Award for the Advancement of Free Software

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award free software award

The Award for the Advancement of Free Software is a prestigious honor presented by the Free Software Foundation to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the development and promotion of free software.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	award → free software award →
awardedFor	advancing the cause of software freedom →
country	United States →
field	free software → open-source software → software freedom →
firstAwarded	1998 →
frequency	annual →
hasAwardingBody	Free Software Foundation →
hasCategory	civil liberties in the digital world → software award → technology award →
hasLanguage	English →
inception	1998 →
namedAfter	advancement of free software →
notableRecipient	Aaron Swartz → Alan Cox → Andrew Tridgell → Benjamin Mako Hill → Edward Snowden → GNOME Project → Guido van Rossum → Harald Welte → Larry Wall → Matthew Garrett → Miguel de Icaza → OpenSSH developers → Richard Stallman → Samba Team → Sébastien Jodogne → Theo de Raadt → Werner Koch → Wietse Venema → Wikimedia Foundation → Yukihiro Matsumoto →
organizer	Free Software Foundation →
partOf	Free Software Foundation awards program →
presentedBy	FSF → Free Software Foundation →
purpose	recognize outstanding contributions to the development of free software → recognize outstanding contributions to the promotion of free software →
relatedTo	Award for Projects of Social Benefit → Free Software Award for Projects of Social Benefit →
selectionCriteria	long-term commitment to free software → significant technical or non-technical contributions to free software →
sponsor	Free Software Foundation →
website	https://www.fsf.org/awards →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Andrew Tridgell ("Free Software Award") → Guido van Rossum → Miguel de Icaza ("Free Software Foundation Award for the Advancement of Free Software") →	awardReceived
Award for Projects of Social Benefit ("Free Software Awards") → Award for Projects of Social Benefit →	relatedTo
Matthew Garrett ("Free Software Award for the Advancement of Free Software") →	notableAward
Award for the Advancement of Free Software ("Free Software Foundation awards program") →	partOf