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+//The MIT License (MIT)
+
+//Copyright (c) 2013 didier amyot
+
+//Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+//of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+//in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+//to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+//copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+//furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+//The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+//all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+//THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+//IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+//FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+//AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
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+//OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+//THE SOFTWARE.
+
+/*
+Implementation of the paillier cryptosystem.  See
+http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paillier_cryptosystem for an introduction.
+
+The threshold paillier cryptosystem is a translation of the java version
+that can be found at http://cs.utdallas.edu/dspl/cgi-bin/pailliertoolbox/ that
+is an implementation of the algorithm defined in Damgård's paper
+"A Generalization of Paillier's Public-Key System with Applications to
+Electronic Voting".
+
+Another important feature of the library is the ease of serilisation of all
+the structs in JSON and BSON.
+
+Implements the paillier cryptosystem and threshold paillier crytposystem.
+*/
+package paillier