# The LibrePortal Promise

LibrePortal is free software, and it always will be. This is our commitment
to you — in plain language, so you can hold us to it.

## What "free" means here

You can **run, study, modify, share, and fully use 100% of LibrePortal —
every feature — for free, forever.** The entire platform is licensed under
the GNU AGPLv3 (see [LICENSE](LICENSE)). There are **no feature paywalls in
the software, no crippled "community edition," and no telemetry** phoning
home.

If you self-host LibrePortal, you get everything. No asterisks.

## How we keep the lights on

Building and maintaining this takes real work, and we want to do it
sustainably — without betraying a word of the above. So we charge only for
things that **aren't the software** — and only for services we can run
*without ever needing to see your data*:

- **LibrePortal Connect** — optional services for the tricky parts, like reaching
  your server from your phone or keeping off-site backups. We work like a
  courier carrying a sealed box: we move and store your data, but it stays
  locked and *you* hold the only key — we can't open it, and we never run your
  apps for you.
- **Support** — free community help, plus optional paid priority support for
  those who want guaranteed fast answers.

## The line we will not cross

**Every paid service has a free, self-hostable equivalent in the open code.**
You pay us for the convenience of not running it yourself — *never* to
*unlock* a capability. Want to run your own relay or point backups at your
own storage? The code to do that is right here, free.

**Our litmus test:** before anything becomes paid, we ask — *could you do
this yourself with the open code?* If yes, we may also offer a hosted
version. If the only way to get it is to pay us, we don't ship it.

## What we will never do

- Paywall a feature of the software you run on your own machine.
- Add tracking or telemetry.
- **Rug-pull.** What is open stays open — we will never relicense released
  code out from under the community.

That's the deal. Thanks for trusting us with your corner of the internet. 🕊️
