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Prize criteria
The APC Chris Nicol FOSS Prize recognises initiatives that are making
it easy for people to start using free and open source software (FOSS).
The prize will be awarded to a person or group doing extraordinary work
to make FOSS accessible to ordinary computer users.
“Accessible” can mean that the initiative makes
existing difficult-to-use software more user-friendly, has produced a
manual or instructions that makes it easy to start using a piece of
software, has organised training for particular groups of people who
otherwise would not be using FOSS, has written extensively about FOSS
encouraging uptake in a particular audience, etc.
As a result, the initiative has increased the number of people using
FOSS in their everyday interaction with computers and/or other
technology related to information and communication.
General
evaluation criteria
Candidate initiatives:
- improve the accessibility to, knowledge
of and/or usability of free and open source software
- are user-oriented (development is driven
by community needs rather than commercial potential)
- are documented so that others can learn
from and replicate the model
- have demonstrable impact and have
increased the number of people using FOSS on a day-to-day basis
Eligibility
criteria
- Candidates support or promote
user-oriented free and open source software.
- Any organisation, group or individual
from any part of the world can apply.
- The application form must be completed in
either English or Spanish however there are no language restrictions
regarding the language of your project. Applicants may be required to
provide basic translation into English or Spanish of some supporting
documentation to enable judging. You will be contacted if we require
additional information.
Small-scale activities are encouraged to
apply
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