The code is freely distributable under the GNU and BSD style licenses. The CD labels explicitly state that the contents are freely distributable. They are often freely distributable and sometimes cross-platform compatible. Many other licenses are also used, as long as they are freely distributable. In February 2004, EPICS became freely distributable after its release under the EPICS Open License. It was manufactured by amateurs in the former Soviet Union, following freely distributable documentation. Online texts by the "Tiraspol Times" were licensed as freely distributable. Therefore, applications of a system are distributable but maintained together. Although originally stored on a single computer, a distributable CD-ROM version appeared in 1989.