Free software for simulation and modeling
The package of OpenSIMPLY project contains source code files, binary executable files and documentation files of a different formats.
All these components are free
software for simulation.
OpenSIMPLY source files containing project code, examples and OpenSIMPLY tutorial files may be used according to the terms of
GNU General Public License GPLv3.
Documentation of OpenSIMPLY may be used according to the terms of
GNU Free Documentation License FDLv1.3.
Third-party items such as binary executables, including runtime libraries as well as shared libraries, are used in accordance with the terms of the End User License Agreement for the respective item.
There are four freedoms that every user should have:
- the freedom to use the software for any purpose,
- the freedom to change the software to suit your needs,
- the freedom to share the software with your friends and neighbors, and
- the freedom to share the changes you make.
Free software is computer software distributed under terms that allow the software users to run the software for any purpose as well as to study, change, and distribute the software and any adapted versions.
Free software is a matter of liberty, not price: users, individually or collectively, are free to do what they want with it, including the freedom to redistribute the software free of charge.
OpenSIMPLY is an
open-source software.
The right to study and modify software entails availability of the software source code to its users.