# FSF Award. Guido / Larry won it, why not matz?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fsf-award-guido-larry-won-it-why-not-matz/102343>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [August 15, 2006, 2:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fsf-award-guido-larry-won-it-why-not-matz/102343 "2006-08-15T14:15:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![naething](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/e47774/32.png) [@naething](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/naething)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 2:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fsf-award-guido-larry-won-it-why-not-matz/102343/1 "2006-08-15T14:15:36Z")

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I’m sending my nomination in for him, I think we should all 🙂

[http://www.fsf.org/news/fs-award-2006.html](http://www.fsf.org/news/fs-award-2006.html)

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**Author:** ![naething](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/e47774/32.png) [@naething](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/naething)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 2:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fsf-award-guido-larry-won-it-why-not-matz/102343/2 "2006-08-15T14:15:44Z")

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On Aug 10, 2006, at 2:56 PM, Gregory B. wrote:

> I’m sending my nomination in for him, I think we should all 🙂
> 
> [Call for nominations for the 2006 FSF Award for the Advancement of Free Software — Free Software Foundation — Working together for free software](http://www.fsf.org/news/fs-award-2006.html)

Ditto

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**Author:** ![naething](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/e47774/32.png) [@naething](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/naething)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 2:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fsf-award-guido-larry-won-it-why-not-matz/102343/3 "2006-08-15T14:17:22Z")

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Done!

What a great idea.

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**Author:** ![naething](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/e47774/32.png) [@naething](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/naething)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 7:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fsf-award-guido-larry-won-it-why-not-matz/102343/4 "2006-08-15T19:06:08Z")

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On 8/11/06, Chris G. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> On Aug 10, 2006, at 2:56 PM, Gregory B. wrote:
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> > I’m sending my nomination in for him, I think we should all 🙂

I think it is not the number of nominations but the qualies of the  
nomination and the nominated person what should be considered.

I am not the member of the comitte, though. So I do not know 🙂

> > [Call for nominations for the 2006 FSF Award for the Advancement of Free Software — Free Software Foundation — Working together for free software](http://www.fsf.org/news/fs-award-2006.html)
> 
> Ditto
> 
> –  
> No matter how far you have gone on the wrong road, turn back.  
> -Turkish proverb

Very nice one 🙂

Thanks

Michal