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Sugar is high quality software for children to learn with, especially younger children.

Sugar ~~itself~~ is ~~a framework~~ for ~~programs called "Sugar Activities," which encourage learning through self-discovery. Collaboration, expression, and reflection are integrated into each Activity~~.

Sugar runs on cheap desktops and laptops (but not tablets or phones) and is designed for situations without effective internet access (2/3 of the world.)

~~Every Activity respects every user's freedom to run~~, ~~study~~, ~~modify~~ and ~~redistribute it, governed by software licenses compatible with the GNU General Public License~~.

Sugar Activities are programs which encourage learning through self-discovery and encourage collaboration, expression, and reflection.

~~Our ultimate goal is for Sugar to be accessible~~ to ~~every child and every teacher in every school~~, ~~all around the world~~, and ~~for Sugar Labs to be a facilitator for knowledge exchange across all continents~~, ~~especially knowledge that relates~~ the ~~software freedom movement to learning~~.

Every Activity respects every user's freedom to run, study, modify and redistribute it, using software licenses compatible with the GNU General Public License.

~~We grow our community to include users and contributors~~ in ~~all countries, in all languages, and in all cultures~~.

Sugar began in 2006 as part of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project.

~~We develop our software to run on every computer device~~, ~~from desktops~~ and ~~laptops~~ to ~~tablets~~ and ~~smartphones~~, and ~~to run in situations with local networks without direct internet connections~~.

Today Sugar is made by a world-wide community, and we wish to include users and contributors in all countries, all languages, and all cultures.

Sugar ~~began~~ in ~~2006 as part of~~ the ~~One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project~~. ~~Today it is vigorously developed by~~ Sugar Labs, a volunteer-~~driven~~ and non-profit organization.

Our ultimate goal is for Sugar to be accessible to every child and every teacher in every school, all around the world.

Sugar Labs is a volunteer-led and non-profit organization that co-ordinates the Sugar community.

It facilitates knowledge exchange across all continents, especially knowledge that relates the software freedom movement to learning.

[''Aspirational, pending us being able to offer XO-4s:'' The machine we aspired to build at OLPC in 2006 is now available as the XO-4 laptop, and you can buy XO-4s from us pre-installed with the 2016 release of Sugar.]

If you contribute to Sugar and don't have the resources you need to have impact~~, we fund resources that~~ accelerate our progress (laptops, travel ~~bursaries~~, and more.)

If you contribute to Sugar and don't have the resources you need to have impact then you can apply for funding to accelerate our progress, such as access to laptops, travel, and more.

We make things to think with. Join us.

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 Sugar is high quality software for children to learn with, especially younger children.
-Sugar itself is a framework for programs called "Sugar Activities," which encourage learning through self-discovery. Collaboration, expression, and reflection are integrated into each Activity.
+Sugar runs on cheap desktops and laptops (but not tablets or phones) and is designed for situations without effective internet access (2/3 of the world.)
-Every Activity respects every user's freedom to run, study, modify and redistribute it, governed by software licenses compatible with the GNU General Public License.
+Sugar Activities are programs which encourage learning through self-discovery and encourage collaboration, expression, and reflection.
-Our ultimate goal is for Sugar to be accessible to every child and every teacher in every school, all around the world, and for Sugar Labs to be a facilitator for knowledge exchange across all continents, especially knowledge that relates the software freedom movement to learning.
+Every Activity respects every user's freedom to run, study, modify and redistribute it, using software licenses compatible with the GNU General Public License.
-We grow our community to include users and contributors in all countries, in all languages, and in all cultures.
+Sugar began in 2006 as part of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project.
-We develop our software to run on every computer device, from desktops and laptops to tablets and smartphones, and to run in situations with local networks without direct internet connections.
+Today Sugar is made by a world-wide community, and we wish to include users and contributors in all countries, all languages, and all cultures.
-Sugar began in 2006 as part of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project. Today it is vigorously developed by Sugar Labs, a volunteer-driven and non-profit organization.
+Our ultimate goal is for Sugar to be accessible to every child and every teacher in every school, all around the world.
+Sugar Labs is a volunteer-led and non-profit organization that co-ordinates the Sugar community.
+It facilitates knowledge exchange across all continents, especially knowledge that relates the software freedom movement to learning.
 [''Aspirational, pending us being able to offer XO-4s:'' The machine we aspired to build at OLPC in 2006 is now available as the XO-4 laptop, and you can buy XO-4s from us pre-installed with the 2016 release of Sugar.]
-If you contribute to Sugar and don't have the resources you need to have impact, we fund resources that accelerate our progress (laptops, travel bursaries, and more.)
+If you contribute to Sugar and don't have the resources you need to have impact then you can apply for funding to accelerate our progress, such as access to laptops, travel, and more.
 We make things to think with. Join us.