Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 12:58:09 -0400 Message-Id: <200106261658.MAA08231@envy.delorie.com> X-Authentication-Warning: envy.delorie.com: dj set sender to dj AT envy DOT delorie DOT com using -f From: DJ Delorie To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Subject: [award-nominations AT gnu DOT org: 2001 Free Software Award Nominations] Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com FYI ------- Start of forwarded message ------- From: award-nominations AT gnu DOT org (Richard Stallman) Subject: 2001 Free Software Award Nominations Reply-To: award-nominations AT gnu DOT org Sender: info-gnu-admin AT gnu DOT org Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 01:47:16 -0600 [Please redistribute widely where appropriate] The GNU project is asking for nominations for the 2001 Free Software Award. 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, Larry Wall, Miguel de Icaza, Donald Knuth, and Brian Paul, who have already received this or other awards for their contributions, are not eligible for the Free Software Award. This award is designed for people who have not yet been recognized widely for their contribution. Please send your nominations to , on or before 15 August 2001. 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. The text should be no more than 40 lines long. Finally, please state where to find the software or other materials contributed by the nominee. _______________________________________________ GNU Announcement mailing list http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnu ------- End of forwarded message -------