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League for Programming Freedom
League for Programming Freedom (LPF) was set up in 1989 to campaign against software patents and interface copyright.
Active members, past and present
- Dean Anderson, President (since 1994[1], still/again as of 2009)
- Aubrey Jaffer, Treasurer (since before 1994[2], still/again as of 2009)
- Rich Hilliard, Clerk (since 1994[3], 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[4]
- Donald Knuth - member[5]
- Paul Rubin[6]
External links
- http://progfree.org - LPF's current website (as of 2009)
- 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/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
