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+[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]]
+
+[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable
+id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
+document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or
+any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant
+Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license
+is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation
+License|/fdl]]."]]"""]]
+
+*libports* is a convenience library for easier handling of [[Mach
+ports|microkernel/mach/port]]. It is documented in the [[Reference_Manual]].
+
+*libports* is not (at least, not for now) a generalization / abstraction of
+Mach ports to the functionality the Hurd needs, that is, it is not meant to
+provide an interface independently of the underlying [[microkernel]].