Alas, I didn't find out about the Takeda Foundation's
decision to award Stallman, along with Linus Torvalds
and Ken Sakamura, with its first-ever award for
"Techno-Entrepreneurial Achievement for Social/Economic
Well-Being" until after Stallman had made the trip to
Japan to accept the award. For more information about
the award and its accompanying $1 million prize, visit
the Takeda site, http://www.takeda-foundation.jp/.
On the way over to the restaurant, I learned the
circumstances of Sarah and Richard's first meeting.
Interestingly, the circumstances were very familiar.
Working on her own fictional book, Sarah said she heard
about Stallman and what an interesting character he
was. She promptly decided to create a character in her
book on Stallman and, in the interests of researching
the character, set up an interview with Stallman.
Things quickly went from there. The two had been dating
since the beginning of 2001, she said.
"I really admired the way Richard built up an entire
political movement to address an issue of profound
personal concern," Sarah said, explaining her
attraction to Stallman.
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