Inkscape takes home 2018 Bronze OSBAR award at Univention Summit in Bremen

Inkscape took home the 2018 Bronze Open Source Business Award (OSBAR) this year at the Open Source Business Alliance's (OSB Alliance) annual awards event, held in Bremen, Germany, during the Univention Summit. The OSBARs are considered the "Oscars" of Open Source.

The project was one of three award winners; OpenProject took home the Silver while HumHub won the Gold OSBAR. Inkscape Community member Maren Hachmann was on hand to receive the award, which was sponsored by Kopano.

The Open Source Business Alliance's 2018 OSBAR Award organizers and winners at the at Univention Summit in Bremen, Germany, on January 31st, 2019
The OSB Alliance trophy, certificate, and terrific prizes from Kopano.

Five OSBAR jury members reviewed the 13 contenders: Fred Schröder, an IT consultant for Linux and open source business; Anna Brakoniecka, C.A.P.E. IT and founder of Scholar Online; Henrik Hasenkamp, Gridscale; Leena Simon, digital philosopher and IT consultant, and Sabine Kahlenberg, IT Marketing and Communication expert.

In addition to the award, Inkscaper Maren enjoyed a guided tour of Bremen and learned about its history, admired its architecture and delved into its fairytale connections.

Bremer Roland with Inkscape Logo
A 3-D printed Inkscape Logo, which was crafted by Jürgen Weigert during the Kiel Hackfest in 2018, gets to see the Bremer Roland, a famous statue dating from the year 1404.

Inkscape is a professional-grade vector drawing application. In contrast to raster graphics, vector graphics can be scaled infinitely large without reducing image quality. This makes Inkscape incredibly useful for many graphic design and interface design applications.  Inkscape is used by businesses, professionals, hobbyists, and students. Its source code is available on GitLab and distributed free-of-charge for  GNU/Linux, Windows, and MacOS.

The goal of the Inkscape project is embodied in its slogan “Draw Freely.”. This is an invitation to individuals and businesses alike. We wish for all people, professionals and amateurs, rich and poor, to have access to excellent creative software. In providing this software free-of-charge, in a manner that respects the liberty of its users, we hope to make the world a more equitably-served, thoughtfully-crafted, and beautifully-designed place.