-------- Forwarded Message -------- > From: Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Asiasource-l] Please file Asian nominations for FSF Award... > Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2005 7:27:10 +0530 > > http://www.fsf.org/news/fs-award-2005.html > > Call for nominations for the 2005 FSF Award for the Advancement of Free > Software > > * Send this page to somebody > * Print this page > > Send in your nominations by 31 October 2005. > > The Free Software Foundation (FSF) and the GNU Project announce the request > for nominations for the 2005 FSF Award for the Advancement of Free Software. > This award is presented to a person who has made a great contribution to the > progress and development of free software, through activities that accord > with the spirit of software freedom (as defined in the Free Software > Definition). > > Last year's winner, Theo de Raadt, was recognized for his work as founder and > project leader of the OpenBSD and OpenSSH projects. Theo joined a prestigious > list of previous winners including Alan Cox, Miguel de Icaza, Larry Lessig, > Brian Paul, Guido van Rossum, and Larry Wall. > > Any kind of activity could be eligible -- writing software, writing > documentation, publishing CDs, journalism -- but whatever the activity, we > want to recognize long-term central contributions to the development of the > world of software freedom. "Accord with the spirit" means, for example, that > software, manuals, or collections of them (online or on CD), must be entirely > free. Work done commercially is eligible, but we give this award to > individuals, not to companies, organizations, or teams. > > Previous winners of this award as well as Richard Stallman, Linus Torvalds, > and Donald Knuth, are not eligible for nomination, but renomination of other > previous nominees is encouraged. From those who are eligible, the award > committee will try to choose the person who has made the greatest > contribution. > > The 2004 award committee was composed of Enrique Chaparro, Frederic Couchet, > Alan Cox, Hong Feng, Raj Mathur, Frederick Noronha, Suresh Ramasubramanian, > Peter Salus, Richard Stallman, Vernor Vinge and Larry Wall. > > Please send your nominations to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on or before Monday 31 > October 2005. Please submit nominations in the following format: > > * Put the name of the person you are nominating in the email message > subject line. > * Please include, in the body of your message, an explanation (40 lines > or less) of the work the person has done and why you think it is especially > important to software freedom. > * Please state, in the body of your message, where to find the materials > (e.g., software, manuals, or writing) which your nomination is based on. > > Information about the previous awards can be found at > http://www.gnu.org/award/. [ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Frederick Noronha 784 Near Convent, Sonarbhat SALIGAO GOA India > Freelance Journalist TEL: +91-832-2409490 MOBILE: 9822122436 > http://fn.swiki.net http://www.livejournal.com/users/goalinks > fred at bytesforall.org http://www.bytesforall.org > > _______________________________________________ > >
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