I think Han Solo is a pretty cool guy. Eh shoots Greedos and doesnt afraid of anything
People such as Richard Stallman and Linus Torvalds,
who have already received other awards for their
contributions, were not eligible for the Free
Software Award.
EDIT: Downvotes? Really? Linus isn't a Free Software advocate in the way that the FSF wants their people to be. He's a serious open source and GPLv2 advocate, but that's where it stops. He is not the kind of person that the FSF would give this award to.
* Sent from my laptop, running a Linux Distribution
Is there a taboo on commenting on his looks? This is the worst pic I've ever seen of him.
I get that this is a part of the unique 'character' which produced the free software movement, but after a point it hurts his message. I wish he'd groom himself a little - at least when he's on stage.
At any rate, congrats to Matz!
It is nice that Matz was acknowledged for his work but I feel that the FSF is increasingly out of touch. Instead of campaigning against closed source applications I think they would be far more effective providing support and direction to open source projects.
The difference between open source and closed source commercial software is often polish and general direction. Helping take open source projects to the next level and showcasing them would be far more effective than bemoaning Windows and DRM.
Take MS Office. Libre Office can do pretty much everything everything MS Office can do and it doesn't cost anything to install. The FSF should be asking questions about why Libre Office hasn't made a bigger dent in the Office suite market and then help solve any issues which are slowing uptake.
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:www.fsf...
I like that this award goes to Matz, good choice!
RMS is pumping up to belch blue lighting-balls and Matz is puckering up to teleport the hell outta there.