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The list below covers our current set of licensing policies. If you have questions about licensing that are not covered by the list below, please contact the [[Oversight Board]].
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Sugar Labs adheres to the principles of Free Software. An [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html overview of these principles] is provided by the Free Software Foundation (FSF). The Open Source Initiative (OSI) has a [http://opensource.org/docs/osd set of guidelines for Free and Open Source software] that characterize the intentions of our community.
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== Activities.sugarlabs.org ==
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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.
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All software and content distributed by Sugar Labs, including activity bundles uploaded to http://activities.sugarlabs.org , must be released under a license that fits [http://opensource.org/docs/osd the OSD guidelines].
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You may use any license on the Fedora Project's [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing#Good_Licenses list of Good Licenses] or the FSF's [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#FreeLicenses list of Free Software 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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Any licenses on the Fedora Project's [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing#Good_Licenses's list of acceptable licenses] are acceptable; if you wish to use a license not on this list and believe it fits the OSD 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.]]
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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 clarified at the [http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting/2011-06-09#i_2671836 2011-06-09 board meeting]. Additional feedback and discussion is found [[Talk:Licensing|on the Talk Page]].
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Please contact the [[Oversight Board]] if you have questions about our licensing policy.

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