[GNU/FSF Press] Nominations Request for The 2002 FSF Award for the Advancement of Free Software

[Bradley M. Kuhn]

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The FSF and the GNU project request nominations for the 2002 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 software freedom.

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 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.

People such as Miguel de Icaza, Donald Knuth, Brian Paul, Guido van
Rossum, Richard Stallman, Linus Torvalds, and Larry Wall who have already
received this or other awards for their contributions, are not eligible
for the Award for the Advancement of Free Software.  Among those who are
eligible, the award committee will try to choose whoever has made the
greatest contribution.

Please send your nominations to <address@hidden>, on or before
15 October 2002.  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
            software which your nomination is based on.


Information about the previous awards can be found online at:
            http://www.gnu.org/award/

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Bradley M. Kuhn, Executive Director
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