hearings on software patents. We welcome suggestions for other
activities, as well as help in carrying them out.
-Membership dues in the League are $42 per year for programmers,
-managers and professionals; $10.50 for students; $21 for others.
-Please give more if you can. The League's funds will be used for
-filing briefs; for printing handouts, buttons and signs; whatever will
-persuade the courts, the legislators, and the people. You may not get
-anything personally for your dues--except for the freedom to write
-programs. The League is a non-profit corporation, but not considered
-a tax-exempt charity. However, for those self-employed in software,
-the dues can be a business expense.
-The League needs both activist members and members who only pay their
-dues. We also greatly need additional corporate members; contact us
-for information.
+(Added 2003) The League for Programming Freedom is inactive nowadays,
+though its web site www.programming-freedom.org is still maintained.
+It would be very useful to find a person who could take the initiative
+to get the LPF operating again. It will be a substantial job,
+requiring persistence and working with a lawyer. If you want to do
+it, please write to rms@gnu.org.
-If you have any questions, please write to the League, phone
-+1 617 621 7084, or send Internet mail to lpf@uunet.uu.net.
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- Chris Hofstader, President
- Dean Anderson, Secretary
- Aubrey Jaffer, Treasurer
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-Chris Hofstader can be reached at (617) 492-0023; FAX (617) 497-1632.
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- 1. To determine the existence of, and warn the public about
- restrictions and monopolies on classes of computer programs where such
- monopolies prevent or restrict the right to develop certain types of
- computer programs.
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- 2. To develop countermeasures and initiatives, in the public interest,
- effective to block or otherwise prevent or restrain such monopolistic
- activities including education, research, publications, public
- assembly, legislative testimony, and intervention in court proceedings
- involving public interest issues (as a friend of the court).
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- by a corporation organized under Chapter 180 of the Massachusetts
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