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Candidates for 1999 GNU Free Software Award

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the request-for-comment dept.

Malcolm Spence wrote in to tell us that gnu.org has posted a list of nominees for their 1999 Free Software award. Includes lots of names you would expect and a few that maybe you wouldn't.

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  1. Hmm... Why Bill Gates? by Christopher+B.+Brown · · Score: 3
    The "grab bag" of candidates is interesting enough; I'm a bit surprised that they misspelled Jim Blandy.

    Should I take it that the argument behind naming Bill Gates as a candidate is something like:

    By producing software of such questionable reputation, and rapacious licensing terms, Bill Gates has done more to encourage people to consider free software than any other purveyor of proprietary software.

    I don't expect him to win, but this outcome does offer incredibly entertaining opportunities for the awards dinner.

    I'm sure they'd be eating cream pies at that dinner...

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