Sugar Labs

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 (FLOSS) projects.,[5] but in 2021, it became an independent 501(c)(3) organization.[6]

Sugar Labs
FormationMay 15, 2008 (2008-05-15)[1]
TypeNGO and Non profit organization
PurposeEducational
HeadquartersBoston, Massachusetts, USA
Region served
Worldwide
Membership
Contributors approved via community consensus
President
Walter Bender
Staff
0
Volunteers
100+
Websitewww.sugarlabs.org

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
  1. "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.
  2. Jonathan Fildes (2008-05-16). "$100 laptop' platform moves on". BBC News Online. BBC. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
  3. NYT:Why Walter Bender Left One Laptop Per Child
  4. BusinessWeek: OLPC: The Educational Philosophy Controversy
  5. Sugar Labs Joins Conservancy, 2008-12-09, archived from the original on 2009-03-11, retrieved 2009-03-18
  6. (EIN: 84-3289298), IRS, 2021-04-19
  7. Fedora-SoaS-Live-x86_64-35-1.2.iso, Fedora Project, 2021-11-03
  8. Encuentro de jóvenes programadores de todo el mundo, ANEP, 2014-09-25
  9. Hoy es el Día de TortugArte, en Caacupé, ABC Color, 2013-10-12
  10. 3, 2, 1 Code-in: Inviting teens to contribute to open source, Google Open Source Blog, 2014-12-01
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