diff --git a/memberships/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/archipelago/Communications.java b/memberships/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/archipelago/Communications.java
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-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2022, salesforce.com, inc.
- * All rights reserved.
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
- * For full license text, see the LICENSE file in the repo root or https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause
- */
-package com.salesforce.apollo.archipelago;
-
-import com.salesforce.apollo.archipelago.Router.ClientConnector;
-import com.salesforce.apollo.cryptography.Digest;
-import com.salesforce.apollo.membership.Member;
-
-/**
- * @author hal.hildebrand
- * 
- *         A routable communications overlay
- */
-public interface Communications<Client extends Link, Service> extends ClientConnector<Client> {
-
-    @Override
-    Client connect(Member to);
-
-    void deregister(Digest context);
-
-    void register(Digest context, Service service);
-
-}