# About the Emissions category

**URL:** https://forum.cmascenter.org/t/about-the-emissions-category/790
**Category:** Emissions
**Created:** [July 3, 2019, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.cmascenter.org/t/about-the-emissions-category/790 "2019-07-03T18:44:42Z")
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### Author: ![lizadams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@lizadams](https://forum.cmascenter.org/u/lizadams)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2019, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.cmascenter.org/t/about-the-emissions-category/790/1 "2019-07-03T18:44:42Z")

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This category may be used to announce the availability of open-source software to prepare CMAQ-Ready emissions and issues related to using this software.

Use this category to announce the availability of the open-source software to the community.  
Request that a sub-category be created that references the name of the open-source software.

For issues related to running this open-source software, users are asked to include both the Emissions Category, and the open-source software sub-category.

The providers of the open-source software are requested to follow the Emissions and their open-source software sub-category so that issues can be responded to in a timely manner.