ADVISORY/ An International Group of Computer Hackers Will Gather Next Week to Hold Their Own Awards Event Celebrating Accomplishments in Free Software.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- WHAT: First Annual Free Software Award WHO: Presented by the Free Software Foundation WHEN: October 9th, 1998 Reception 7 pm Presentation 8 pm (By Invitation Only) WHERE: MIT Media Lab This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. , The Wiesner Building The Wiesner Building houses the MIT Media Lab, the Center for Bits and Atoms (Neil Gershenfeld's lab) and the List Visual Arts Center. It was designed by Ieoh Ming Pei & Partners. , 20 Ames Street, Cambridge An international audience of computer and other professionals will gather next Friday Next Friday is the 2000 sequel to Friday , which depicts the neighborhood of South Los Angeles in a comedic sense. The hero, Craig Jones (Ice Cube), leaves home and moves in with his lottery winning and sex-crazed Uncle Elroy (Don "D.C." Curry) in Rancho Cucamonga. at the MIT Media Lab for a presentation of the first Free Software Foundation Award for the Advancement of Free Software The Free Software Foundation Award for the Advancement of Free Software is annually presented by the Free Software Foundation 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 . The Award event will kick off an international Internet conference, "One Planet, One Net" held by Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility - (CPSR) A non-profit organisation whose mission is to provide the public and policymakers with realistic assessments of the power, promise and problems of Information Technology and the effects of computers on society. . Other conference events will be on October 10 and 11 at MIT MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology . The Free Software Award will be given to an individual chosen from hundreds of nominations submitted by e-mail. The recipient will be someone who has made a great contribution to the progress and development of free software through activities that accord with the spirit of free software ("free" as in freedom; see http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html for the definition). The Free Software Foundation was founded about fifteen years ago by Richard Stallman, already an internationally reknowned programmer and since then a recipient of the MacArthur "genius" award. In 1984 Stallman set out to create a free computer operating system called GNU ("GNU's not Unix"). Today, with Linus Torvalds, he is acknowledged as the force behind what is commonly called Linux. Free Software such as the GNU/Linux operating system and the Apache webserver has received increased recognition in 1998. Earlier this year, Netscape made its browser source code available under an agreement based on the principles of the Free Software Foundation. |
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