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 LoxiGen currently supports OpenFlow Versions **1.0**, **1.1**, **1.2**, and **1.3.1**. Versions 1.0
 and 1.3.1 are actively used in production. Support for versions 1.1 and 1.2 is considered experimental.
 
+Loxigen is free and open source software. The Loxigen tool itself is licensed under the [Eclipse Public 
+License,  version 1.0](http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html) (EPL), with an exception allowing for the distribution of the generated artifacts 
+under terms of your choice (copyright notices must be retained, see the [loxigen.py](loxigen.py) 
+header for details.)
+
 
 Prerequisites
 =============