# OpenEms Legal Framework **URL:** \ **Category:** English Forum\ **Created:** [February 18, 2022, 10:49am UTC](https://community.openems.io/t/openems-legal-framework/792 "2022-02-18T10:49:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Amro91](https://community.openems.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@Amro91](https://community.openems.io/u/Amro91)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2022, 10:49am UTC](https://community.openems.io/t/openems-legal-framework/792/1 "2022-02-18T10:49:00Z")
Hello As a commercial user for OpenEms, what are main challenges, threats and restrictions to use OpenEMs (from legal point of view). ---
**Author:** ![stefan.feilmeier](https://community.openems.io/user_avatar/community.openems.io/stefan.feilmeier/32/2585_2.png) [@stefan.feilmeier](https://community.openems.io/u/stefan.feilmeier)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 11:33am UTC](https://community.openems.io/t/openems-legal-framework/792/2 "2022-02-20T11:33:04Z")
Hi Amro, welcome to the OpenEMS Community. From a legal point of view you have to comply with the open source licenses of the software: - [Eclipse Public License version 2.0](https://github.com/OpenEMS/openems/blob/develop/LICENSE-EPL-2.0) for OpenEMS Edge and Backend - [GNU Affero General Public License version 3](https://github.com/OpenEMS/openems/blob/develop/LICENSE-AGPL-3.0) for OpenEMS UI > **[GitHub - OpenEMS/openems: OpenEMS - Open Source Energy Management System](https://github.com/OpenEMS/openems/#license)** > > OpenEMS - Open Source Energy Management System. Contribute to OpenEMS/openems development by creating an account on GitHub. If you plan to use OpenEMS commercially I would also recommend you to become a member of the OpenEMS Association to join the network of other commercial entities that build their solutions on OpenEMS. [https://openems.io/association/](https://openems.io/association/) Regards, Stefan