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# What Is the LPF?

The League for Programming Freedom (LPF) aims to protect the freedom to write software. This freedom is threatened by "look-and-feel" interface copyright lawsuits and by software patents. The LPF does not endorse free software or the FSF.

The League's members include programmers, entrepreneurs, students, professors, and even software companies.

>From the League membership form:

> The League for Programming Freedom is a grass-roots organization of professors, students, business people, programmers, and users dedicated to bringing back the freedom to write programs. The League is not opposed to the legal system that Congress intended--copyright on individual programs. Our aim is to reverse the recent changes made by judges in response to special interests.

> Membership dues in the League are $42 per year for programmers, managers and professionals; $10.50 for students; $21 for others.

To join, please send a check and the following information:

- Your name and phone numbers (home, work, or both).

- The address to use for League mailings, a few each year (please indicate whether it is your home address or your work address).

- The company you work for, and your position.

- Your email address, so the League can contact you for political action. (If you don't want to be contacted for this, please say so, but please provide your email address anyway.)

- Please mention anything about you which would enable your endorsement of LPF to impress the public.

- Please say whether you would like to help with LPF activities.

The League is not connected with the Free Software Foundation and is not itself a free software organization. The FSF supports the LPF because, like any software developer smaller than IBM, it is endangered by software patents. You are in danger too! It would be easy to ignore the problem until you or your employer is sued, but it is more prudent to organize before that happens.

If you haven't made up your mind yet, write to LPF for more information:

    League for Programming Freedom              lpf@uunet.uu.net
    One Kendall Square #143                 P.O. Box 9171                             Cambridge, MA   02139   USA         Phone: +1-617-243-4091

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