As per tradition for events in the Solvay library we added a book to the collection yesterday. Nadia Eghbal's working in public. #EOSAwards26

The @europeanOSacademy‘s Excellence in Open Source Award 2026 goes to @gregkh #opensource #OSAwards #eosawards26, presented by @bagder. #linux

Back to Daniel now for the Open Source Excellence award!

And the award goes to ...

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And now for a musical interlude, do you recognise it? (I'm of course wondering which of the acadamy's members has played this game!)

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@rdicosmo & @zacchiro just received an #EOSAwards26 for @swheritage - congratulations to them, very proud to be part of their team!

Congratulations to both of you and to Software Heritage ! @zacchiro @swheritage

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In special recognition of their work on @swheritage, the award for Contribution to Community Impact goes to @rdicosmo and @zacchiro! Introduced by Astor Nummelin Carlberg of @OpenForumEurope #eosawards26 #OSAwards #opensource @europeanOSacademy

Next up. @astornc is speaking, and asking the pertinent question: "How would you design a software archive that still functions in 1000 years?" A question asked by the incredible Roberto Di Cosimo, who, along with @zacchiro are accepting the Community Impact award for @swheritage !

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The special recognition award for Skills & Education, handed to Matt Venn by David Cuartielles @europeanOSacademy #opensource #OSAwards #eosawards26

The Apparel in question 🔥🔥🔥

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@matthewvenn (who has very very cool apparel this evening!) Congrats Matt! Your work to democratise access to chip design is inspiring 💫✨

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And now the amazing David Cuartielles, self-proclaimed representative of the "people who aren't wearing suits"! As the winner of last years "Skills and Education" award, he will hand it out this year!

And the award goes to.....
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And the Special Recognition Award for contributions to Business and Impact goes to....

@Karlitschek, Founder and CEO of @nextcloud!

From his contribution to KDE and other free software projects since the end of the 90s, Frank has showcased his dedication to make the internet more secure and federated by the development of open collaboration services!

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@nightrose hands out the special recognition award for Contribution to Advocacy & Awareness to Jenny Molloy from @GOSH
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Dr Jenny Molloy, for her contributions to Open Science Hardware communities! Congratulations Jenny 💫

(Unfortunately, the official photographer is doing too good a job!)

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And now, @nightrose presenting the award for advocacy and awareness! (Lydia was also the recipient of this award last year!)

And the winner is....

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"Nowadays. Open Source has a higher purpose: we want to protect the #privacy of our users, the #security of our users!" And "Everybody who is contributing to o Open Source is contributing to a better world" ✨✨

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@Karlitschek, CEO of #NextCloud! Congratulations, Frank!
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The awards are now beginning, presented by the delightful @Amandine !

She will announce the Business & Impact award, which is fitting as she was the recipient of it last year for her incredible work on Matrix and Element!

And the award goes to .....

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Back to Thibaut who is now saying 'Technology is not neutral: the way you design it defines how it impacts you. With Open Source that design is transparent, so you know how it will impact you", and accepting that "our dependence has become a risk"
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