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, 10:17, 9 December 2008New page: Boston, MA, December 8 2008: Sugar Labs today announced its membership in the Software Freedom Conservancy, an organization of free and open source software projects. Sugar Labs supports t...
Boston, MA, December 8 2008: Sugar Labs today announced its
membership in the Software Freedom Conservancy, an organization of free
and open source software projects. Sugar Labs supports the free and open
source desktop environment, Sugar, originally created for the One Laptop
per Child Project (OLPC). The Sugar community now has an active global
developer base that is focused on engaging young children in learning
through computing and the Internet. As a member of the Conservancy the
Sugar community will work to accelerate the adoption of the Sugar
learning platform and strengthening the project by attracting new
industry members and community contributors.
In May 2008, the Sugar project became independent of OLPC, making Sugar
available to a wider community of Sugar developers and users.
Subsequently Sugar has been ported to Debian, Ubuntu, and other
GNU/Linux distributions. Sugar can now run on almost any computer
hardware. In October 2008, Sugar Labs released Sugar Version 0.82, which
features enhanced usability and stability. In November, Sugar announced
the availability of the pre-alpha version of "Sugar on a Stick", a
LiveUSB image of Sugar that gives children access to Sugar on any
computer with just a USB key. Joining the Conservancy is an important
milestone in the path towards making Sugar available to children everywhere.
Founded in March 2006, the Conservancy allows developers of its member
projects to unite under a common organization which provides much-needed
administrative services to them. This structure spares each software
project the burden of starting and maintaining its own independent
non-profit organization. Sugar labs has joined as the Conservancy's
fifteenth member project.
membership in the Software Freedom Conservancy, an organization of free
and open source software projects. Sugar Labs supports the free and open
source desktop environment, Sugar, originally created for the One Laptop
per Child Project (OLPC). The Sugar community now has an active global
developer base that is focused on engaging young children in learning
through computing and the Internet. As a member of the Conservancy the
Sugar community will work to accelerate the adoption of the Sugar
learning platform and strengthening the project by attracting new
industry members and community contributors.
In May 2008, the Sugar project became independent of OLPC, making Sugar
available to a wider community of Sugar developers and users.
Subsequently Sugar has been ported to Debian, Ubuntu, and other
GNU/Linux distributions. Sugar can now run on almost any computer
hardware. In October 2008, Sugar Labs released Sugar Version 0.82, which
features enhanced usability and stability. In November, Sugar announced
the availability of the pre-alpha version of "Sugar on a Stick", a
LiveUSB image of Sugar that gives children access to Sugar on any
computer with just a USB key. Joining the Conservancy is an important
milestone in the path towards making Sugar available to children everywhere.
Founded in March 2006, the Conservancy allows developers of its member
projects to unite under a common organization which provides much-needed
administrative services to them. This structure spares each software
project the burden of starting and maintaining its own independent
non-profit organization. Sugar labs has joined as the Conservancy's
fifteenth member project.