Sugar Labs

Short description: Community-run software project

Sugar Labs

Formation| May 15, 2008 (2008-05-15)[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.sugarlabs.org

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]

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. https://www.sugarlabs.org/2008/05/15/New-foundation-focused-on-taking-the-Sugar-user-interface-to-the-next-level-of-usability-and-utility/.
2. ↑ Jonathan Fildes (2008-05-16). "$100 laptop' platform moves on". BBC News Online (BBC). http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7405346.stm.
3. ↑ NYT:Why Walter Bender Left One Laptop Per Child
4. ↑ BusinessWeek: OLPC: The Educational Philosophy Controversy[|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
5. ↑ Sugar Labs Joins Conservancy, 2008-12-09, http://conservancy.softwarefreedom.org/news/2008/dec/09/sugar/, retrieved 2009-03-18
6. ↑ (EIN: 84-3289298), IRS, 2021-04-19, https://apps.irs.gov/app/eos/detailsPage?ein=843289298&name=Sugar Labs&city=Austin&state=TX&countryAbbr=US&dba=&type=CHARITIES, DETERMINATIONLETTERS, COPYOFRETURNS&orgTags=CHARITIES&orgTags=DETERMINATIONLETTERS&orgTags=COPYOFRETURNS
7. ↑ Fedora-SoaS-Live-x86_64-35-1.2.iso, Fedora Project, 2021-11-03, https://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/35/Spins/x86_64/iso/Fedora-SoaS-Live-x86_64-35-1.2.iso
8. ↑ Encuentro de jóvenes programadores de todo el mundo, ANEP, 2014-09-25, http://www.anep.edu.uy/anep/index.php/897-fecundo-intercambio-de-jovenes-de-todo-el-mundo-en-encuentro-de-programadores
9. ↑ Hoy es el Día de TortugArte, en Caacupé, ABC Color, 2013-10-12, http://www.abc.com.py/edicion-impresa/locales/hoy-es-el-dia-de-tortugarte-en-caacupe-627470.html
10. ↑ 3, 2, 1 Code-in: Inviting teens to contribute to open source, Google Open Source Blog, 2014-12-01, http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2014/12/3-2-1-code-in-inviting-teens-to.html

## External links

* Sugar Labs homepage

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