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 [![license](https://img.shields.io/github/license/google/netboot.svg?maxAge=2592000)](https://github.com/google/netboot/blob/master/LICENSE) [![Travis](https://img.shields.io/travis/google/netboot.svg?maxAge=2592000)](https://travis-ci.org/google/netboot)  [![api](https://img.shields.io/badge/api-unstable-red.svg)](https://godoc.org/go.universe.tf/netboot)
 
-This repository contains Go implementations of network protocols used in booting
-machines over the network, as well as utilities that make use of those
-implementations.
+This repository contains Go implementations of network protocols used
+in booting machines over the network, as well as software that make
+use of those implementations.
 
 This is not an official Google project.