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+# Bug component: 1203089
+
+wgtdkp@google.com
+xyk@google.com
+zhanglongxia@google.com
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+# Staging threadnetwork HAL interface
+
+The directory includes the unstable/unreleased version of `hardware/interfaces/threadnetwork`
+code which should **NOT** be used in production. But vendors may start verifying their hardware
+with the HAL interface.
+
+This directory will be cleaned up when the stable Thread HAL interface is added in
+`hardware/interfaces/threadnetwork` by version `V` or later.
+
+More information about _Thread_:
+- https://www.threadgroup.org
+- https://openthread.io