This service uses a Free microblogging tool called **Laconica**. Laconica is available under the [GNU Affero General Public License Version 3.0](http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/agpl-3.0.html), a Free Software license for network services. You can get a copy of the software from the [Laconica](http://laconi.ca/) main site. The version of the software that runs on *this* site is unmodified from that version. The site also depends on certain libraries and other software; you can get those at the Laconica site, too.