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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.<ref>http://progfree.org/History/history.html</ref> | '''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.<ref>http://progfree.org/History/history.html</ref> | ||
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+ | ==Actions== | ||
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+ | The following are just a few of LPF's actions against software patents. | ||
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+ | * Testified at the [[1994 USPTO software patent hearings]] | ||
+ | * Amicus brief in [[Fortunet v. American Multi-Systems]] [http://progfree.org/Links/prep.ai.mit.edu/ams.amicus] | ||
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+ | {{help|Lots more could be found if someone would go through their [http://progfree.org/Newsletter/newsletter.html newsletters 1991-1995]}} | ||
==Active members, past and present== | ==Active members, past and present== |
Latest revision as of 09:48, 19 November 2010
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]
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
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]
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
References
- ↑ http://progfree.org/History/history.html
- ↑ http://progfree.org/Newsletter/programming.freedom.11.html#election
- ↑ http://progfree.org/Newsletter/programming.freedom.11.html#election
- ↑ http://progfree.org/Newsletter/programming.freedom.11.html#election
- ↑ http://progfree.org/Newsletter/programming.freedom.10.html#Goodbye
- ↑ http://progfree.org/Newsletter/programming.freedom.11.html#knuth
- ↑ http://progfree.org/Newsletter/programming.freedom.11.html#rubin
- ↑ http://www.dreamsongs.com/WorseIsBetter.html