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[News] Free Software Luminary Recognised by the German Authorities

  • Subject: [News] Free Software Luminary Recognised by the German Authorities
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:25:25 +0100
  • Followup-to: comp.os.linux.advocacy
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All boys dream of being knights, donât they?

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| According to the rationale, the Cross of 
| Merit was awarded for my work for Free 
| Software and Open Standards, starting from my 
| being speaker of the GNU Project, including 
| my very first speech, my work on the Brave 
| GNU World, over driving the creation of Free 
| Software Foundation Europe (FSFE), to the 
| work done around the Open Document Format 
| (ODF) and the work for Open Standards in 
| general with a variety of hats. The initial 
| proposal originated in the Foreign Ministry 
| from what I heard, which has been a champion 
| for Free Software and Open Standards, 
| especially the Open Document Format (ODF) for 
| years, resulting in one of the most efficient 
| and strategically sound IT environments of 
| all German ministries.
| 
| So this is the most important message: By 
| awarding this Cross of Merit, the Federal 
| Republic of Germany recognises the importance 
| of both Free Software and Open Standards. 
| After Matthias Ettrich was already awarded 
| the Medal of Merit in November 2009 for his 
| work on KDE, this sends another strong 
| message of support for Free Software and Open 
| Standards and for the importance of the work 
| carried forward by associations such as the 
| Free Software Foundation Europe. This work, 
| by the way, is an ongoing process, and it 
| needs your support. So if you can, please 
| join the Fellowship right now.
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http://blogs.fsfe.org/greve/?p=403


Recent:

Matthias Ettrich Receives German Federal Cross of Merit

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| Today at 4pm CET at the Center for
| Economics, Technology and Womenâs Issues at
| the Berlin Senate, KDE founder Matthias
| Ettrich was decorated with the German
| Federal Cross of Merit for his
| contributions to Free Software. Matthias
| was awarded the medal in recognition of his
| work spurring innovation and spreading
| knowledge for the common good. The award
| was presented by state secretary Almuth
| Nehring-Venus. She mentioned that not only
| is Matthias among the younger recipients of
| the award but also that this is the first
| award ceremony where young children of the
| family were present. Also attending was
| Eberhard Gienger, member of the Bundestag
| for the county Matthias grew up in.
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http://dot.kde.org/2009/11/06/matthias-ettrich-receives-german-federal-cross-merit
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