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The list below covers our current set of licensing policies. If you have questions about licensing that are not covered by the list below, please contact the [[Oversight Board]].
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Sugar Labs adheres to the principles of Free Software. An [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html overview of these principles] is provided by the Free Software Foundation (FSF). The Open Source Initiative (OSI) has a [http://opensource.org/docs/osd set of guidelines for Free and Open Source software] that characterize the intentions of our community.
  
== Activities.sugarlabs.org ==
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All software and content distributed by Sugar Labs, including activity bundles uploaded to http://activities.sugarlabs.org, must be released under a license that conforms to the principles and guidelines referred to above.
  
All software and content distributed via http://activities.sugarlabs.org must be released under a license that fits [http://opensource.org/docs/osd the OSD guidelines].  
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You may use any license on the Fedora Project's [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing#Good_Licenses list of Good Licenses] or the FSF's [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#FreeLicenses list of Free Software Licenses]. If you wish to use a license not on one of these two lists and believe that it fits our guidelines, please contact the [[Oversight Board]].
  
Any licenses on the Fedora Project's [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing#Good_Licenses's list of acceptable licenses] are acceptable; if you wish to use a license not on this list and believe it fits the OSD guidelines, please contact the [[Oversight Board]].
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This policy was determined during a [[Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2009-12-11#Non-FOSS_content|2009-12-11 board meeting.]]
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This policy was determined during a [[Oversight_Board/2009/Meeting_Minutes-2009-12-11#Non-FOSS_content|2009-12-11 board meeting]] and clarified at the [http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting/2011-06-09#i_2671836 2011-06-09 board meeting]. Additional feedback and discussion is found [[Talk:Licensing|on the Talk Page]].
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Please contact the [[Oversight Board]] if you have questions about our licensing policy.

Latest revision as of 11:29, 24 June 2011

Sugar Labs adheres to the principles of Free Software. An overview of these principles is provided by the Free Software Foundation (FSF). The Open Source Initiative (OSI) has a set of guidelines for Free and Open Source software that characterize the intentions of our community.

All software and content distributed by Sugar Labs, including activity bundles uploaded to http://activities.sugarlabs.org, must be released under a license that conforms to the principles and guidelines referred to above.

You may use any license on the Fedora Project's list of Good Licenses or the FSF's list of Free Software Licenses. If you wish to use a license not on one of these two lists and believe that it fits our guidelines, please contact the Oversight Board.


This policy was determined during a 2009-12-11 board meeting and clarified at the 2011-06-09 board meeting. Additional feedback and discussion is found on the Talk Page.

Please contact the Oversight Board if you have questions about our licensing policy.