まつもとゆきひろ氏、FSF award を受賞
2012-03-29
やはりこの人はすごいですな。
日本人初受賞ということだが、オレの知る限りでもこの人以上の人はちょっといないかも。
http://www.fsf.org/news/2011-free-software-awards-announced
BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA — Monday, March 26th, 2012 — Free Software Foundation president Richard M. Stallman announced the winners of the FSF's annual free software awards at a ceremony on Sunday, March 25th, held during the LibrePlanet 2012 conference at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.
The Award for the Advancement of Free Software is given annually to an individual who has made a great contribution to the progress and development of free software, through activities that accord with the spirit of free software.
Yukihiro Matsumoto and Richard Stallman.
This year, it was given to Yukihiro Matsumoto (aka Matz), the creator of the Ruby programming language. Matz has worked on GNU, Ruby, and other free software for over 20 years. He accepted the award in person and spoke at the conference on his early experiences with free software, especially the influence of GNU Emacs on Ruby.