Mail Archives: djgpp/1999/09/15/22:22:15
Free Software Foundation wrote:
>
> [Please redistribute widely where appropriate]
>
> The GNU project is asking for nominations for the Second Annual Free
> Software Foundation Award for the Advancement of Free Software.
> We want to give this award to a person who has made a great
> contribution to the progress and development of free software (free as
> in freedom; see http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html for the
> definition), through activities that accord with the spirit of free
> software.
>
> Any kind of activity could be eligible--writing software, writing
> documentation, publishing CDs, even journalism--but whatever the
> activity, we want to recognize long-term central contributions to the
> development of the world of free software. "Accord with the spirit"
> means, for example, that software, manuals or collections of them (on
> tape or CD) must be entirely free. (Once again, that's free as in
> freedom; see http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html.) Work done
> commercially is eligible, but we want to give awards to individuals,
> not companies.
>
> People such as Richard Stallman, Linus Torvalds and Larry Wall, who
> have already received this or other awards for their contributions,
> are not eligible for the Free Software Award.
>
> Please send your nominations to award-nominations AT gnu DOT org, on or
> before October 8, 1999. Please put the name of the person you are
> nominating in the message subject.
>
> Please include an explanation of the work the person has done and why
> you think it is especially important--but no more than 40 lines long.
> Also please state where to find the software which your nomination is
> based on.
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