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  Ted Ts'o wins the 2006 Award for the Advancement of Free Software - Free Software Foundation
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA---March 26, 2007---At the ceremony for the 2006 Free Software Awards, Richard Stallman presented Theodore Ts'o with the Award for the Advancement of Free Software.
The Free Software Foundation sponsors the annual Award for the Advancement of Free Software, to recognize and honor those that have made a great contribution to the progress and development of free software (free as in freedom as defined in the Free Software Definition), through activities that accord with the spirit of software freedom.
The FSF is a charity with a worldwide mission to advance software freedom — learn about our history and work.
www.fsf.org /free-software-award-2006   (730 words)

  
  Free Software Foundation   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Brian Paul is Awarded the Free Software Foundation Award for the Advancement of Free Software; VA Linux Employee is Hono...
Free Software Foundation (FSF) is a non-profit organisation founded in 1985 by Richard Stallman to support the free software movement (free as in freedom), and in particular the GNU project.
In 2001, Free Software Foundation Europe was founded in Germany to act as a "hub" for the Free Software organisations of Europe.
hallencyclopedia.com /Free_Software_Foundation   (909 words)

  
 FSF Award for the Advancement of Free Software - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Free Software Foundation Award for the Advancement of Free Software is annually 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 free software.
The 2000 Award Ceremony was held at the Museum of Jewish Art and History in Paris, France.
The other finalists were Donald Knuth for TeX and METAFONT and John Gilmore for work done at Cygnus Solutions and his contributions to the Free Software Foundation.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/FSF_Award_for_the_Advancement_of_Free_Software   (503 words)

  
 Prior Years' Free Software Award - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)
Alan Cox received the 2003 FSF Award for the Advancement of Free Software.
Lawrence Lessig received the 2002 FSF Award for the Advancement of Free Software.
Guido van Rossum received the 2001 FSF Award for the Advancement of Free Software.
www.gnu.org /award/award.html   (201 words)

  
 Free Software Foundation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The GNU GPL is the most widely used license for Free Software projects.
FSF has recieved a small amount of funding from UNESCO for this project.
On the 20th anniversary of the GNU Project (January 5 2004), the Irish Free Software Foundation was founded to promote free software in Ireland.
www.encyclopedia-online.info /FSF   (621 words)

  
 Professor Lawrence Lessig Awarded the 2002 FSF Award for the Advancement of Free Software   (Site not responding. Last check: )
FSF President and founder, Richard Stallman, presented the award to Professor Lawrence Lessig for promoting understanding of the political dimension of free software, including the idea that "code is law".
A committee of Free Software leaders selected the winner and two other finalists from the nominations received by the public among the thousands of mostly volunteer programmers worldwide who dedicate their time to advancing Free Software.
Creating awareness for these issues, securing Free Software politically and legally, and giving people freedom by supporting development of Free Software are central issues of the FSF Europe, which was founded in 2001 as the European sister organization of the Free Software Foundation.
gnucvs.vlsm.org /press/2003-02-08-award.xml   (441 words)

  
 FSF Europe at the Free and Open Source Software Developers Meeting in Brussels   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The FSF Award For the Advancement of Free Software is handed out annually to honor someone who has contributed significantly to further the Free Software Movement.
Additionally, the FSF Europe would like to welcome all members of the press to FOSDEM where they will have the opportunity to meet many of the foundation members and volunteers who would be happy to talk about the issues of Free Software.
Creating awareness for these issues, securing Free Software politically and legally, and giving people freedom by supporting development of Free Software are central issues of the FSF Europe, which was founded in 2001 as the European sister organisation of the Free Software Foundation in the United States.
www.fsfeurope.org /news/article2002-01-31-01.en.html   (404 words)

  
 Free Software Foundation - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
FSF have the resources and the will to enforce the GPL and other GNU licenses, but only for software for which it owns the copyrights; GPL'd software owned by others must be defended by their owners, since the FSF has no legal standing to enforce the GPL for them.
FSF maintain many of the documents that define the Free Software movement
FSF provide project hosting via their Savannah website.
open-encyclopedia.com /Free_Software_Foundation   (646 words)

  
 Guido van Rossum Awarded the Free Software Foundation Award for the Advancement of Free Software   (Site not responding. Last check: )
FSF Press release, Brussels, Belgium - Saturday, February 16, 2002 - The Free Software Foundation (FSF) bestowed today its fourth annual FSF Award for the Advancement of Free Software.
Creating awareness for these issues, securing Free Software politically and legally, and giving people freedom by supporting development of Free Software are central issues of the FSF Europe, which was founded in 2001 as the European sister organization of the Free Software Foundation in the United States.
The Free Software Foundation is a non-profit entity dedicated to providing free software tools to the public at large (through the GNU organization).
arnolds.dhs.org /geography/geo_forum/1013898269/index_html   (848 words)

  
 [DMCA_Discuss] Lessig Elected to Free Software Foundation Board of Directors   (Site not responding. Last check: )
FSF focuses much energy today on the greatest threat yet to software freedom, which comes in the form of legal threats to the GNU General Public License (GPL) and the legal systems whereby GPL'd software is assembled.
FSF welcomes Professor Lessig to the Board and to the team begun by Professor Moglen to neutralize the legal threats brought against the freedom of Free Software.
FSF is proud that the two most prominent academic legal minds on this subject both now serve as Directors of the organization.
lists.microshaft.org /pipermail/dmca_discuss/2004-April/006596.html   (500 words)

  
 Award for free software kicks off 'One world, one net' conference - MIT News Office
Wall won the award for his contributions to the advancement of freely distributed software, most notably Perl, the most popular language for processing information collected at web pages.
FSF founder and president Richard Stallman, an Artificial Intelligence Laboratory research affiliate, founder of the GNU Project based at the AI Lab and recipient of a MacArthur "genius" grant, presented the award.
Awards coordinator Timothy Ney, an officer of the FSF, said he initiated the awards ceremony to recognize people who have made "a signficant contribution to the advancement of freely distributed software and to provide a forum in which to celebrate such accomplishments in the field."
web.mit.edu /newsoffice/1998/software-1028.html   (371 words)

  
 [FSFE PR][EN] [GNU/FSF Press] Larry Lessig receives FSF Award for the Advancement of Free Software
About Free Software Foundation Europe: The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSF Europe) is a charitable non-governmental organization dedicated to all aspects of Free Software in Europe.
About Free Software Foundation: The Free Software Foundation, founded in 1985, is dedicated to promoting computer users' right to use, study, copy, modify, and redistribute computer programs.
Copyright (C) 2003, Free Software Foundation Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111, USA Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is permitted in any medium, provided this notice is preserved.
mail.fsfeurope.org /pipermail/press-release/2003q1/000050.html   (515 words)

  
 Free Software Foundation   (Site not responding. Last check: )
FSF has the resources and the will to enforce the GPL and other GNU licenses, but only for software for which it owns the copyrights; GPL'd software owned by others must be defended by its owners, since the FSF has no legal standing to enforce the GPL for them.
FSF holds the copyrights to most GNU software and some non-GNU Free Software.
The Free Software Foundation Europe said on Wednesday that the fines that the European Commission is proposing to levy against Microsoft are too low to break its monopoly.
www.infoslurp.com /information/Free_Software_Foundation   (970 words)

  
 Past Events - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
These are events that the FSF or GNU project has sponsored, or events of interest to the Free Software Movement.
Bradley M. Kuhn gave a talk on "Software Freedom, the GNU Generation and the GNU General Public License" and Loïc Dachary spoke on "Free Software Development and Associations Throughout the World".
Brian Paul received the 2000 FSF Award for the Advancement of Free Software in Paris at the Museum of Jewish Art and History in Paris, France.
gnu.open-mirror.com /events/events.html   (502 words)

  
 FSF calls for nominations for the 2004 Free Software Award   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Free Software Foundation has posted the call for nominations for the 2004 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 as defined in the
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.
www.advogato.org /article/710.html   (371 words)

  
 [Discussioni]Call for Nominations for the 2004 FSF Award for the Advancement of Free Software   (Site not responding. Last check: )
[Discussioni]Call for Nominations for the 2004 FSF 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.
www.softwarelibero.it /pipermail/discussioni/2003-September/008138.html   (374 words)

  
 What's New in and about the GNU Project - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)
FSF is hiring a Senior GNU/Linux Systems Administrator and Programmer.
Call for nominations for the 2003 FSF Award for the Advancement of Free Software is posted.
Professor Lawrence Lessig Awarded the Free Software Foundation Award for the Advancement of Free Software.
www.tw.gnu.org /server/whatsnew.html   (384 words)

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