Free Software Awards 2009 [In French]

Registrations have now started for projects within the scope of the Trophées du Libre 2009 (free software development awards 2009, also called TL09) at [HYPERLINK@www.trophees-du-libre.org]

This is the fifth edition of a competition that started back in 2003 with the aim to valorise innovative Free software. WE would like to remind you that over 149 projects from 29 countries were registered for the 2007 edition of the competition.

Our President for these TL09 is Pierre SPILLEBOUDT, the President of Audaxis. The jury is composed of about 30 experts in the OS field: developers, researchers, journalists, business managers and owners.

The Trophées du Libre 2009 include 7 Project Categories & 3 Special Prizes

1. Education applications: education tools and resources for students, teachers and schools

2. Professional applications: office, servers or web applications, to introduce new functions or to significantly improve professional use

3. Science applications: applications or useful tools for research and science

4. Security tools and System Administration: tools and applications to help increase the security of networks, servers, users and systems.

5. Applications for recreation and family: home automation, games, home (tools and applications for home and personal use)

6.Technology and media: graphics, video and audio (tools and applications for content creation, manipulation and use for video, audio and graphics)

7.Administration and communities: special tools for official and local authorities

Special awards (for projects submitted in the Project Category and put forward by jury members)

8. Innovative projects: innovative OS project under development

9. Special jury award

10. Honors Award for very large projects

The Trophées du Libre's fifth award ceremony will take place in June 2009 in France. TL09 are made possible thanks to the support from the Picardie Region, French government and the Conseil Régional of Picardie.

Best regards

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