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[[File:Matz.jpg|thumb|[[Yukihiro Matsumoto]] accepting the 2011 Advancement of Free Software award from former FSF president [[Richard Stallman]]]]
The [[Free Software Foundation]] (FSF) grants two annual awards. Since 1998, FSF has granted the award for '''Advancement of Free Software''' and since 2005, also the '''Free Software Award for Projects of Social Benefit'''.

==Presentation ceremonies==
In 1999 the award for Advancement of Free Software was presented at the [[Jacob K. Javits Convention Center|Jacob Javits Center European Meeting]] (FOSDEM). Since 2006, the awards have been presented at the FSF's annual members meeting in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

==Advancement of Free Software award==
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The Advancement of Free Software award is annually presented by the [[Free Software Foundation]] (FSF) to a person whom it deems to have made a great contribution to the progress and development of [[free software]], through activities that accord with the spirit of free software.<ref name="Sdtimes 2014">{{Cite web|url=https://sdtimes.com/award-for-advancement-of-free-software/sd-times-news-digest-october-20-2014-openstack-juno-ibm-plummets-microsofts-fitness-smartwatch/|title=SD Times news digest: October 20, 2014—Microsoft's fitness smartwatch, IBM plummets and FSF Award nominations|first=Rob Marvin and Christina|last=Mulligan|date=October 20, 2014}}</ref>

=== Winners ===
Source: [https://www.fsf.org/awards/fs-award Award for the Advancement of Free Software]
{| class="infobox" style="float: right; text-align: center"
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| [[File:Larry Wall YAPC 2007.jpg|100x100px]]<br />[[Larry Wall]], 1998
| [[File:Miguel de Icaza.jpg|100x100px]]<br />[[Miguel de Icaza]], 1999
|-
| [[File:Brian Paul and Richard Stallman crop.jpg|100x100px]]<br />[[Brian Paul]], 2000
| [[File:Guido van Rossum OSCON 2006.jpg|100x100px]]<br />[[Guido van Rossum]], 2001
|-
| [[File:Lessig_portrait.jpg|100x100px]]<br />[[Lawrence Lessig]], 2002
| [[File:Alan Cox at FOSS 2007.jpg|100x70px]]<br />[[Alan Cox (computer programmer)|Alan Cox]], 2003
|-
| [[File:Theo de raadt.jpg|100x100px]]<br />[[Theo de Raadt]], 2004
| [[File:Andrew Tridgell.jpg|100x100px]]<br />[[Andrew Tridgell]], 2005
|-
| [[File:TheodoreTsoPict.jpg|100x100px]]<br />[[Theodore Ts'o]], 2006
| [[File:HaraldWelte23C3.jpg|100x100px]]<br />[[Harald Welte]], 2007
|-
| [[File:Wietse Venema.jpg|100x66px]]<br />[[Wietse Venema]], 2008
| [[File:John Gilmore.jpg|100x100px]]<br />[[John Gilmore (activist)|John Gilmore]], 2009
|-
| [[File:Rob savoye.JPG|100x100px]]<br />[[Rob Savoye]], 2010
| [[File:Yukihiro Matsumoto.JPG|100x100px]]<br />[[Yukihiro Matsumoto]], 2011
|-
| [[File:IPythonsm.jpg|100x100px]] <br /> [[Fernando Pérez (software developer)|Fernando Pérez]], 2012
| [[File:Matthew Garrett.jpg|100x100px]] <br /> [[Matthew Garrett]], 2013
|-
| [[File:Sébastien Jodogne.png|100x100px]] <br /> [[Sébastien Jodogne]], 2014
| [[File:Werner Koch Portrait 01.2015-2.jpg | 100x100px]]<br />[[Werner Koch]], 2015
|-
| [[File:Alexandre Oliva receiving a Free Software Award at LibrePlanet 2017.png|100x100px]] <br /> Alexandre Oliva, 2016
| [[File:Karen Sandler - Swathanthra 2017 - DSC 9737.jpg | 100x100px]]<br />[[Karen Sandler]], 2017
|-
| [[File:Deborah Nicholson.jpg|100x100px]] <br /> [[Deborah Nicholson]], 2018
| [[File:Jim Meyering.jpg|100x100px]] <br /> [[Jim Meyering]], 2019
|-
| [[File:Bradley M. Kuhn.jpg|100x100px]] <br /> [[Bradley M. Kuhn]], 2020
| [[File:TZDB and some challenges of long data - Paul Eggert - LibrePlanet 2022.png|100x100px]] <br /> [[Paul Eggert]], 2021
|}
;1998 [[Larry Wall]]
: for numerous contributions to Free Software, notably [[Perl]]. The other finalists were the [[Apache HTTP Server|Apache Project]], [[Tim Berners-Lee]], [[Jordan Hubbard]], Ted Lemon, [[Eric S. Raymond]], and [[Henry Spencer]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Free Software Award Finalists, 1998|url=https://gnu.org/award/1998/finalists.html|access-date=26 July 2015|website=gnu.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418131349/http://www.gnu.org/award/1998/finalists.html|archive-date=18 April 2015}}</ref>

;1999 [[Miguel de Icaza]]
: for his leadership and work on the [[GNOME]] Project. The other finalists were [[Donald Knuth]] for [[TeX]] and [[METAFONT]] and [[John Gilmore (activist)|John Gilmore]] for work done at [[Cygnus Solutions]] and his contributions to the Free Software Foundation.<ref>{{cite web|title=1999 Free Software Awards|url=https://gnu.org/award/1999/1999.html|website=gnu.org|access-date=26 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418131356/http://www.gnu.org/award/1999/1999.html|archive-date=18 April 2015}}</ref>

;2000 [[Brian Paul]]
: for his work on the [[Mesa 3D]] Graphics Library. The other finalists were [[Donald Becker]] for his work on Linux drivers and Patrick Lenz for the open source site [[Freshmeat]].<ref>{{cite web|title=2000 Free Software Awards|url=https://gnu.org/award/2000/2000.html|website=gnu.org|access-date=26 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418131357/http://www.gnu.org/award/2000/2000.html|archive-date=18 April 2015}}</ref>

;2001 [[Guido van Rossum]]
: for [[Python (programming language)|Python]]. The other finalists were [[L. Peter Deutsch]] for GNU [[Ghostscript]] and Andrew Tridgell for [[Samba (software)|Samba]].<ref>{{cite web|title=2001 Free Software Awards|url=https://gnu.org/award/2001/2001.html|website=gnu.org|access-date=26 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418131359/http://www.gnu.org/award/2001/2001.html|archive-date=18 April 2015}}</ref>

;2002 [[Lawrence Lessig]]
: for promoting understanding of the political dimension of free software, including the idea that "[[code is law]]". The other finalists were Bruno Haible for [[CLISP]] and Theo de Raadt for OpenBSD.<ref>{{cite web|title=2002 Free Software Awards|url=https://gnu.org/award/2002/2002.html|website=gnu.org|access-date=26 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418131400/http://www.gnu.org/award/2002/2002.html|archive-date=18 April 2015}}</ref>

;2003 [[Alan Cox (computer programmer)|Alan Cox]]
: for his work advocating the importance of software freedom, his outspoken opposition to the US's [[Digital Millennium Copyright Act|DMCA]] as well as other technology control measures, and his development work on the Linux kernel. The other finalists were [[Theo de Raadt]] for [[OpenBSD]] and [[Werner Koch]] for [[GnuPG]].<ref>{{cite web|title=2003 Free Software Awards|url=https://gnu.org/award/2003/2003.html|website=gnu.org|access-date=26 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418131401/http://www.gnu.org/award/2003/2003.html|archive-date=18 April 2015}}</ref>

;2004 [[Theo de Raadt]]
: for his campaigning against [[binary blobs]], and the opening of drivers, documentation and [[firmware]] of wireless networking cards for the good of everyone. The other finalists were Andrew Tridgell for Samba and Cesar Brod for advocacy in [[Brazil]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award|url=https://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html|website=fsf.org|access-date=26 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150612180656/http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html|archive-date=12 June 2015}}</ref>

;2005 [[Andrew Tridgell]]
: for his work on [[Samba (software)|Samba]] and his [[BitKeeper]] client which led to the withdrawal of gratis BitKeeper licenses, spurring the development of [[git (software)|git]], a [[free software]] distributed [[revision control]] system for the [[Linux kernel]]. The other finalists were [[Hartmut Pilch]] founder of the [[Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure]] for his combatting of the [[Directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions|Software Patent Directive]] in Europe and Theodore Ts'o for his Linux kernel [[ext2|filesystem development]].<ref>{{cite web|title=2005 Free Software Award Winner Announced|url=https://www.fsf.org/news/free-software-awards-2005|website=fsf.org|access-date=26 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317020635/http://www.fsf.org/news/free-software-awards-2005|archive-date=17 March 2015}}</ref>

;2006 [[Theodore Ts'o]]
: for his work on the [[Linux kernel]] and his roles as a project leader in the development of [[Kerberos (protocol)|Kerberos]] and [[ONC RPC]]. The other finalists were [[Wietse Venema]] for his creation of the [[Postfix (software)|Postfix]] mailserver and his work on security tools, and [[Yukihiro Matsumoto]] for his work in designing the [[Ruby (programming language)|Ruby]] programming language.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ted Ts'o wins the 2006 Award for the Advancement of Free Software|url=https://www.fsf.org/news/free-software-award-2006|website=fsf.org|access-date=26 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150511192234/http://www.fsf.org/news/free-software-award-2006|archive-date=11 May 2015}}</ref>

;2007 [[Harald Welte]]
: for his work on GPL enforcement ([[Gpl-violations.org]]) and [[Openmoko]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Harald Welte and Groklaw announced as winners of the FSF's 2007 annual free software awards|url=https://www.fsf.org/news/2007_free_software_awards|website=fsf.org|access-date=26 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318022137/http://www.fsf.org/news/2007_free_software_awards|archive-date=18 March 2015}}</ref>

;2008 [[Wietse Venema]]
: For his "significant and wide-ranging technical contributions to network security, and his creation of the [[Postfix (software)|Postfix]] email server."<ref name="fsf.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.fsf.org/news/2008_free_software_awards|title=Wietse Venema and Creative Commons announced as winners of the 2008 free software awards|website=fsf.org|access-date=26 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622002201/http://www.fsf.org/news/2008_free_software_awards/|archive-date=22 June 2015}}</ref>

;2009 [[John Gilmore (activist)|John Gilmore]]
: For his "many contributions and long term commitment to the free software movement."<ref name="2009announcement">{{cite web|url=http://www.fsf.org/news/2009-free-software-awards|title=2009 Free Software Awards Announced|website=fsf.org|access-date=26 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150410125445/http://www.fsf.org/news/2009-free-software-awards|archive-date=10 April 2015}}</ref>

;2010 [[Rob Savoye]]
: For his work on [[Gnash (software)|Gnash]]
::Additionally, a special mention was made to honor the memory and contribution of [https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=78514#c19 Adrian Hands], who used a morse input device to code and successfully submit a [[GNOME]] patch, three days before he died from [[ALS]].<ref>{{cite web|author1=John Sullivan|author-link1=William John Sullivan|title=2010 Free Software Awards announced|url=https://www.fsf.org/news/2010-free-software-awards-announced|website=fsf.org|access-date=26 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150501135149/http://www.fsf.org/news/2010-free-software-awards-announced|archive-date=1 May 2015}}</ref>

;2011 [[Yukihiro Matsumoto]]
: the creator of [[Ruby (programming language)|Ruby]], for his work on [[GNU]], Ruby, and other [[Free Software|free software]] for over 20 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fsf.org/news/2011-free-software-awards-announced|title=2011 Free Software Awards announced|website=fsf.org|access-date=26 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418200237/http://www.fsf.org/news/2011-free-software-awards-announced|archive-date=18 April 2015}}</ref>

;2012 [[Fernando Pérez (software developer)|Fernando Pérez]]
: for his work on [[IPython]], and his role in the scientific Python community.<ref name='2012 winners'>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fsf.org/news/2012-free-software-award-winners-announced|title=2012 Free Software Award winners announced — Free Software Foundation — Working together for free software|website=www.fsf.org}}</ref><ref name="Heise 2012">{{Cite web|url=https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Free-Software-Awards-fuer-IPython-und-OpenMRS-1829598.html|title=Free Software Awards für IPython und OpenMRS|first=heise|last=online|website=heise online}}</ref>

;2013 [[Matthew Garrett]]
: for his work to support software freedom in relation to [[Secure Boot]], [[UEFI]], and the [[Linux kernel]]<ref name='2013 winners'>{{Cite web | last = Free Software Foundation | title = Matthew Garrett, GNOME Foundation's Outreach Program for Women are Free Software Award winners | work = Free Software Foundation | access-date = 2014-03-23 | date = 2014-03-21 | url = https://www.fsf.org/news/free-software-award-winners-announced }}</ref>

;2014 [[Sébastien Jodogne]]
: for his work on easing the exchange of medical images and developing [[Orthanc (software)|Orthanc]].<ref name=fsf2014>[https://www.fsf.org/news/free-software-award-winners Sébastien Jodogne, ReGlue are Free Software Award (2014) winners] FSF</ref>

;2015 [[Werner Koch]]
: the founder and driving force behind [[GnuPG]]. GnuPG is the de facto tool for encrypted communication. Society needs more than ever to advance free encryption technology.<ref name=fsf2015>[https://www.fsf.org/news/library-freedom-project-and-werner-koch-are-2015-free-software-awards-winners Library Freedom Project and Werner Koch are 2015 Free Software Awards winners] FSF</ref>

;2016 Alexandre Oliva
: for his work in promoting Free Software and the involvement in projects like the maintenance of [[linux-libre]] and the [[reverse engineer]] of the proprietary software used by Brazilian citizens to submit their taxes to the government.<ref name=fsf2016>[https://www.fsf.org/news/securedrop-and-alexandre-oliva-are-2016-free-software-awards-winners SecureDrop and Alexandre Oliva are 2016 Free Software Awards winners] FSF</ref>

;2017 [[Karen Sandler]]
: for her dedication to Free Software as the former Executive Director of [[GNOME Foundation]], current Executive Director of [[Software Freedom Conservancy]], co-organizer of [[Outreachy]], and through years of ''pro bono'' legal advice.<ref name=fsf2017>[https://www.fsf.org/news/public-lab-and-karen-sandler-are-2017-free-software-awards-winners-1 Public Lab and Karen Sandler are 2017 Free Software Awards winners] FSF</ref>

;2018 [[Deborah Nicholson]]
: Deborah was the director of community operations at the [[Software Freedom Conservancy]], Stallman praised her body of work and her unremitting and widespread contributions to the free software community. "Deborah continuously reaches out to, and engages, new audiences with her message on the need for free software in any version of the future. "<ref name=fsf2018>[https://www.fsf.org/news/openstreetmap-and-deborah-nicholson-win-2018-fsf-awards OpenStreetMap and Deborah Nicholson win 2018 FSF Awards] FSF</ref>

;2019 [[Jim Meyering]]
: a prolific free software programmer, maintainer and writer, having contributed significantly to the [[GNU Core Utilities]], [[GNU Autotools]] and [[Gnulib]].<ref name=fsf2019>[https://www.fsf.org/news/lets-encrypt-jim-meyering-and-clarissa-lima-borges-receive-fsfs-2019-free-software-awards Let's Encrypt, Jim Meyering, and Clarissa Lima Borges receive FSF's 2019 Free Software Awards] FSF</ref>

;2020 [[Bradley M. Kuhn]]
:for his work in enforcing the GNU General Public License (GPL) and promoting copyleft through his position at Software Freedom Conservancy.<ref name="lp21" />

;2021 [[Paul R. Eggert|Paul Eggert]]
: a computer scientist who teaches in the Department of Computer Science at the [[University of California]], Los Angeles, contributor to the [[GNU operating system]] for over thirty years and current maintainer of the [[tz database|Time Zone Database]]. <ref name=fsf2021>[https://www.fsf.org/news/free-software-awards-winners-announced-securepairs-protesilaos-stavrou-paul-eggert Free Software Awards winners announced: SecuRepairs, Protesilaos Stavrou, Paul Eggert ], FSF</ref>

;2022 Eli Zaretskii
: Contributor and co-maintainer of [[GNU Emacs]], for over thirty years and overseeing more than two hundred active contributors.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Dee |first=Katie |date=2023-03-20 |title=The recipients of the 2022 Free Software Awards have been announced |url=https://sdtimes.com/software-development/the-recipients-of-the-2022-free-software-awards-have-been-announced/ |access-date=2023-06-07 |website=SD Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Free Software Supporter April [LWN.net] |url=https://lwn.net/Articles/928247/ |access-date=2023-06-07 |website=lwn.net}}</ref>

;2023 Bruno Haible
: One of the lead contributors and a maintainer of [[Gnulib]].<ref name=fsf2023>{{Cite web |last=Farough |first=Greg |date=2024-05-05 |title=Free Software Awards winners announced: Bruno Haible, code.gouv.fr, Nick Logozzo |url=https://www.fsf.org/news/free-software-awards-winners-announced-bruno-haible-french-free-software-unit-nick-logozzo |access-date=2024-05-06 |website=FSF |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Social benefit award==
Source: [https://www.fsf.org/awards/sb-award The Award for Projects of Social Benefit]
[[File:IMG 5010 - Flickr - Jason "Textfiles" Scott.jpg|thumb|2009 Award for Projects of Social Benefit awarded to The [[Internet Archive]].]]
The '''Free Software Award for Projects of Social Benefit''' is an annual award granted by the [[Free Software Foundation]] (FSF). In announcing the award, the FSF explained that:

{{quote|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.<ref>{{cite web | title=Announcement of award at FSF website | url=http://www.fsf.org/news/social-benefit-award.html |access-date=1 May 2007}}</ref>}}

According to [[Richard Stallman]], former President of FSF, the award was inspired by the [[Sahana FOSS Disaster Management System|Sahana]] project which was developed, and was used, for organising the transfer of aid to tsunami victims in [[Sri Lanka]] after the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake]]. The developers indicated that they hope to adapt it to aid in other future disasters.<ref>{{cite web | author=Richard Stallman | title=FSF blog entry | url=http://www.fsf.org/blogs/rms/entry-20051102.html |access-date=1 May 2007}}</ref>

This is the second annual award created by the FSF. The first was the [[#Advancement of Free Software award|Award for the Advancement of Free Software]] (AAFS).

===Winners===
The award was first awarded in 2005, and the recipients have been:<ref>{{cite web | title=Awards of projects of social benefit at FSF website| url=http://www.fsf.org/awards/sb-award |access-date=1 May 2007}}</ref>
;2005 [[Wikipedia]]
:The Free Encyclopedia
;2006 The [[Sahana FOSS Disaster Management System]]
:"An entirely volunteer effort to create technology for managing large-scale relief efforts"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://techmania.wordpress.com/2007/04/03/sahana-wins-fsf-award/|title=Sahana wins FSF Award|date=April 3, 2007}}</ref>
;2007 [[Groklaw]]
:"An invaluable source of legal and technical information for software developers, lawyers, law professors, and historians"<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080319200536221|title=Groklaw - Harald Welte and Groklaw win FSF's 2007 Free Software Awards|website=www.groklaw.net|access-date=2008-04-07|archive-date=2017-07-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170704181002/http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080319200536221|url-status=usurped}}</ref>
;2008 [[Creative Commons]]
:"[For] foster[ing] a growing body of creative, educational and scientific works that can be shared and built upon by others [and] work[ing] to raise awareness of the harm inflicted by increasingly restrictive copyright regimes."<ref name="fsf.org"/>
;2009 [[Internet Archive]]
:For collecting freely available information, archiving the web, collaborating with libraries, and creating free software to make information available to the public.<ref name="2009announcement"/>
;2010 [[Tor (anonymity network)|Tor]]
:For writing software to help privacy online.<ref name="Telegraph 2010">{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/11093317/Guns-drugs-and-freedom-the-great-dark-net-debate.html|title=Guns, drugs and freedom: the great dark net debate|website=www.telegraph.co.uk}}</ref>
;2011 [[GNU Health]]
:For their work with health professionals around the world to improve the lives of the underprivileged.
;2012 [[OpenMRS]]
:"A free software medical record system for developing countries. OpenMRS is now in use around the world, including South Africa, Kenya, Rwanda, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Uganda, Tanzania, Haiti, India, China, United States, Pakistan, the Philippines, and many other places."<ref name='2012 winners'/><ref name="Heise 2012" />
;2013 GNOME Foundation's [[Free and Open Source Software Outreach Program for Women|Outreach Program for Women]]
:OPW's work benefits society, "addressing gender discrimination by empowering women to develop leadership and development skills in a society which runs on technology".<ref name="2013 winners" />
;2014 Reglue
:which donates refurbished Linux computers to underprivileged children in Austin, TX.<ref name=fsf2014/>
;2015 [[Library Freedom Project]]
:a partnership among librarians, technologists, attorneys, and privacy advocates which aims to make real the promise of intellectual freedom in libraries. By teaching librarians about surveillance threats, privacy rights and responsibilities, and digital tools to stop surveillance, the project hopes to create a privacy-centric paradigm shift in libraries and the local communities they serve.<ref name=fsf2015/>
;2016 [[SecureDrop]]
:an open-source software platform for secure communication between journalists and sources ([[whistleblowers]])<ref name=fsf2016/>
;2017 [[Public Lab]]
:a non-profit organization that facilitates collaborative, [[open source]] environmental research in a model known as [[Community Science]]<ref name=fsf2017/>
;2018 [[OpenStreetMap]]
:a collaborative project to create a free editable map of the world. Founded by Steve Coast in the UK in 2004, OpenStreetMap is built by a community of over one million community members and has found its application on thousands of Web sites, mobile apps, and hardware devices. OpenStreetMap is the only truly global service without restrictions on use or availability of map information.<ref name=fsf2018/>
;2019 [[Let's Encrypt]]
:a Certificate Authority (CA) that provides an easy way to obtain and install free TLS/SSL certificates.
;2020 [[CiviCRM]]
:free program that nonprofit organizations around the world use to manage their mailings and contact databases<ref name="lp21">{{Cite web |title=Free Software Awards winners announced: CiviCRM, Bradley Kuhn, and Alyssa Rosenzweig — Free Software Foundation — Working together for free software |url=https://www.fsf.org/news/free-software-awards-winners-announced-civicrm-bradley-kuhn-and-alyssa-rosenzweig |access-date=2021-03-22 |website=www.fsf.org}}</ref>
;2021 [[SecuRepairs]]
:an association of information security experts who support the [[right to repair]]<ref name=fsf2021 />
;2022 GNU Jami
:Free software tool for [[Decentralized application|decentralized]], secure, encrypted [[Videotelephony|videoconferencing]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />
;2023 code.gouv.fr
:French Free Software Unit of the French government<ref name=fsf2023/>

== Award for outstanding new Free Software contributor ==
The third annual award created by the FSF, the award is presented to an exceptional newcomer to the free software community.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Award for Outstanding New Free Software Contributor — Free Software Foundation — Working together for free software |url=https://www.fsf.org/awards/onfsc-award |access-date=2021-03-22 |website=www.fsf.org}}</ref>

===Winners===
The award was first awarded for 2019 at [[LibrePlanet]] 2020, and the recipients have been:
;2019 [[Clarissa Lima Borges]]
:Outreachy internship work focused on usability testing for various GNOME applications. 
;2020 [[Alyssa Rosenzweig]]
:Leads the Panfrost project, a project to reverse engineer and implement a free driver for the Mali series of graphics processing units (GPUs) used on a wide variety of single-board computers and mobile phones.
;2021 [[Protesilaos Stavrou]]
:A philosopher who since 2019 has become a mainstay of the [[GNU Emacs]] community through his blog posts, conference talks, livestreams, and code contributions.<ref name=fsf2021 />
; 2022 Tad (SkewedZepplin)
:Lead developer of [[DivestOS]], which aims to remove [[Proprietary software|proprietary]] binaries, and supports free software, security, privacy, and extending usefulness of older devices. Also a contributor to [[Replicant]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />
; 2023 Nick Logozzo
:lead developer of Parabolic (not to be confused with [[Parabola GNU/Linux]])<ref name=fsf2023/>

==Award Committee==
{{Incomplete list|date=February 2023}}
* 1998: [[Peter H. Salus]], Scott Christley, Rich Morin, [[Adam Richter]], [[Richard Stallman]], and [[Vernor Vinge]]
* 1999: [[Peter H. Salus]], ''no further details found''
* 2000: ''no details found''
* 2001 ''The selection committee included:'' [[Miguel de Icaza]], [[Ian Murdock]], [[Eric S. Raymond]], [[Peter H. Salus]], [[Vernor Vinge]], and [[Larry Wall]]
* 2002 ''The selection committee included:'' Enrique A. Chaparro, Frederic Couchet, Hong Feng, [[Miguel de Icaza]], Raj Mathur, [[Frederick Noronha]], [[Jonas Öberg]], [[Eric S. Raymond]], [[Guido van Rossum]], [[Peter H. Salus]], Suresh Ramasubramanian, and [[Larry Wall]]
* 2003 ''The selection committee included:'' Enrique A. Chaparro, Frederic Couchet, [[Miguel de Icaza]], Raj Mathur, [[Frederick Noronha]], [[Jonas Öberg]], [[Bruce Perens]], [[Peter H. Salus]], Suresh Ramasubramanian, [[Richard Stallman]], and [[Vernor Vinge]]
* 2004: Suresh Ramasubramanian, Raj Mathur, [[Frederick Noronha]], Hong Feng, Frederic Couchet, Enrique A. Chaparro, [[Vernor Vinge]], [[Larry Wall]], [[Alan Cox (computer programmer)|Alan Cox]], [[Peter H Salus]], [[Richard Stallman]]
* 2005: [[Peter H. Salus]] (chair), [[Richard Stallman]], [[Alan Cox (computer programmer)|Alan Cox]], [[Lawrence Lessig]], [[Guido van Rossum]], Frederic Couchet, [[Jonas Öberg]], Hong Feng, [[Bruce Perens]], Raj Mathur, Suresh Ramasubramanian, Enrique A. Chaparro, [[Ian Murdock]]
* 2006: [[Peter H. Salus]] (chair), [[Richard Stallman]], [[Andrew Tridgell]], [[Alan Cox (computer programmer)|Alan Cox]], [[Lawrence Lessig]], [[Vernor Vinge]], Frederic Couchet, [[Jonas Öberg]], Hong Feng, Raj Mathur, Suresh Ramasubramanian
* 2008: Suresh Ramasubramanian (Chair), [[Peter H. Salus]], Raj Mathur, Hong Feng, [[Andrew Tridgell]], [[Jonas Öberg]], [[Vernor Vinge]], [[Richard Stallman]], and [[Fernanda G. Weiden]].
* 2009: Suresh Ramasubramanian (Chair), [[Peter H. Salus]], [[Lawrence Lessig]], Raj Mathur, [[Wietse Venema]], Hong Feng, [[Andrew Tridgell]], [[Jonas Öberg]], [[Vernor Vinge]], [[Richard Stallman]], [[Fernanda G. Weiden]] and [[Harald Welte]].
* 2010: Suresh Ramasubramanian (Chair), [[Peter H. Salus]], Raj Mathur, [[Wietse Venema]], Hong Feng, [[Andrew Tridgell]], [[Jonas Öberg]], [[Vernor Vinge]], [[Richard Stallman]], [[Fernanda G. Weiden]] and [[Harald Welte]].
* 2011: Suresh Ramasubramanian (Chair), [[Peter H. Salus]], Raj Mathur, [[Wietse Venema]], Hong Feng, [[Andrew Tridgell]], [[Jonas Öberg]], [[Vernor Vinge]], [[Richard Stallman]], [[Fernanda G. Weiden]] and [[Harald Welte]].
* 2012: Suresh Ramasubramanian (Chair), [[Peter H. Salus]], Raj Mathur, [[Wietse Venema]], Hong Feng, [[Andrew Tridgell]], [[Jonas Öberg]], [[Vernor Vinge]], [[Richard Stallman]], [[Fernanda G. Weiden]] and [[Harald Welte]].
* 2013: Suresh Ramasubramanian (Chair), [[Wietse Venema]], Hong Feng, [[Andrew Tridgell]], [[Jonas Öberg]], [[Vernor Vinge]], [[Richard Stallman]], [[Fernanda G. Weiden]], [[Rob Savoye]] and [[Harald Welte]].
* 2014: Suresh Ramasubramanian (Chair), Marina Zhurakhinskaya, [[Matthew Garrett]], [[Rob Savoye]], [[Wietse Venema]], [[Richard Stallman]], [[Vernor Vinge]], Hong Feng, [[Fernanda G. Weiden]], [[Harald Welte]], [[Jonas Öberg]], and [[Yukihiro Matsumoto]].

==See also==
{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}
* [[List of computer-related awards]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.fsf.org/awards/fs-award Official Advancement of Free Software Award site]
* [http://www.fsf.org/awards/sb-award Official Free Software Award for Projects of Social Benefit site]

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