[clug] Free Software Foundation E receives the Theodor-Heuss-Medal

[Karun Dambiec]

It looks like the Free Software Foundation Europe has just received the 
Theodor-Heuss Medal for their contributions towards free software.
It appears these awards are becoming a lot more common recently.


"Last Saturday was a great day for FSFE. We received 
<http://fsfe.org/news/2010/news-20100510-01.en.html> the Theodor Heuss 
Medal 
<http://theodor-heuss-stiftung.de/ueber-den-theodor-heuss-preis/geschichte-des-preises.html> 
for our "extraordinary work for equitable participation in the 
information society"! This is a huge honour for FSFE, and it was great 
to be there, in front of an audience of hundreds of people, to accept 
this award.

The medal highlights a conviction that is at the core of FSFE: That in 
these days where technology is everywhere, freedom is not possible 
without Free Software; and that in turn, Free Software is the basis for 
a free society. We need to work, struggle and fight to gain and defend 
our freedom to be the masters of the technology we use, rather than its 
slaves.

The topic of this year's award was "The social market economy in the 
times of globalisation".  According to the foundation's chairman, FSFE 
was chosen for the award because we "contribute to work out new rules 
for the social, political and legal framework" of the information 
society, and because we help to establish rules for "good global 
governance"."


Source: http://blogs.fsfe.org/gerloff/?p=350