Here are more details about the "proof of concept":
https://eu-os.gitlab.io/goals#from-home
This seems to be more about Linux deployment in big organizations, they say goal isn't to develop yet another distro.
The FAQ mentions no name of any involved person, which leaves me slightly suspicious, and the adoption of RedHat-based Fedora remains unexplained goal rather than result of some analysis against a list of project requirements.