Google-O'Reilly Open Source Awards - Hall of Fame

  • The Google-O'Reilly Open Source Awards recognize individuals for their significant contributions to open source across various categories.

  • A committee of open source leaders and experts selects the award winners each year, with previous winners joining the selection process.

  • Award categories have evolved over time, highlighting contributions in areas such as database hacking, community building, education, and advocacy.

  • The awards have been presented annually from 2005 to 2009, honoring individuals like Brian Aker, Bruce Momjian, and Chris Messina for their impactful work.

  • Detailed information on past winners and their contributions can be found on the webpage, including links to their work and photos from the award ceremonies.

The Google-O'Reilly Open Source Awards have been presented to individuals for dedication, innovation, leadership and outstanding contribution to open source.

Winners are selected by a committee, made up of the following: Aaron Leventhal (Senior Engineer, IBM Accessibility Architecture and Development & The Mozilla Accessibility Community), Allison Randal, (The Perl Foundation & O'Reilly - OSCON Co-Chair), Andrew Tridgell (Samba and Rsync), Angela Byron (Drupal), Brady Forest (O'Reilly - Technology Evangelist and Conference Chair), Brian Behlendorf (CollabNet Founder), Chris DiBona (Google, Open Source Programs Manager), Chris Messina (BarCamp, Microformats and Spread Firefox), Danese Cooper (Open Source Diva, Intel), David Ascher (CEO, Mozilla Messaging), David Recordon (Open Platforms Tech Lead, Six Apart & Vice-Chair, The OpenID Foundation), Edd Dumbill (Expectnation & O'Reilly - OSCON Co-Chair), Gervase Markham (Mozilla Project), Karl Fogel (QuestionCopyright.org), Harald Welte (gplviolations.org), Leslie Hawthorn (Google, Program Manager - Open Source), Mark Stone (Executive Producer, Wizards of the Coast), Martin Dougiamas (Moodle), Pamela Jones (Groklaw), Nat Torkington (O'Reilly Radar), Paul Vixie (Internet Systems Consortium), Stefan Taxhet (OpenOffice.org Coordination, Sun Microsystems, Inc.), and Tim O'Reilly (Founder and CEO, O'Reilly Media).

Each year the winners (below) have been invited to be part of the new committee.

2009 Google-O'Reilly Open Source Award Winners

2009 Open Source Awards 2009 Open Source Award winners

Awards Photos courtesy of Pinar Ozyger/O'Reilly Media.

2008 Google-O'Reilly Open Source Award Winners

2008 Open Source Awards Announcing the 2008 Open Sourc Award winners

Awards Photos courtesy of James Duncan Davidson/O'Reilly Media.

2007 Google-O'Reilly Open Source Award Winners

2007 Open Source Awards 2007 Open Source Award winners

Awards Photos courtesy of James Duncan Davidson/O'Reilly Media.

2006 Google-O'Reilly Open Source Award Winners

  • Best Legal Eagle: Cliff Schmidt, Apache
  • Best Community Activist: Gervase Markham, Firefox
  • Best Toolmaker: Julian Seward, Valgrind
  • Best Corporate Liaison: Stefan Taxhet, OpenOffice.org
  • Best All-around Developer: Peter Lundblad, Subversion

2006 Open Source Awards Chris DiBona presenting an Open Source Award

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Awards Photos courtesy of James Duncan Davidson/O'Reilly Media.

2005 Google-O'Reilly Open Source Award Winners

2005 Open Source Awards