Wazobia Linux™ is built on the ideas enshrined in its software philosophy that:

    •  software should be available and affordable,
    •  software tools should be usable by people in their local language and despite any        disabilities
    •  people should have the freedom to customize and alter their software in whatever        way they deem fit for their purpose.

These freedoms make Wazobia Linux™ fundamentally different from traditional proprietary software. Not only are the tools you need affordably available, you have the right to modify your software until it works the way you want it to.
Leapsoft, the team behind Wazobia Linux™ makes the following public commitment to its users:

   •  Wazobia Linux™ will always be affordable, we make our very best work available to        everyone without the compromise of software quality.
   •  Wazobia Linux™ comes with full commercial support from Leapsoft and support        partnering companies.
   •  Wazobia Linux™ will include the very best in language translations and accessibility        infrastructure that the Leapsoft team has to offer, to make Wazobia Linux™ usable        by as many people as possible in Africa .
   •  Wazobia Linux™ is entirely committed to the principles of affordable software        development. We encourage people to use affordable and open source software at        low costs.

We place these in a restricted section of your system which makes them trivial to remove if you do not need them.

"Free" software a.k.a open source software

For Wazobia Linux™, the "free" in "free software" whereever and whenever mentioned is used primarily in reference to freedom and not to price - although we are committed to the availabilty of Wazobia Linux™ at an affordable price.

The term "open source" is a term coined in 1998 to remove the ambiguity in the English word "free". The Open Source Initiative described open source software in the Open Source Definition. Open source continues to enjoy growing success and wide recognition because it gives people all over the world an independence of proprietary software.

The most important thing about Wazobia Linux™ is not that it is available at an affordable price, but that it confers rights of software freedom on the people who install and use it. It is those freedoms that enable Wazobia Linux™ to grow, sharing its collective experience and expertise to improve Wazobia Linux™ and make it suitable for use in new countries and new industries.

Quoting the Free Software Foundation's "What is Free Software", the freedoms at the core of free software are defined as:

   •  The freedom to run the program, for any purpose.
   •  The freedom to study how the program works, and adapt it to your needs.
   •  The freedom to improve the program, and release your improvements to the public,        so that everyone benefits.

Free software has been a coherent social movement for more than two decades. This movement has produced millions of lines of code, documentation, and a vibrant community of which Wazobia Linux™ is proud to be a part.