Prof. Lawrence Lessig Awarded the Free Software Foundation Award for the Advancement of Free Software.Business Editors & Technology Writers BRUSSELS, Belgium--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 8, 2003 The Free Software Foundation (FSF FSF - Free Software Foundation ) bestowed today its fifth annual FSF 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 . FSF President and founder, Richard Stallman, presented the award to Professor Lawrence Lessig for promoting understanding of the political dimension of free software, including the idea that "code is law". Lessig has also promoted ideas similar to free software in other related fields. The award ceremony was hosted at the Free and Open Source Software See free software and open source. Developers' Meeting (FOSDEM FOSDEM Free and Open Source Software Developers' European Meeting FOSDEM Free and Open Source Developers European Meeting ) in collaboration with the Free Software Foundation Europe The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE, or FSF Europe) was founded in 2001 as an official European sister organization of the U.S.-based Free Software Foundation (FSF) to take care of all aspects of free software in Europe. . A committee of Free Software leaders selected the winner and two other finalists from the nominations received by the public among the thousands of mostly volunteer programmers worldwide who dedicate their time to advancing Free Software. The selection committee included: Enrique A. Chaparro, Frederic Couchet, Hong Feng, Miguel de Icaza Miguel de Icaza (born c. 1972) is a Mexican free software programmer, best known for starting the GNOME and Mono projects. Miguel de Icaza was born in Mexico City and studied at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) but never received a degree. , Raju Mathur, Frederick Noronha, Jonas Oberg, Eric Raymond, Guido van Rossum Guido van Rossum is a Dutch computer programmer who is best known as the author of the Python programming language. In the Python community, Van Rossum is known as a "Benevolent Dictator for Life", meaning that he continues to oversee the Python development process, making , Peter Salus, Suresh Ramasubramanian, and Larry Wall. Lessig was chosen from three finalists for the award. The other finalists were Bruno Haible and Theo de Raadt Theo de Raadt, (IPA pronunciation: [θio dε rɔt]), born May 19, 1968 in Pretoria, South Africa, is a software engineer and hacker who lives in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. . This was the fifth award of this kind. The prior winners were Larry Wall, Miguel de Icaza, Brian Paul, and Guido van Rossum. About the Free Software Foundation Europe: The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSF Europe) is a charitable non-governmental organization dedicated to all aspects of Free Software in Europe. Creating awareness for these issues, securing Free Software politically and legally, and giving people freedom by supporting development of Free Software are central issues of the FSF Europe, which was founded in 2001 as the European sister organization of the Free Software Foundation. The FSF Europe website is http://www.fsfeurope.org/. About the Free Software Foundation: The Free Software Foundation, founded in 1985, is dedicated to promoting computer users' right to use, study, copy, modify, and redistribute computer programs. The FSF promotes the development and use of Free (as in freedom) Software and Free Documentation for Free Software. FSF also helps to spread awareness of the ethical and political issues of freedom in the use of software. Their web site is located at http://www.fsf.org, and they are headquartered in Boston, MA, USA. |
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