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FSF Award for the Advancement of Free Software
bkuhn writes "The FSF has posted a a call for nominations for the 2002 FSF Award for the Advancement of Free Software. Get your nominations in to <award-nominations@gnu.org> by 15 October 2002."
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I nominate Bill Gates. He should get the award for advancing free software
I've downloaded more free software from kazaa than I ever have from any other source.
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"Any kind of activity could be eligible -- writing software, writing documentation, publishing CDs, even journalism"
That's it! Let's all nominate Katz just for kicks.
More specifically, the 'Activation' system in XP will probably have a massive imapact over the next year or so.
Everytime somebody's computer becomes unusable due to a hardware change or two, open source OSs become more attractive.
What's that smell? Ah, that's my karma burning...
I mean, I do give out free software all the time. I believe in advancing any software any one wants. Well, I give it away for free, maybe it wasn't free to begin with but that is besides the point. This is about advancing free software. Anyone got a cd?
They stuck me in an institution, said it was the only solution, to...protect me from the enemy, myself
Linus Torvalds has received the award, but the plaque was engraved...
GNU/Linus Torvalds
in order to reduce confusion.
CowboyNeal has my vote! Where can I vote for this poll?