---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: 2003-09-21 23:34:20 +0100 From: Richard Stallman rms@gnu.org Subject: Call for Nominations for the 2004 FSF Award for the Advancement of Free Software

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The GNU project is asking for nominations for the 2003 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; 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. "Accord with the spirit" means, for example, that software, manuals or collections of them (on tape or CD) must be entirely Free. (Once again, that's free as in freedom; see http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html.) Work done commercially is eligible, but we want to give awards to individuals, not companies.

People such as Miguel de Icaza, Donald Knuth, Larry Lessig, 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.

Please send your nominations to award-nominations@gnu.org on or before Friday 31 October 2003. 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 in http://www.gnu.org/award/.

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