# Open-Source Software

### Software License <a href="#opensourcestrategy-softwarelicense" id="opensourcestrategy-softwarelicense"></a>

Our mission is to develop and deploy an open and decentralized digital operating system for the energy sector in support of a low-carbon, customer-centric energy future. Therefore, the Energy Web Foundation [publishes the source code](https://github.com/energywebfoundation) of its software projects under the [GNU General Public License Version 3+](https://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-3.0-or-later.html). Some libraries intended to be distributed with hardware devices are released under the [LGPLv3+](https://spdx.org/licenses/LGPL-3.0-or-later.html).

### Frequently Asked Questions about the GNU Licenses <a href="#frequently-asked-questions-about-the-gnu-licenses" id="frequently-asked-questions-about-the-gnu-licenses"></a>

<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html>

### Advantages of Free Software <a href="#advantages-of-free-software" id="advantages-of-free-software"></a>

> A program is free software if the program's users have the four essential freedoms: [\[1\]](https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html#f1)
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> \* The freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose (freedom 0).
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> \* The freedom to study how the program works, and change it so it does your computing as you wish (freedom 1). Access to the source code is a precondition for this.
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> \* The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help others (freedom 2).
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> \* The freedom to distribute copies of your modified versions to others (freedom 3). By doing this you can **give the whole community a chance to benefit from your changes**. Access to the source code is a precondition for this.

<https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html>


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