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# Congratulations to the 2012 Free Software Award Winners
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Each year, the [Free Software Foundation][0] presents awards to individuals who
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have made a [strong contribution to free software][1]:
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[0]: http://fsf.org
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> The Award for the Advancement of Free Software is given annually to an
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> individual who has made a great contribution to the progress and development
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> of free software, through activities that accord with the spirit of free
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> software.
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[1]: https://www.fsf.org/news/2012-free-software-award-winners-announced-2
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This year, announced at the LibrePlanet 2013 conference, [the winner was Dr.
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Fernando Perez][1]---creator of IPython. The winner of the Award for Projects of
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Social Benefit was [OpenMRS][2], which is a free (as in freedom) medical records
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system for developing countries.
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[2]: http://openmrs.org/
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