The APC Chris Nicol FLOSS Prize recognises initiatives that are making it easy for people to start using free/libre and open source software (FLOSS). The prize will be awarded to a person or group doing extraordinary work to make FLOSS accessible to ordinary computer users.
The APC FLOSS Prize has been established to honour Chris Nicol, a long-time FLOSS advocate and activist who for many years worked with APC. According to a statement, extraordinary initiatives that promote FLOSS are those that improve the accessibility to, knowledge of and/or usability of FLOSS, are user-oriented, are documented so that others can learn from and replicate the model and have demonstrable impact and have increased the number of people using FLOSS on a day-to-day basis.
The successful initiative will be awarded a cash prize of US$4 000 at a reception event in Barcelona, Spain, on 6 June 2014. In addition to the global prize, APC will also be recognising exceptional work in FLOSS promotion with a US$1 500 award to an individual or organisation from within its network.
The prize is open to any person or group anywhere in the world who supports or promotes user-oriented free and open source software. The application form must be completed in either English or Spanish; however, there are no language restrictions regarding the language of the project. Small-scale activities are encouraged to apply.
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