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'''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.

Sugar Labs adheres to the principles of Free Software. An [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html 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.

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.

~~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]].

You may use any license on the Fedora Project's [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing#Good_Licenses's list of acceptable licenses] or the [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/licenses.html licenses vetted by the FSF]. 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]].

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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 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.

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 '''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.
+Sugar Labs adheres to the principles of Free Software. An [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html 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.
+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.
-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]].
+You may use any license on the Fedora Project's [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing#Good_Licenses's list of acceptable licenses] or the [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/licenses.html licenses vetted by the FSF]. 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]].
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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 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.