Which developer, group, or company should receive this year's award from the
Free Software Foundation? Please share your choice and reason why in the
forum.
https://www.fsf.org/news/free-software-foundation-opens-nominations-for-the-16th-annual-free-software-awards
Personally, I would like to see the Trisquel Development Team on the
nomination list... because you guys rock and I appreciate all that you do!
https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/trisquel-team
Here is a look at award recipients from the past...
Award for the Advancement of Free Software
This award is presented annually by FSF president Richard Stallman to an
individual who has made a great contribution to the progress and development
of free software, through activities that accord with the spirit of free
software.
2013
2012 Fernando Perez - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPython
2011 Yukihiro Matsumoto -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yukihiro_Matsumoto
2010 Rob Savoye - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Savoye
2009 John Gilmore - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gilmore_(activist)
2008 Wietse Venema - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wietse_Venema
2007 Harald Welte - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_Welte
2006 Ted Ts'o - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Ts'o
2005 Andrew Tridgell - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Tridgell
2004 Theo de Raadt - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_de_Raadt
2003 Alan Cox - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Cox
2002 Lawrence Lessig - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Lessig
2001 Guido van Rossum - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guido_van_Rossum
2000 Brian Paul - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Paul
1999 Miguel de Icaza - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_de_Icaza
1998 Larry Wall - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Wall
Award for Projects of Social Benefit
This award is presented to the project or team responsible for applying free
software, or the ideas of the free software movement, to a project that
intentionally and significantly benefits society in other aspects of life.
2013
2012 OpenMRS - http://openmrs.org/
2011 GNU Health - http://health.gnu.org/
2010 Tor - https://www.torproject.org/
2009 Internet Archive - https://archive.org/
2008 Creative Commons - https://creativecommons.org/
2007 Groklaw - http://www.groklaw.net/
2006 Sahana Disaster Management System - http://sahanafoundation.org/
2005 Wikipedia - https://www.wikipedia.org/
Do good things!
