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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. 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.

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 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 [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]].

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

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