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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. 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
- 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/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