GNU.org: 1999 Free Software Award nominees Nov 8, 1999, 18 :59 UTC (4 Talkback[s]) (2627 reads) (As seen on slashdot)
"For the 1999 Free Software Award, we have received a lot of nominees...."
"We want to give this award to a person who has made a great contribution to the progress and development of free software...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 our philosophy on selling free software) Work done commercially is eligible, but
we want to give awards to individuals, not companies."
