Re: [Fsfe-uk] affs strategy [long]

[Brian Gough]

Quoting "Georg C. F. Greve" <address@hidden>:

>  || On Mon, 25 Mar 2002 07:47:41 +0000
>  || Marc Eberhard <address@hidden> wrote: 
> 
>  >> -- to give an annual free software award (?)
> 
>  me> That's a great idea! We might even be able to get the prize
> money
>  me> from big players in the market by including their name as
>  me> sponsors, but still making the correct statement about free
>  me> software. Not to mention the possibilities of getting a
> celebrity
>  me> to announce and hand over the prize. Yes, I really like this
>  me> idea!
> 
> The idea is good and I'm supporting it, but the question is whether
> this should be done by the AFFS alone or whether we put it on a
> bigger
> scale (FSF Europe / other associates).
> 

Due to our likely financial constraints I was thinking low budget, like
"best student free software project" or something like that. 

So it would not be competing much with the existing FSF Award.  For a
student even if the prize wasn't much money it could look good on their CV.