Welcome to the 2010 Open Source Awards

The Open Source Awards is a contest that aims to encourage, support, recognize and reward Open Source projects.

The winners of the 2010 Open Source Awards are listed below.

To identify the excellence among Open Source projects, public votes for the finalists in each category were combined with ratings from a panel of Judges. 

Packt Publishing has no influence, input or say in the finalists or winners of any Award category. To read more about the judges that helped to select the winners in the 2010 Open Source Awards, visit here.

Winners

Open Source CMS

Every Content Management System (CMS) that is based on one of the Open Source licenses were eligible to participate in this category.

We are pleased to announce that CMS Made Simple has won the Open Source CMS category in the 2010 Open Source Awards.

Winner: CMS Made Simple

1st Runner up: SilverStripe

2nd Runner up: MODx

Congratulations to CMS Made Simple and commiserations to the Open Source projects that took part in the finals for this category but just missed out.

Hall of Fame CMS

This category is reserved for those CMSes that have won the Open Source CMS Award at least once in previous years. 

We are pleased to announce that WordPress has won the Hall of Fame CMS category in the 2010 Open Source Awards.*

Winner: WordPress

1st Runner up: Drupal

2nd Runner up: Joomla!

*As a result of a tie between Drupal and WordPress, an extra independent judge Mark King was brought in for a decisive vote. 

Congratulations to WordPress and a thank you to Drupal and Joomla! for taking part in the Awards this year.

Most Promising Open Source Project

All Open Source projects, that have had its first release date less than two years from 9 August, 2010, were eligible to participate in this category. 

We are pleased to announce that Pimcore has won the Most Promising Open Source Project category in the 2010 Open Source Awards.

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Winner: Pimcore

1st Runner up: TomatoCMS

2nd Runner up: BuddyPress

Congratulations to Pimcore and commiserations to the Open Source projects that took part in the finals for this category but just missed out.

Open Source E-Commerce Applications

This category is reserved for the type of web applications that simplify buying and selling of products on the Internet. 

We are pleased to announce that PrestaShop has won the Open Source E-Commerce Applications category in the 2010 Open Source Awards.

Winner: PrestaShop

1st Runner up: OpenCart

2nd Runner up: Tomato Cart

Congratulations to PrestaShop and commiserations to the Open Source projects that took part in the finals for this category but just missed out.

Open Source Graphics Software

This category, as the name suggests, is for all Graphic Application Software that is used for graphic design, multimedia development, specialized image development, general image editing, or simply to access graphic files.

We are pleased to announce that Blender has won the Open Source Graphics Software category in the 2010 Open Source Awards.

Winner: Blender

1st Runner up: GIMP

2nd Runner up: Inkscape

Congratulations to Blender and commiserations to the Open Source projects that took part in the finals for this category but just missed out.

Open Source JavaScript Libraries  

This category is reserved for JavaScript libraries, libraries of pre-written JavaScript controls which allow for easier development of RIAs (Rich Internet Applications), visually enhanced applications or smoother server-side JavaScript functionalities.

We are pleased to announce that jQuery has won the Open Source JavaScript Libraries category in the 2010 Open Source Awards.

Winner: jQuery

1st Runner up: Mootools and Raphaël

Congratulations to jQuery and commiserations to the Open Source projects that took part in the finals for this category but just missed out.

The winner of the Amazon Kindle in the voting stage is...drumroll please...Juan Manuel Romero Martin! Congratulations!

Prize Fund

2010 Open Source Awards Rules

1. Only nominations for Open Source Content Management Systems, E-Commerce Applications, Graphic Software and JavaScript Libraries available on one of the Open Source licenses, will be counted.

2. Only one nomination per person, per category will be counted.

3. The five Open Source projects with the most nominations will go through to the final in each category, apart from the Hall of Fame CMS category, which is open only to the winners of the Overall CMS Award in previous years.

4. An Open Source project cannot win the Open Source CMS or the Hall of Fame CMS and win the Most Promising CMS category. These must be won by different Open Source projects.

5. Previous winners of the Overall CMS Award are not eligible for the Open Source CMS category in 2010. Previous winners compete amongst one another in the separate Hall of Fame CMS category designed specifically for them.

6. The Most Promising Open Source Project category is open for Open Source projects that first release was under two years ago as of August 9, 2010, available on an Open Source license. Projects that entered the 2009 Most Promising CMS category, that are still eligible for the 2010 Most Promising Open Source projects category are invited to enter.

7. During the final voting stage, only one vote per person will be counted.

8. The top three will be voted for by a panel of judges. A final vote will come from the results of a public vote on www.PacktPub.com

9. Category award winners will be decided on a points basis. The project that the judges and public have voted as the number one will be awarded three points. The second placed project will receive two points and the third placed project will receive one point. The project with the highest number of points overall will be declared the winner.

10. In the event of a tie, an extra independent judge will be brought in.

11. All judges are independent and their decision is final.

12. Packt Publishing has no influence, input or say in the finalists or winners of any Award category.

13. Each winner of the Amazon Kindle will be chosen at random and will be contacted directly by Packt.

For more information: award@PacktPub.com