Harald Welte and Groklaw Announced as Winners of the FSF's Annual Free Software Awards | Linux Today

Harald Welte and Groklaw Announced as Winners of the FSF’s Annual Free Software Awards

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 21, 2008

“The Free Software Foundation (FSF) announced the recipients of
its Award for Projects of Social Benefit and its Award for the
Advancement of Free Software. Groklaw received the social benefit
award, and Harald Welte received the advancement award. FSF
president Richard Stallman handed out the awards at the conclusion
of the FSF’s annual associate members meeting in Cambridge, MA.

“The Award for Projects of Social Benefit is presented annually
to a free software project that intentionally and significantly
benefits society. Since its start in 2003, Groklaw has evolved into
an invaluable source of legal and technical information for
software developers, lawyers, law professors, and
historians…”

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Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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