The Award for the Advancement of Free Software is given annually to an
individual who has made a great contribution to the progress and
development of free software, through activities that accord with the
spirit of free software.

This year, it was given to Yukihiro Matsumoto (aka Matz), the creator of
the Ruby programming language. Matz has worked on GNU, Ruby, and other
free software for over 20 years…

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[1]: https://www.fsf.org/news/2011-free-software-awards-announced