FSF Award for the Advancement of Free Software

The Free Software Foundation Award for the Advancement of Free Software is annually presented 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.

Since 2001, the award has been presented at Free and Open source Software Developers' European Meeting (FOSDEM). The 2000 Award Ceremony was held at the Museum of Jewish Art and History in Paris, France. In 1999 it was presented in the Jacob Javits Center in New York City.

Winners (finalists in parentheses)

• 2004: Theo de Raadt — (Andrew Tridgell and Cesar Brod )
• 2003: Alan Cox — (Theo de Raadt and Werner Koch)
• 2002: Lawrence Lessig — (Bruno Haible and Theo de Raadt)
• 2001: Guido van Rossum — (L. Peter Deutsch and Andrew Tridgell)
• 2000: Brian Paul — (Donald Becker and Patrick Lenz )
• 1999: Miguel de Icaza — (Donald Knuth and John Gilmore)
• 1998: Larry Wall — (The Apache Project, Tim Berners-Lee, Jordan Hubbard, Ted Lemon , Eric S. Raymond, Henry Spencer)

Award Committee

• 2004: Suresh Ramasubramanian , Raj Mathur , Frederick Noronha , Hong Feng , Frederic Couchet , Enrique A. Chaparro , Vernor Vinge, Larry Wall, Alan Cox, Peter H Salus , Richard Stallman
• 2003 "The selection committee included": Enrique A. Chaparro, Frederic Couchet, Miguel de Icaza, Raju Mathur , Frederick Noronha, Jonas Oberg , Bruce Perens, Peter Salus, Suresh Ramasubramanian, Richard Stallman, and Vernor Vinge
• 2002 "The selection committee included": Enrique A. Chaparro, Frederic Couchet, Hong Feng, Miguel de Icaza, Raju Mathur, Frederick Noronha, Jonas Oberg, Eric Raymond, Guido van Rossum, Peter Salus, Suresh Ramasubramanian, and Larry Wall
• 2001 "The selection committee included": Miguel de Icaza, Ian Murdock, Eric Raymond, Peter Salus, Vernor Vinge, and Larry WallMiguel de Icaza, Ian Murdock, Eric Raymond, Peter Salus, Vernor Vinge, and Larry Wall
• 2000: (no details found)
• 1999: (no details found)
• 1998: Peter Salus, Scott Christley , Rich Morin , Adam Richter, Richard Stallman, and Vernor Vinge

External links

• Official site