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<h2>How it All Began</h2>

<p>
  Signal K began in <a href="https://github.com/tkurki/navgauge/issues/4">GitHub issue</a>, as a solution for 5 developers to make their projects interoperable. Frustrated at
  the closed protocols, expensive hardware and internet “unfriendliness” of marine data, they decided to develop a new
  “Open Data Standard” that would compliment and expand the existing marine data protocols.
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<p>
  By utilising modern web technologies and protocols, running on low cost but powerful hardware platforms and
  encouraging an open and collaborative community of developers all working to a common goal, they have managed to
  create a really powerful and expandable data format, that keeps changing the marine electronics ecosystem in a more open direction.
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<h2>The Team</h2>

<ul>
  <li><a href="https://github.com/orgs/SignalK/people">Team members in Github</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://opencollective.com/signalk">Team members in Open Collective</a></li>
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<p>
There is no legal entity for Signal K. All code & artifacts are Open Source, mostly Apache 2 licensed.
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<p>
  <i><a href="mailto:info@signalk.org">info@signalk.org</a></i>
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