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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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...whoever created the Junkbuster Proxy. Keeping Slashdot ad-free for me since 1998. Sorry guys, but that big ad at the top...I don't see it.
Make your money elsewhere. hahahahahahahaha!
"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.
the primary motivator at Apple responsible for using *BSD in OSX. (admittedly this may not count...)
I believe OSX on i386 will cause a major movement toward more open source software development.
What's that smell? Ah, that's my karma burning...
For inspiring open source development by giving people things to imitate and something to hate.
The Blender Foundation has done an unprecedented thing by raising so much cash to bring Blender into the Free Software Fold. I'm not aware of any program in the free software base which is so sophisticated as a 3d modeler. I think they are pioneers and should be lauded for their efforts!
Clickety Click
A quick quote from linuxjournal
"LJ What has been your exposure to, or experience with, free software?
Villanueva I've kept up with the Free Software movement in Peru for several years. Both the philosophy that drives it and the fact that, for technical and economic reasons, this software allows the implementation of solutions for a range of organizations.
LJ There are a number of other countries considering proposals similar to 1609, from Asia to Europe to Latin America. Are you familiar with these? If so, are there parts of your proposed bill that make it unique?
Villanueva Bill number 1609 has now been improved and is currently in the committee stage with number 2485, which is also signed by Congressman Jacques Rodrich. Congressman Daniel Estrada has presented a similar bill that is based on the same free software spirit. Among other countries, the closest are Brazil and Argentina; for Europe, we know about the law passed by the German parliament, as well as the proposal in France and the study presented to the English parliament. In Asia, above all there are the actions of the Chinese Government. All these bills are essentially similar, but in ours, like the Argentinian one, we claim exclusivity in all state bodies. Obviously putting this exclusivity into practice will need a whole process, which will take some time, because there are state bodies that are working well with proprietary software and would only choose free software for their future requirements, assuming it's available on the market. That applies quite generally to any institution. I'm only mentioning it because I'm convinced of how critical migration is, the importance of careful planning, and the availability of the necessary resources to cover the time and the risks that you take.
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thank God the internet isn't a human right.
lol, that's rediculous...XP a real OS...good one!
-> Sometimes, you just gotta break free from the shackles of proprietary code.
As Gtk# continues to mature, it looks like the Mono project will soon be able to provide a powerful cross-platform Java-like envoronment complete with a modern object-oriented language, C#, that has proved so popular in business and enthusiast circles alike, without any of the vendor tie-in associated with Java.
The one that should shut up is YOU. Just because you don't agree with his views doesn't give you the right to hold hate speech about him.
Bury the "GPL is viral" myth!
Considering RMS received the Linus Torvalds award it seems only fitting that Linus get the FSF Award. ;)
"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.
Hey, this guy has my vote! At the very minimun, it helped this nice guy get a boost ;)
Greg Lehey is an important person to many BSDers, and thus I have nominated him. He's a core team member, wrote a damned fine book, and also columns on daemonnews. Go Grog!
I mean, c'mon, the beat up Barney for Pete's sake!
"Prepare for the worst - hope for the best."
I'm going to nominate Valgrind. It's going to greatly improve the performance of Linux software across the board, and puts professional grade profiling in the hands of every MP3 playlist coder on Freshmeat.
What else? Nothing much happened this year. I'd suggest the Mono developers who seem to have accomplished a lot, but won't because I haven't tried it myself and because it's not especially relevant yet (if ever). Mozilla got a lot better, but they did so much bragging up front I'm not inclined to puff them up again now that they've finally accomplished something.
What I'm listening to now on Pandora...
The Peruvian Congressman:
David Villanueva Nuñez
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
How about a posthumous nomination for Gene Kan for his work on Gnutella?
He has commit access to three bsd's and is a tireless advocate/worker on ipv6 for them.
He posts regularly to users@ipv6.org and other
forums.
In terms of advancing free software outside of the US (where ipv6 adoption is still emerging), this is pretty important. You aren't going to run free software if it can't network properly.
He has also worked on Magic Point and other free software projects.
www.itojun.org
Everyone wants Ogg Vorbis on their portable digital media player!
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http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/04/18252
You say things that offend me and I can deal with it. Can you?
The GNU Award for the Advancement of GNU Software?
Define "free" however you like, but I hate hearing "free" when it means GNU. If they want to be so pickey about defining all their terms, they should stop leaning on the ambiguity that the term "free" gives them. The neophyte immediately understands free to be free beer. GNU is exploiting that, since 6 pages of legalese in the GPL doesn't add up to free beer OR free speech.
The Mono project [go-mono.com] has made great strides towards producing a free (GPL and BSD licensed) implementation of the .NET framework that's poised to replace the proprietary Sun/IBM Java installations, which represent one of the final major pieces of non-free software routinely distributed with GNU/Linux.
.net functionality. Indeed, not one of a dozen companies I know who are using free software, FreeBSD, and GNU/Linux have any, even remote, desire for .net, or a free "chase the ever moving Microsoft target, oops, stepped on a patent mine!" alternative implimentation of a standard dictated by a convicted monopolist.
.net's "standard" as dictated by Microsoft isn't about as 'vendor tied in' as it gets.
.net it is a godsend. .Net in comparison is a trojan of epic proportions, and Mono is likely just another of its victims.
Funny, no one at my enterpise misses
As Gtk# [sf.net] continues to mature, it looks like the Mono project will soon be able to provide a powerful cross-platform Java-like envoronment complete with a modern object-oriented language, C#, that has proved so popular in business and enthusiast circles alike, without any of the vendor tie-in associated with Java.
gtk# and mono may be worthwhile projects (much as samba is), but regardless, I can't believe even a slashdot moderator could be so stupid as to mod up such obvious and blatent marketdroid speak. Baseless (and to all appearances inaccurate) claims of C#'s popularity "in business" and "enthusiast circles alike" are only exceeded by the incredibly silly "without any of the vendor tie-in associated with java" comment. As if though
I'm no fan of java (in fact, I loathe it for a number of reasons, not least of which is its byzantine, brain-dead time and date class), but compared to
The Future of Human Evolution: Autonomy
I'm not sure if he was the one who started cygnus support, but if he is, that is also something that should help him get the prize (where would free software be without cygnus today?).
...This guy
A legparnasom tele van angolnaval.
Don't forget about Lindows's "Clicky Award..." Think what you will of Lindows, or LindowsOS, or the name "Clicky," but 50 grand donaed to Open Source software projects is 50 grand. Yeah, $50000US. Go forth and nominate!
Oh, and where it says "we will add you to our mailing database," you can immediately unsubscribe from the Lindows web page.
A solution to the problem with music today
Nominate Doc Searls, he has done more to advance open source computing through his writing than most..
his weblog is here:
http://doc.weblogs.com
Don't Tread on OpenSource
I nominate Bill Gates. He should get the award for advancing free software
...Fractint Team, FreeBSD Team, Bill Gates, John Gilmore, Andi Gutmans....
You seem not to be the only one that wants Bill Gates too recieve it...
from the list of 1999 Free Software Award Nominees:
I have one thing too say:
ROTFLOL !
Moderation: +4. Modded 70% Funny and 30% Overrated. 100% Saturated.
Did you manage to blow out all thirteen candles on your cake this year?
Linus Torvalds has received the award, but the plaque was engraved...
GNU/Linus Torvalds
in order to reduce confusion.
I'm a firm believer that anyone who took the bytecode compile-once-run-anywhere concept, took a look at Java and then pumped millions of dollars into improving on it would have come up with something akin to
C#'s popularity "in business" and "enthusiast circles alike"
This may have come accross as 'marketdroidish' but the point I'm trying to make is that there are over 100 Mono developers with CVS access, and many more who contribute code through the mailing lists. Mono has been an enabling factor for many MSCE types to start dabbling with Mono and thus Linux. The internal structure of the Mono project is an excellent example of how enthusiasts and companies with commercial interests can work together to hack some really cool code.
At the end of the day, Mono hackers hack Mono because they love the technology.
While Debian's Free Software-only politics was controversial some years ago - anyone remember the ugly term "Debian Nazi"? -, it no longer seems so due to DMCA, patenting, and perversions of copyright. Debian has done invaluable work for the Free Software community by thoroughly reviewing the licensing of the software it ships, freeing users from the hassle to become legal experts. Debian users enjoy both the technical excellence and the legal safety of running Debian "main".
It would be good if the FSF Award were given to Debian to finance work on the new Debian installer. This is the last showstopper piece which prevents massive newbie user adoption of this distribution.
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Thats business software alliance.
For work above and beyond the call of duty. For being such immense pains in the ass that customer come running over to the open source side.
Once again thank you BSA for all of your hard work and keep that litigation going.
Anytime you find yourself without work just give me a call and I will be more than happy to turn in my former employers who were running Microsoft software illegally.
For a bunch of people all advocating freedome your being very materialistic.
So I nominate RMS for the GPL and the ideas behind free software.
For all the GNU tools.
and for being able to stir up an argument like no-one else.
some people might think he's a big anal, but so was Einestine, he didn't 'believe' in qauntum physics.
thank God the internet isn't a human right.
oh man.. where are my mod points????
oh crap, now i gotta go pee...
put the what in the where?
"...C#, that has proved so popular in business and enthusiast circles alike ..."
.NET was introduced. The reaction from the group of software engineers was truly frightening. I thought for a while that we were going to have an old style lynching. I don't believe that .NET has proven very popular at all. Further, I believe that most programmers feel that Microsoft is trying to ram it down our throats.
Really? I just attended a technical conference in which the
The race isn't always to the swift... but that's the way to bet!
Chris "Monty" Montgomery the mastermind behind Ogg Vorbis and cdparanoia.
"Karma can only be portioned out by the cosmos." -Homer Simpson
You know you're making progress when the beads of sweat start popping out on the foreheads of the Microsoft drones...
CowboyNeal has my vote! Where can I vote for this poll?
DO something productive, something that makes money.
I guess we know where your values lie.
-g.
Sucks to be a Windows user.
-g.
People--including the FSF--have tried for a long time to come up with a better (English) term than "free software". The only one that has caught on is "open source", which has entirely different connotations. "Free software" is imperfect, but it's what we got.
The evaluation of an action as 'practical' . . . depends on what it is that one wishes to practice.
How about Paul Vixie, for maintaining the comp.sources archives for forever, so that they didn't get lost in the mists of time?
How about Fred Fish, who pretty much single-handedly invented the compilation distribution disk?
How about CSRG for BSD UNIX?
How about Kernighan and Ritchie, for the C language?
How about DECUS, for the DECUS tapes?
How about Ward Christensen and Randy Suess, for inventing the modem, and giving the idea away?
How about Ward Christensen again, for inventing the Xmodem protocol, and giving the software away?
-- Terry
Just because you don't agree with his views doesn't give you the right to hold hate speech about him.
Yeah, only the constitution gives you that right.
"Probably the toughest time in anyone's life is when you have to murder a loved one because they're the devil." -Philips
Then why is it that Microsoft has the most bugs of any mainstream OS, and also takes the longest to fix them? AFAIK, there are no open vulnerabilities in any major software package (e.g. Apache, OpenSSH).
It might not be a good idea right now to use things Argentine as any sort of a role model, especially if it has anything do with money.
Seriously though, my vote would go to the Peruvian guy for writing such an eloquent argument!!
Daniel Horn of Vega Strike would be my nomination. Mr. Horn is the main man behind Vega Strike; which is a space combat and trade game that is beautiful, fun to play, and is completely cross platform. He spends hours of every day tracking down bugs, giving excellent direct support to anyone who has problems with the game (and usually getting the problems fixed!), and adding features for the next release.
Thanks to him, not only is Vega Strike becoming one of the top open source games, but it is also the most modern game in its genre (think Elite and Privateer). Daniel Horn would be an excellent choice for this award.
no thanks
I've already nominated someone, but anyone want to nominate John Carmack?
He's released much of id's older under the GPL, most recently Quake2.
I think he gives a good balance between making money in the commercial sector and releasing code for people to learn and develop from. When a game engine is no longer profitable, he releases it. I think this should serve as a model to other companies to release the code for their old software/abandonware, especially in games.
Heck, go ahead. It'd make RMS either throw up or else laugh so hard he couldn't type for a couple of days, and either one would cut down on his pontificating.
Anyway, just to statisfy a curiosity of mine. Have you ever worked for a company that didn't have tens of thousands of employees and was suffocating under it's own bureacracy ?
My current employer qualifies, in spades. I've also worked for a couple of other small companies, as well as several major ones. You see, unlike RMS, I've been in the real world, and understand how it really works.
My work experience is more on the side of the large corporation, though, since my background (being largely in IBM mainframes) doesn't lend itself as easily to the small shop.
Oh, and it's fascist, not facist.
Disinfect the GNU General Public Virus!
What hate speech? I don't particularly hate RMS, as a person. Anyone who'd go shooting with ESR can't be all bad.
His ideas and ideals, OTOH, are worth fighting, and I won't be dissuaded from doing so.
Disinfect the GNU General Public Virus!
This is not that I don't like Debian (although I don't have the patience to use it as a desktop OS), but it is dangerous to nominate one project where many other equivolent projects exist, and where there is an ongoing debate as to which is best.
Gentoo, though by all reports I've heard it's excellent, is a much newer project.
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a rigged demo
--Andy Finkel (J. Klass?)
In providing a common (perceived) enemy Gates and Microsoft have given free software a goal, something to strive for. We're fighting the Evil Empire, looking to develop better products. In a word: competition. If there was no Microsoft, what would drive most of this development? Rather, if there was not an unhinged company making inferior closed-source software, I doubt there would have been such a flow of free software because it would not have been necessary.
Given that, one could argue that Gates caused all our problems so screw 'em, but I would rather concentrate on the beautiful cooperation and spirit demonstrated by GNU/Linux/BSD/ developers around the world.
Just remember: Gates made you do it
~Chazzf
No statement is true, not even this one.
I thought he was in Peru?
any-how free software isn't about money.
it's free as in speech no free as in beer.
thank God the internet isn't a human right.
That doesn't meen you can't nominate him, don't forget it the thought that counts.
thank God the internet isn't a human right.
You are greed pasonified and that is the reason that free is, free as in speech. free speech is a moral constuct, free beer is just your luck.
thank God the internet isn't a human right.