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## Introduction
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Minio is an open source object storage released under [Apache license v2 ](./LICENSE ) . It uses ``Rubberband Erasure`` coding to dynamically protect the data.
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Minio's design is inspired by Amazon's S3 for its API and Facebook's Haystack for its immutable data structure.
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### Build Minio from Source
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[Source Install ](./DEVELOPERS.md )
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### Join Community
* IRC join channel #minio @ irc.freenode.net
* Google Groups - minio-dev@googlegroups.com
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