Z:gnu-www-ja-award-1998--2007fe-Any kind of activity could be/en

Any kind of activity could be eligible&mdash;writing software, writing documentation, publishing CDs, even journalism&mdash;but whatever the activity, we wanted to recognize long-term central contributions to the development of the world of free software. &ldquo;Accord with the spirit&rdquo; means, for example, that software, manuals or collections of them (on tape or CD) must be entirely free. (That's free as in freedom; selling copies of free software for money is legitimate and would not disqualify someone from the award.) Work done commercially was eligible, but we want to give awards to individuals, not companies.