FSFE 和 LUGBZ 授予 VLC 总裁兼核心开发者此项欧洲奖项，以表彰他对该项目的长期贡献。VLC 最初只是一个学生项目，在他的不懈努力下，如今已发展成为全球用户最广泛的媒体播放器之一，拥有数十亿用户。
Jean-Baptiste Kempf joined the project as a student, and when it faced the risk of dying after the graduation of its original developers, he took the reins. With the help of other core developers, he transformed it into the indispensable media player we rely on today.
Over the years, Kempf has become not only the president of the VideoLAN non-profit but also one of the lead developers of VLC Media Player and the founder of VideoLabs. “It’s small, fast, friendly, and seems to "understand everything you throw at it. I have always thought of it as "the program that eats everything", said Raphael Barbieri, a member of LUGBZ, during the winner’s announcement.
