Sugar Labs is a community-run software project whose mission is to produce, distribute, and support the use of Sugar, an open source desktop environment and learning platform.[2][3][4] Sugar Labs was initially established as a member project of the Software Freedom Conservancy, an umbrella organization for free software projects.,[5] but in 2021, it became an independent 501(c)(3) organization.[6]
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| Formation | May 15, 2008[1] |
|---|---|
| Type | NGO and Non profit organization |
| Purpose | Educational |
| Headquarters | Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
Region served | Worldwide |
Membership | Contributors approved via community consensus |
President | Walter Bender |
Staff | 0 |
Volunteers | 100+ |
| Website | www |
About every six months, the Sugar Labs community releases a new version of the Sugar software. The most recent stable release is available as a Fedora Linux spin.[7] Through on-going support from Nexcopy's RecycleUSB program, Sugar Labs provides Sugar on a Stick to elementary schools.
The Sugar Labs community participates in events for teachers, students, and software developers interested in the Sugar software, such as the Montevideo Youth Summit[8] and Turtle Art Day.[9]
Sugar Labs had participated in Google Code-in,[10] which served as an outlet for young programmers. Sugar Labs is a long-time participant in Google Summer of Code.
References
edit- ^ "New foundation focused on taking the Sugar user interface to the next level of usability and utility". press release. Sugar Labs. 2008-05-15. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
- ^ Jonathan Fildes (2008-05-16). "$100 laptop' platform moves on". BBC News Online. BBC. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
- ^ NYT:Why Walter Bender Left One Laptop Per Child
- ^ BusinessWeek: OLPC: The Educational Philosophy Controversy[dead link]
- ^ Sugar Labs Joins Conservancy, 2008-12-09, archived from the original on 2009-03-11, retrieved 2009-03-18
- ^ (EIN: 84-3289298), IRS, 2021-04-19
- ^ Fedora-SoaS-Live-x86_64-35-1.2.iso, Fedora Project, 2021-11-03
- ^ Encuentro de jóvenes programadores de todo el mundo, ANEP, 2014-09-25
- ^ Hoy es el Día de TortugArte, en Caacupé, ABC Color, 2013-10-12
- ^ 3, 2, 1 Code-in: Inviting teens to contribute to open source, Google Open Source Blog, 2014-12-01
