Comment 45 for bug 50699

Note that there is a date and a roadmap for Launchpad becoming free software now.

As Mark pointed out, we're doing it in a way that encourages development to stay focused around Launchpad.net, to maximize the "cross-project view" potential. People can fork the free code if they really want to (that's part of being free), but we're trying to arrange it so that improving Launchpad.net itself is the easiest and most desirable option for developers. Please see https://dev.launchpad.net/OpenSourcing for more.