http://www.debian.org/News/2011/20110304
"The Debian representatives were called to the stage a second time when the most important award, "Outstanding Contribution to Open Source/Linux/Free Software", was presented by Karsten Gerloff, president of the Free Software Foundation Europe. He took the stage to present the award and first put on a Debian Tartan tie before praising Debian with a very moving speech.
He particularly emphasized Debian's dedication to software freedom saying: "In Debian, quality is the focus of everyone's attention. But those who work on the Debian system know that great software is worth nothing without Freedom. With the release of Squeeze, the latest stable version, in February, Debian has taken the important step of offering a completely free kernel, with no binary blobs. This is a first for a major distribution in recent times. Debian is giving its users Freedom by default. And this Freedom for users and developers on a massive scale truly is Debian's outstanding contribution, not just to Free Software, but to the information society."
