The name libyal was initially a pun on the naming theme of the various library 
projects. Now it serves the purpose of providing an overview of the available 
projects in a single location and as a home for scripts to help maintain the 
projects.

For more information see:
* Project documentation: https://github.com/libyal/libyal/wiki/Home
* Overiew of available projects: https://github.com/libyal/libyal/wiki/Overview