Les Trophées du Libre

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The Les Trophèes du Libre contest is one of the biggest worldwide Open Source contest whose goal it is to promote innovative software projects and give these projects recognition and media coverage - recently also to motivate students and academic institutions with special prices. The competition is international, it is intended both to free development professionals and amateurs. Participating projects can capply for 6 categories: Security, Games and Multimedia, Business Management and Education.

The first edition 2003 had 113 applying projects from 18 different countries, 2005 149 projects from 25 different countries. In 2005 the jury consisted of members from 12 nations and it was chaired by Mark Shuttleworth, known for the foundation of Thawte and funding of Ubuntu, a Linux distribution.

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[edit] Results

[edit] 1st edition

The edition 2003

  • Gcompris in the category of "Educational"
  • Koha in the category "Public Organizations"
  • GOK in the category of "Accessibility"
  • Dolibarr in the category "Management Company"
  • Weasel Reader in the category of "Public"
  • Vega Strike in the category "Games"

[edit] 2nd edition

The edition 2005

  • Lodel in the category "Public Organizations and Communities"
  • Prométhée in the category of "Education"
  • MedinTux in the category "Business Management"
  • VideoLAN in the category of "Multimedia"
  • NuFW in the category "Security"
  • MediaWiki as "Special Prize PHP"

[edit] 3rd edition

The edition 2006

  • OpenElec in the category "Public Organizations and Communities"
  • Stellarium in the category of "Education"
  • Open Mobile IS in the category "Business Management"
  • Ekiga in the category of "Multimedia"
  • OCS inventory in the category "Security"
  • AlternC in the category "PHP"

[edit] 4th edition - 2007

  • Rsyncrypto in the category "Security"
  • LimeSurvey in the category of "Business Management"
  • DRBL in the category of "Administration and Communities"
  • Chronojump in category "Educational Software"
  • Mediabox404 in category "Multimedia / Games"
  • SAGE in the category "Scientific" Software

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