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Advancement of free software award
- 2023 — Bruno Haible
- 2022 — Eli Zaretskii
- 2021 — Paul Eggert
- 2020 — Bradley Kuhn
- 2019 — Jim Meyering
- 2018 — Deborah Nicholson
- 2017 — Karen Sandler
- 2016 — Alexandre Oliva
- 2015 — Werner Koch
- 2014 — Sebastien Jodogne
- 2013 — Matthew Garrett
- 2012 — Fernando Perez
- 2011 — Yukihiro Matsumoto
- 2010 — Rob Savoye
- 2009 — John Gilmore
- 2008 — Wietse Venema
- 2007 — Harald Welte
- 2006 — Theodore Ts'o
- 2005 — Andrew Tridgell
- 2004 — Theo de Raadt
- 2003 — Alan Cox
- 2002 — Lawrence Lessig
- 2001 — Guido van Rossum
- 2000 — Brian Paul
- 1999 — Miguel de Icaza
- 1998 — Larry Wall
Social benefit award
- 2023 — code.gouv.fr
- 2022 — GNU Jami
- 2021 — SecuRepairs
- 2020 — CiviCRM
- 2019 — Let's Encrypt
- 2018 — OpenStreetMap
- 2017 — PublicLab
- 2016 — SecureDrop
- 2015 — Library Freedom Project
- 2014 — Reglue
- 2013 — Outreachy
- 2012 — OpenMRS
- 2011 — GNU Health
- 2010 — Tor
- 2009 — Internet Archive
- 2008 — Creative Commons
- 2007 — Groklaw
- 2006 — The Sahana FOSS Disaster Management System
- 2005 — Wikipedia
Outstanding new free software contributor award
- 2023 — Nick Logozzo
- 2022 — Tad (SkewedZeppelin)
- 2021 — Protesilaos Stavrou
- 2020 — Alyssa Rosenzweig
- 2019 — Clarissa Borges