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Fedora Project

The Fedora Project is a community project, sponsored by Red Hat, that produces the Fedora Linux distribution. Fedora Linux is a compilation of packages under their own free and open source licences, with an MIT compilation licence over the whole.

Licensing at a Glance

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  1. Fedora Linux is a compilation of software packages, each under its own licensing terms; since Fedora 22 the compilation licence has been the MIT licence, which does not supersede the licences of the contained code.[1]

  2. All software and other content made available by Fedora must be under licences determined to be allowed in Fedora, with only limited, conditional exceptions; separate criteria apply to code, documentation, content, fonts and firmware.[2]

  3. The Fedora Project Contributor Agreement sets a default licence for contributions that specify none: MIT for software and CC BY-SA for content.[3]

  4. The Fedora trademark guidelines cover Fedora, the Fedora logo, Fedora Remix and Fedora Ready marks, and Red Hat retains and reserves the rights to them.[4]

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References

  1. License of Fedora Linux :: Fedora Docs · docs.fedoraproject.org · retrieved 2026-09-27
  2. License Approval :: Fedora Docs · docs.fedoraproject.org · retrieved 2026-09-27
  3. Fedora Project Contributor Agreement :: Fedora Docs · docs.fedoraproject.org · retrieved 2026-09-27
  4. Fedora trademark guidelines :: Fedora Docs · docs.fedoraproject.org · retrieved 2026-09-27
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