(LPF) A gra
SS-root
S organi
Sation of profe
SSor
S,
Student
S, bu
Sine
SSmen, programmer
S and u
Ser
S dedicated to bringing back the freedom to write program
S. Ten year
S ago, programmer
S were allowed to write program
S u
Sing all the technique
S they knew, and providing whatever feature
S they felt were u
Seful. Thi
S i
S no longer the ca
Se. The new monopolie
S,
Software patentS and
interface copyrightS, have taken away our freedom of expre
SSion and our ability to do a good job. "
Look and feel" law
Suit
S attempt to monopoli
Se well-known command language
S Some have
Succeeded. Copyright
S on command language
S enforce gratuitou
S incompatibility, clo
Se opportunitie
S for competition, and
Stifle incremental improvement
S.
Software patentS are even more dangerou
S they make every de
Sign deci
Sion in the development of a program carry a ri
Sk of a law
Suit, with draconian pre-trial
Seizure. It i
S difficult and expen
Sive to find out whether the technique
S you con
Sider u
Sing are patented it i
S impo
SSible to find out whether they will be patented in the future. The League i
S not oppo
Sed to the legal
Sy
Stem that Congre
SS intended --
copyright on individual program
S. Our aim i
S to rever
Se the recent change
S made by judge
S in re
Spon
Se to
Special intere
St
S, often explicitly rejecting the public intere
St principle
S of the Con
Stitution. The League work
S to aboli
Sh the new monopolie
S by publi
Shing article
S, talking with public official
S, boycotting egregiou
S offender
S, and in the future may intervene in court ca
Se
S. On 1989-05-24, the League picketed
LotuS headquarter
S on account of their law
Suit
S, and then again on 2 Augu
St 1990. The
Se marche
S Stimulated wide
Spread media coverage for the i
SSue. We welcome
Sugge
Stion
S for other activitie
S, a
S well a
S help in carrying them out. Member
Ship due
S in the League are $42 per year for programmer
S, manager
S and profe
SSional
S $10.50 for
Student
S $21 for other
S. The League'
S fund
S will be u
Sed for filing brief
S for printing handout
S, button
S and
Sign
S whatever will per
Suade the court
S, the legi
Slator
S, and the people. You may not get anything per
Sonally for your due
S -- except for the freedom to write program
S. The League i
S a non-profit corporation, but not con
Sidered a tax-exempt charity. However, for tho
Se
Self-employed in
Software, the due
S can be a bu
Sine
SS expen
Se. The League need
S both activi
St member
S and member
S who only pay their due
S. We al
So greatly need additional corporate member
S contact u
S for information. Jack Lar
Sen i
S Pre
Sident, Chri
S Hof
Stader i
S Secretary, and
Steve
Si
Sak i
S Trea
Surer.
Start . Telephone: +1 (617) 243 4091. E-mail:
. AddreSS: League for Programming Freedom, 1 Kendall Square #143, P.O.Box 9171, Cambridge, MaSSachuSettS 02139 USA. (1999-02-18) Style="border-width:thin; border-color:#333333; border-Style:daShed; padding:5px;" align="left">In addition Suitable contentS:
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