Linus Thorvalds's “Linux” was honoured with the Golden Nica at the Prix Ars Electronica 1999, category Net Based Art.
Linus Thorvalds has conceived Linus as a so-called "open-source" project, which means that the source code is freely available and can be copied and redistributed without fees or royalties. By releasing his work on the Internet, Thorvalds quickly found a slew of skilled allies, who also began working on this new…
About Linus Thorvalds
Linus Thorvalds, born 1969 in Helsinki, Finland. Lived there basically most of his life: went to school and university there, and married (Tove) and got his first child (Patricia, 2).
Programme information from Prix Ars Electronica Archive. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.