{
  "id": 1496074,
  "title": "Mark J. Wielaard receives Distinguished Service Award in Software Freedom",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/mark-j-wielaard-receives-distinguished-service-award-in-software",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-17T13:44:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "LWN",
    "slug": "lwn",
    "url": "https://lwn.net/Articles/1089208/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Software Freedom Conservancy has announced that Mark J. Wielaard has been honored with the second annual Distinguished Service Award in Software Freedom for his many years of service to software freedom. Mark is one of many key FOSS developers who has designed his career so that his employers have funded much of his FOSS work. Nevertheless, Mark continues his volunteer work after hours as a…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}