Fedora
is a Linux-based operating system that showcases the latest in free and
open source software. Fedora is always free for anyone to use, modify,
and distribute. It is built by people across the globe who work
together as a community: the Fedora Project. The Fedora Project is open
and anyone is welcome to join. The Fedora Project is out front for you,
leading the advancement of free, open software and content.
The
operating system is Fedora. It comes out twice a year or so. It's
completely free, and we're committed to keeping it that way. It's the
best combination of robust and latest software that exists in the free
software world. The mindset is doing the right thing. To us, that means
providing free and open software and content, at no cost, freely
usable, modifiable, redistributable, and unencumbered by software
patents.
The Fedora Project is a Red Hat sponsored
and community supported open source project. Its goal is the rapid
progress of free and open source software and content. The Fedora
Project makes use of public forums, open processes, rapid innovation,
meritocracy, and transparency in pursuit of the best operating system
and platform that free and open source software can provide.