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<h2>Help Protect the Rights to Write Both Non-Free and Free Software</h2> |
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<p> |
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The right to write both non-free and free software is threatened by |
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<a href="http://progfree.org/Patents/patents.html">software patents</a> |
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and by |
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<a href="http://progfree.org/Copyright/copyright.html">“look-and-feel” |
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interface copyright lawsuits</a>.</p> |
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The Free Software Foundation fights these threats in many ways. |
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These include support for and being a member of |
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<a href="http://progfree.org/">League for Programming Freedom</a>. |
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The League is a grass-roots organization of professors, students, |
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business people, programmers, users, and even software companies |
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dedicated to bringing back the freedom to write programs. The League |
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isn't opposed to the legal system that Congress |
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intended—copyright on individual programs. The League aims to |
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reverse recent changes made by judges in response to special |
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<p>The FSF urges you to join us in fighting these threats by <a |
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href="http://progfree.org/Help/help.html">helping the League</a>.</p> |
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<strong>The League is not connected with the Free Software Foundation, |
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and is not concerned with the issue of free software.</strong> The |
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FSF supports the League because, like any software developer smaller |
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than Microsoft, it is endangered by software patents, and interface |
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copyrights. You are in danger, too! It would be easy to ignore the |
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problem until you or your employer is sued, but it is more prudent to |
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organize before that happens. |
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Please send FSF & GNU inquiries to |
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<a href="mailto:gnu@gnu.org"><em>gnu@gnu.org</em></a>. |
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There are also <a href="/contact/">other ways to contact</a> |
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the FSF. |
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Please send broken links and other corrections or suggestions to |
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Please see the |
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README</a> for information on coordinating and submitting |
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