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The terms, policies and notices for lordos.org and LordOS, and how we handle security and trust.
Legal
- Terms of useThese terms cover the lordos.org website and the LordOS files you download from it or from our GitHub releases (the ISO image, the Raspberry Pi image, the .deb package and the Debian installer script).
- Privacy policyLordOS has no accounts, no advertising and no tracking, on the website or in the distribution.
- Cookies and statisticsThis page replaces the former Cookie notice, which used to be at /legal/cookies/.
- Donation termsLordOS is free and will stay free. Donations help the iPERFEX group keep building it: development time, testing on real hardware and hosting.
- Licenses and open-source noticesLordOS's own code (the desktop environment, the display server and Wayland compositor, the native apps, the SDK, the themes, the tools and this website) is released under the MIT license:
- Trademark and brand policyThe LordOS code is free software under the MIT license, and you can do almost anything with it.
- Cryptography export noticeLordOS contains cryptographic software. This page lists it and explains, in general terms, why that can matter where you live.
- Copyright infringementWe respect the rights of authors, and we expect everyone who contributes to LordOS to do the same.
- Legal noticelordos.org is the website of LordOS, a free Debian-based GNU/Linux distribution with its own desktop environment.
Trust & security
- Security policyWe take the security of LordOS seriously and we're grateful to anyone who helps us find and fix problems.
- Code signingLordOS signs what it publishes so that you can tell a file comes from the project and was not changed on the way.
- Bug reports and feature requestsFound something that doesn't work, or have an idea that would make LordOS better?
- ContributingLordOS is free software and contributions are welcome: code, documentation, translations, tests on real hardware, and good bug reports.
- Code of conductLordOS is built by people from different countries, languages and backgrounds, and we want every one of them to feel welcome.
- Support lifecycleThis page explains which LordOS versions receive fixes, how updates reach you, and what we plan for after version 1.0.
- Standards and good practicesLordOS is made by a small team, and we try to work the way serious open-source projects do.
- Accessibility statementWe want lordos.org to be usable by everyone, including people who use a keyboard only, a screen reader, magnification or high contrast.