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[[Category:Open Source Communities]][[Category:Fedora]]The [http://fedoraproject.org Fedora Project] is a [[:fedora:Statistics| community of contributors]] from [http://fedoraproject.org/maps around the world] who work with each other to rapidly advance [http://opensource.org open source] software. The Fedora Project develops and maintains many software packages, and is best known for producing the [http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora Fedora linux] distribution. There are [[:fedora:Foundations|four foundations]] which are the core values of the Fedora community: [[:fedora:Foundations#Freedom|Freedom]], [[:fedora:Foundations#Friends|Friends]], [[:fedora:Foundations#Features|Features]], [[:fedora:Foundations#First|First]].
A number of Seneca students and faculty are involved with the Fedora Project, and many courses in the Seneca [http://scs.senecac.on.ca School of Computer Studies] use the Fedora linux distribution. Students in the [[LUX Program|LUX]] system administration program and a number of courses including the [[SBR600|SBR600 Software Build and Release]] course are active [http://join.fedoraproject.org contributors] in the Fedora community. In addition, Seneca professor [[User:Chris Tyler|Chris Tyler]] is a an active Fedora Project board member (F10-F11) and wrote participant, the author of the O'Reilly book ''Fedora Linux: A Complete Guide to Red Hat's Community Distribution'', and a Fedora Project board member (F10-F11 2008-2009 and F13-F14 2009-2010).
[http://redhat.com Red Hat ] sponsors Fedora and provided [http://www.senecac.on.ca/media/news/2008/2008-05-21.html?page=2 grant funding] during the 2008-2009 academic year to support student participation in the Fedora Communitycommunity.