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first pass at revised language (not a policy change, but an attempt to clarify)
'''DRAFT of new Licensing text as per the discussion at the 9 June 2011 SLOBs meeting'''
Sugar Labs adheres to the principles of Free Software. A [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html good overview of these principles] is found on the [http://gnu.org GNU.org website]. The OSD has a [http://opensource.org/docs/osd set of guidelines for Free and Open Source software] that well 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 matches the principles and guidelines referred to above.
Any licenses on the Fedora Project's [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing#Good_Licenses's list of acceptable licenses] are acceptable; also, the [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/licenses.html licenses vetted by the FSF] are acceptable. If you wish to use a license not on one of these two lists and believe it fits our guidelines, please contact the [[Oversight Board]].
This policy was determined during a [[Oversight_Board/2009/Meeting_Minutes-2009-12-11#Non-FOSS_content|2009-12-11 board meeting]] and revisited at the [http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting/2011-06-09#i_2671836 2009-12-11 board meeting].
Please contact the [[Oversight Board]] if you have questions about our licensing policy.
Sugar Labs adheres to the principles of Free Software. A [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html good overview of these principles] is found on the [http://gnu.org GNU.org website]. The OSD has a [http://opensource.org/docs/osd set of guidelines for Free and Open Source software] that well 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 matches the principles and guidelines referred to above.
Any licenses on the Fedora Project's [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing#Good_Licenses's list of acceptable licenses] are acceptable; also, the [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/licenses.html licenses vetted by the FSF] are acceptable. If you wish to use a license not on one of these two lists and believe it fits our guidelines, please contact the [[Oversight Board]].
This policy was determined during a [[Oversight_Board/2009/Meeting_Minutes-2009-12-11#Non-FOSS_content|2009-12-11 board meeting]] and revisited at the [http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting/2011-06-09#i_2671836 2009-12-11 board meeting].
Please contact the [[Oversight Board]] if you have questions about our licensing policy.