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FSF: Nominations open for the 15th Annual Free Software AwardsThe Free Software Foundation has opened nominations for its 15th annual Free Software Awards. There are two awards, the Award for the Advancement of Free Software (to an individual), and Award for Projects of Social Benefit (to a project). Nominations will be accepted through November 15. (Log in to post comments)
FSF: Nominations open for the 15th Annual Free Software Awards Posted Oct 19, 2012 15:13 UTC (Fri) by imgx64 (guest, #78590) [Link]
I looked at previous winners (http://www.fsf.org/news/2011-free-software-awards-announced ) and noticed Linus Torvalds is not on the list. Is there a reason for that (political or otherwise)?
FSF: Nominations open for the 15th Annual Free Software Awards Posted Oct 19, 2012 17:10 UTC (Fri) by lindi (subscriber, #53135) [Link]
No idea who makes the decisions here but already
http://www.fsf.org/news/fs-award-2005.html
explicitely says "Previous winners of this award as well as Richard Stallman, Linus Torvalds, and Donald Knuth, are not eligible for nomination".
FSF: Nominations open for the 15th Annual Free Software Awards Posted Oct 20, 2012 6:17 UTC (Sat) by erwbgy (subscriber, #4104) [Link] From the submissions guidelines page: Award recipients will be chosen by a committee of previous winners and FSF president Richard Stallman.
FSF: Nominations open for the 15th Annual Free Software Awards Posted Oct 21, 2012 19:26 UTC (Sun) by proski (subscriber, #104) [Link]
I think Richard Stallman should get the award. That would simplify the above rule :)
makes sense Posted Oct 22, 2012 20:53 UTC (Mon) by coriordan (guest, #7544) [Link]
What'd be the point in giving an award to a celeb that already has a wall full?
(That's a good tactic for getting said celeb to make a public appearance at your event, but that's not the goal of FSF's award.)
FSF: Nominations open for the 15th Annual Free Software Awards Posted Oct 23, 2012 0:23 UTC (Tue) by bronson (subscriber, #4806) [Link]
That page says that Linus (and RMS and Donald Knuth) are ineligible, but not why.
I can understand why RMS would be ineligible -- that's like the Nobel Prize committee giving an award to Alfred Nobel -- but Linus and Don?
FSF: Nominations open for the 15th Annual Free Software Awards Posted Oct 23, 2012 0:25 UTC (Tue) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link]
They already have this award.
FSF: Nominations open for the 15th Annual Free Software Awards Posted Oct 23, 2012 1:25 UTC (Tue) by bronson (subscriber, #4806) [Link]
Does the wikipedia page need updating? Doesn't mention either of them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FSF_Free_Software_Awards
It does say that Knuth was a runner up in 1999.
FSF: Nominations open for the 15th Annual Free Software Awards Posted Oct 23, 2012 15:59 UTC (Tue) by anselm (subscriber, #2796) [Link] Presumably. to become eligible for the award, Linus will have to officially rename »Linux« to »GNU/Linux«.
FSF: Nominations open for the 15th Annual Free Software Awards Posted Oct 25, 2012 9:17 UTC (Thu) by coriordan (guest, #7544) [Link]
> but Linus and Don?
Because there's no point.
People like them have already have already been showered in flowers over and over, while thousands of others put in mountains of volunteer hours and get very little recognition.
And frankly, Linus has already gotten more than his share of accolades and credit.
(I'm nominating Christopher Montgomery again this year for his work on free video and audio formats.)
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