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Home  News Winners of the APC Chris Nicol FOSS Prize 2007 announced
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Winners of the APC Chris Nicol FOSS Prize 2007 announced |
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18.10.2007. |
The first APC FOSS Prize established in 2006 to honour Chris Nicol, a
long time FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) advocate and activist who for many years, worked with APC has been jointly awarded to: Free Geek (USA) and NepaLinux (Nepal).
"Free Geek" from Portland in the USA is an organisation that recycles
used technology to provide computers, education, internet access and job skills training to those in need in exchange for community service. Any individual may contribute 24 hours of volunteering in the "Adoption Program" at Free Geek in exchange for a free computer and any individual who wishes to learn how to build computers can join the "Build Program".
All computers have free and open source software installed.
The other joint-winner from Patan in Nepal is the project "NepaLinux"
from the organisation "Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya". NepaLinux is a
Nepali-localised Debian and Morphix distribution based on GNU/Linux. The main contribution of the project is allowing non-English speakers to use GNU/Linux and to develop on it. The second contribution is creating a general awareness around the use of FOSS in Nepal as opposed to using pirated and unlicensed proprietary software. The NepaLinux team is committed towards producing more user-friendly, more stable and less technical software that would meet the actual demand of the Nepali people.
Both initiatives will share the $4,000 USD prize.
The winners were selected by an international jury of FOSS experts.
In addition to selecting above mentioned prize winners, the jury has
decided to award an honourable mention to the educational project
Gleducar in Argentina.
The Chris Nicol FOSS Prize is open to any person or group anywhere in
the world who supports or promotes user-oriented free and open source
software. The prize is financed by APC.
The Association for Progressive Communications is an international
network of civil society organisations dedicated to empower and
supporting groups and individuals through the strategic use of
information and communication technologies, especially
internet-technologies.
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