014-07-10</b> — Zooko will be representing Tahoe-LAFS at the <a href="https://hope.net/">HOPE-X</a> conference in New York City, July 18–20, 2014; Come say <i>Hi!</i> to Zooko and the other hackers hanging out at <a href="https://wiki.hope.net/w/index.php/NoisySquare">Noisy Square</a>.</p>

 <p><b>2014-06-17</b> — We're <a href="/pipermail/tahoe-dev/2014-June/009091.html">planning a Tahoe-LAFS Summit</a> to be held in San Francisco, June 30</p>

 <p><b>2014-06-05</b> — to celebrate “Reset The Net!” day, LeastAuthority.com <a href="https://leastauthority.com/blog/least_authority_releases_s4+_as_part_of_reset_the_net.html">announced an upgrade and reduced price</a> for their commercial Tahoe-LAFS service</p>

 <p><b>2014-05-20</b> — <cite>Linux Pro Magazine</cite>: <a href="https://www.linuxpromagazine.com/Online/Features/Hide-Cloud-Data-from-the-Cloud-Vendor">“Yet the times seem to be catching up to the project, and Tahoe-LAFS seems well-poised to provide the security and privacy that people are starting to expect in the cloud.”</a></p>
 <p><b>2014-02-02</b> — Spam filtering has been enabled on this Trac &mdash; if you have any problems with false-positives, please report them on #tahoe-lafs.</p>
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        <h1 style="color: #2f8ab5; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Hack Tahoe-LAFS!</h1>
        
The <a href="/hacktahoelafs/">Hack Tahoe-LAFS!</a> contest. Find a security flaw and win a custom prize and a place in our <b><a href="/hacktahoelafs/">Hall Of Fame</a></b>!

  <h1 style="color: #2f8ab5; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; margin-top: 10px">Sponsorship</h1>
		<p><a href="https://LeastAuthority.com">LeastAuthority.com</a> sells service and support for LAFS as well as developing improvements for LAFS and contributing them back to the Free and Open Source project.</p>
                <p>Google, Inc. sponsored Tahoe-LAFS through its Google Summer of Code program in 2010 and 2013.</p>
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                <p>Please contact secorp@secorp.net if you would like to sponsor Tahoe-LAFS too!</p> 
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