International Free Software Contest: 3rd Trophées du Libre
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Saturday 02 December 2006
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Thursday, 30. November 2006, I found myself in the beautiful city
of Soissons,
France, as a jury member of the 3rd Trophées du Libre. The
contest is organised by the Centre
Européen de Transfert et de Recherche en Informatique Libre, the
European Free Software Transfer and Research Centre, which is funded
from public and private funds to promote Free
Software and its commercial adoption.
This year's patron was Michel Rocard,
former French prime minister, current Member of the European
Parliament, and one of the most important critics against the
introduction of software patents in Europe. If you're interested in
who won, the official press release with the winners
of 2006 is online as PDF here.
Personally I think this is a very important event. The Free
Software community needs such awards to show appreciation and give
support to important Free Software projects. I consider this a very
important part of the feedback mechanism in our community, and I very
much hope that for the next edition there will be many more
applications from all over Europe and the rest of the world.
Some changes on the web page could probably help to make that
happen, so could some more communication when the next edition is
being started. I'll keep you updated.
