Open source
GAIA-CORE, the engine of GAIA Brain, will be released under the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3 (AGPLv3). The repository is private today and no release date has been announced. This page sets out the reasoning, what the licence will mean and what applies until the release.
Why open
GAIA-CORE carries the identity context, clearance-aware memory, protected egress, model routing and evidence. A firm's own engineers and auditors should be able to read how each of them works. A supplier's assurance is not a technical review.
Under AGPLv3, a firm that hosts GAIA-CORE on its own infrastructure may keep running, modifying and maintaining it whatever happens to GAIA25. That supports the exit strategy DORA requires for ICT services supporting critical or important functions. The proprietary sector layer is licensed separately, and its continuity terms are set by contract.
With the core open, a weakness or a dependency cannot be kept out of sight behind a licence. Customers, auditors and independent researchers will read the same code.
What the licence will mean
AGPLv3 is a strong copyleft licence. Anyone may run, read, modify and redistribute the core. Anyone who distributes a modified version, or lets users interact with one over a network, must offer those users the source code of that version under the same licence.
The sector layer, which packages the sources, roles, controls and workflows for a domain, remains proprietary and is licensed on commercial terms. Customer configuration and customer data belong to the customer and are part of neither.
The GAIA25 and GAIA Brain names, the GAIA-CORE name and the hand-drawn 25 mark remain trademarks and brand assets of GAIA25, regardless of the software licence. The AGPLv3 release will cover the code alone; it will not license the names or the mark, and it will not grant a right to imply GAIA25 endorsement.
The repository
There is no public repository link. Until the release, a pilot buyer can require controlled source review, dependency and test evidence, a reproducible release and continuity terms. When the repository is public, its link will be published on this page.
Current status: private source; AGPLv3 release planned; no release date announced.
