Nominate your free software heroes

[Raj Mathur (राज माथुर)]

http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/nominate%2dyour%2dfree%2dsoftware%2dheroes

The nomination window for the 15th annual Free Software Awards is open.
Now is your chance to show some love for your favorite free software
hero or an inspiring project that uses free software or free software
principles to benefit humanity.

Don't delay, nominations are due on November 15th. To nominate an
individual for the Award for the Advancement of Free Software or a
project for the Award for Projects of Social Benefit, send your
nomination along with a description of the project or individual to
award-no...@gnu.org.

The free software movement is powered by dedicated individuals and has
fostered many incredible projects that are making a difference in the
world with the help of free software tools and principles. You can read
more about the awards and past winners in our official announcement.

What are you waiting for; take a few minutes to give props to people and
projects that inspire you. Your nominations will be reviewed by our
awards committee and the winners will be announced at LibrePlanet 2013.
Award for the Advancement of Free Software

The Free Software Foundation Award for the Advancement of Free Software
is presented annually by FSF president Richard Stallman to an individual
who has made a great contribution to the progress and development of
free software, through activities that accord with the spirit of free
software.

Award for Projects of Social Benefit

Nominations are also open for the 2012 Award for Projects of Social
Benefit.

This award is presented to the project or team responsible for applying
free software, or the ideas of the free software movement, in a project
that intentionally and significantly benefits society in other aspects
of life.

We look to recognize projects or teams that encourage collaboration to
accomplish social tasks. A long-term commitment to one's project (or the
potential for a long-term commitment) is crucial to this end.

This award stresses the use of free software in the service of humanity.
We have deliberately chosen this broad criterion so that many different
areas of activity can be considered. However, one area that is not
included is that of free software itself. Projects with a primary goal
of promoting or advancing free software are not eligible for this award
(we honor those projects with our annual Award for the Advancement of
Free Software).

We will consider any project or team that uses free software or its
philosophy to address a goal important to society. To qualify, a project
must use free software, produce free documentation, or use the idea of
free software as defined in the Free Software Definition. Work done
commercially is eligible, but we will give this award to the project or
team that best utilizes resources for society's greater benefit.

Nomination Requirements

In the case of both awards, previous winners are not eligible for
nomination, but renomination of other previous nominees is encouraged.
Only individuals are eligible for nomination for the Advancement of Free
Software Award, and only projects can be nominated for the Social
Benefit Award.

Award recipients will be chosen by a committee of previous winners and
FSF president Richard Stallman.

Please send your nominations to award-no...@gnu.org, on or before
Thursday, November 15th, 2012. Please submit nominations in the
following format:

In the email message subject line, either put the name of the person you
are nominating for the Award for Advancement of Free Software, or put
the name of the project for the Award for Projects of Social Benefit.

Please include, in the body of your message, an explanation (40 lines or
less) of the work done and why you think it is especially important to
the advancement of free software or how it benefits society,
respectively.

Please state, in the body of your message, where to find the materials
(e.g., software, manuals, or writing) which your nomination is based on.

Information about the previous awards can be found at
http://www.fsf.org/awards. Winners will be announced at an awards
ceremony at the LibrePlanet conference tentatively scheduled for March
2013, in Boston, Massachusetts.

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