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==External links==
 
==External links==
 
* http://progfree.org - LPF's current website (as of 2009)
 
* http://progfree.org - LPF's current website (as of 2009)
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* [http://progfree.org/Patents/against-software-patents.html LPF's position paper of 1991]
 
* [http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/projects/lpf/Patents/industry-at-risk.html Software Patents: An Industry At Risk] - LPF's submission to the [[USPTO]] in 1994
 
* [http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/projects/lpf/Patents/industry-at-risk.html Software Patents: An Industry At Risk] - LPF's submission to the [[USPTO]] in 1994
 
* [http://progfree.org/Links/prep.ai.mit.edu/index.html Archive of many old documents]
 
* [http://progfree.org/Links/prep.ai.mit.edu/index.html Archive of many old documents]

Revision as of 06:41, 19 August 2009

League for Programming Freedom (LPF) was set up in 1989 to campaign against software patents and interface copyright. LPF was founded after some initial actions by Richard Stallman and John Gillmore.[1]

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]

External links

References