libgolle is a library that allows individual nodes on a network to deal cards in a fully distributed way.

The algorithm was described by Phillipe Golle in his paper Dealing Cards in Poker Games. This library provides an implementation of the algorithm in order to develop distributed applications where nodes a randomly "dealt" distinct elements from a set.

###Building

To build, you'll need a recent copy of OpenSLL's development package (header files, libraries etc.) and the autotools suite including libtoolize, autoheader, aclocal, autoconf, and automake. Bootstrap and build the whole package like so:

./bootstrap
./configure
make
make check
make install

You can then run the samples in the samples directory.

###A note about copying

This project uses OpenSSL for large numbers and some cryptography algorithms. As such:

This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com)

And when compiling for Windows:

This product includes software written by Tim Hudson (tjs@cryptsoft.com)

The Autoconf macros under the aclocal directory are part of the Autoconf Archive and are subject to the licensing and copyright thereof.