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League for Programming Freedom (LPF) was set up in 1989 in the USA. Their initial focus was campaigning against interface copyrights but they adopted a position against software patents in December 1990.^[1]

Contents 1 Actions 2 Active members, past and present 3 External links 4 References

[edit] Actions

The following are just a few of LPF's actions against software patents.

• Testified at the 1994 USPTO software patent hearings
• Amicus brief in Fortunet v. American Multi-Systems [1]

(Can you help? Lots more could be found if someone would go through their newsletters 1991-1995)

[edit] Active members, past and present

• Dean Anderson, President (since 1994^[2], still/again as of 2009)
• Aubrey Jaffer, Treasurer (since before 1994^[3], still/again as of 2009)
• Rich Hilliard, Clerk (since 1994^[4], still/again as of 2009)
• Richard Stallman, director (as of 2009)
• Chris Hofstader, director (as of 2009)
• Noah Friedman, director (as of 2009), volunteer since 1992^[5]
• Donald Knuth - member^[6]
• Paul Rubin^[7]
• Richard P. Gabriel - spokesman in the early 90s ^[8]

[edit] External links

• http://progfree.org - LPF's current website (as of 2009)
  • http://progfree.org/Patents/ - listing of all or most of LPF's docs related to patents
• LPF's position paper of 1991
• Software Patents: An Industry At Risk - LPF's submission to the USPTO in 1994
• Archive of many old documents
• Newsletter archives of 1991-95
• Survey: Software Developers on Patent Law, 1994
• Wikipedia's article on LPF

[edit] References

1. ↑ http://progfree.org/History/history.html
2. ↑ http://progfree.org/Newsletter/programming.freedom.11.html#election
3. ↑ http://progfree.org/Newsletter/programming.freedom.11.html#election
4. ↑ http://progfree.org/Newsletter/programming.freedom.11.html#election
5. ↑ http://progfree.org/Newsletter/programming.freedom.10.html#Goodbye
6. ↑ http://progfree.org/Newsletter/programming.freedom.11.html#knuth
7. ↑ http://progfree.org/Newsletter/programming.freedom.11.html#rubin
8. ↑ http://www.dreamsongs.com/WorseIsBetter.html