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+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.
+
+