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lpf
(foldoc) | League for Programming Freedom
LPF
(LPF) A grass-roots organisation of professors,
students, businessmen, programmers and users dedicated to
bringing back the freedom to write programs. Once programmers
were allowed to write programs using all the techniques they
knew, and providing whatever features they felt were useful.
Monopolies, software patents and interface copyrights have
taken away freedom of expression and the ability to do a good
job.
"Look and feel" lawsuits attempt to monopolise well-known
command languages; some have succeeded. Copyrights on command
languages enforce gratuitous incompatibility, close
opportunities for competition and stifle incremental
improvements.
Software patents are even more dangerous; they make every
design decision in the development of a program carry a risk
of a lawsuit, with draconian pre-trial seizure. It is
difficult and expensive to find out whether the techniques you
consider using are patented; it is impossible to find out
whether they will be patented in the future.
The League is not opposed to the legal system that Congress
intended -- copyright on individual programs. They aim to
reverse the changes made by judges in response to special
interests, often explicitly rejecting the public interest
principles of the Constitution.
The League works to abolish the monopolies by publishing
articles, talking with public officials, boycotting egregious
offenders and in the future may intervene in court cases. On
1989-05-24, the League picketed Lotus headquarters on
account of their lawsuits, and then again on 1990-08-02.
These marches stimulated widespread media coverage for the
issue.
The League's funds are used for filing briefs; printing
handouts, buttons and signs and whatever will persuade the
courts, the legislators and the people. The League is a
non-profit corporation, but not considered a tax-exempt
charity.
LPF Home (http://progfree.org/).
(2007-02-28)
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lpf
(vera) | LPF
League for Programming Freedom (org.)
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
helpfull
(mass) | helpfull
- nápomocný |
helpful
(encz) | helpful,nápomocný adj: Zdeněk Brožhelpful,pomocný adj: Zdeněk Brožhelpful,prospěšný adj: Zdeněk Brožhelpful,užitečný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
helpfully
(encz) | helpfully,užitečně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
helpfulness
(encz) | helpfulness,prospěšnost n: Zdeněk Brožhelpfulness,užitečnost n: Zdeněk Brožhelpfulness,vstřícnost Jaroslav Šedivý |
unhelpful
(encz) | unhelpful,nenápomocný adj: Zdeněk Brožunhelpful,nepomáhající adj: Zdeněk Brožunhelpful,neužitečný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
unhelpfully
(encz) | unhelpfully,neužitečně Jaroslav Šedivý |
unhelpfulness
(encz) | unhelpfulness, n: |
Helpful
(gcide) | Helpful \Help"ful\, a.
Furnishing help; giving aid; assistant; useful; salutary.
[1913 Webster]
Heavens make our presence and our practices
Pleasant and helpful to him! --Shak.
-- Help"ful*ly, adv. -- Help"ful*ness, n. --Milton.
[1913 Webster] |
Helpfully
(gcide) | Helpful \Help"ful\, a.
Furnishing help; giving aid; assistant; useful; salutary.
[1913 Webster]
Heavens make our presence and our practices
Pleasant and helpful to him! --Shak.
-- Help"ful*ly, adv. -- Help"ful*ness, n. --Milton.
[1913 Webster] |
Helpfulness
(gcide) | Helpful \Help"ful\, a.
Furnishing help; giving aid; assistant; useful; salutary.
[1913 Webster]
Heavens make our presence and our practices
Pleasant and helpful to him! --Shak.
-- Help"ful*ly, adv. -- Help"ful*ness, n. --Milton.
[1913 Webster] |
Kelpfish
(gcide) | Kelpfish \Kelp"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
A small California food fish (Heterostichus rostratus),
living among kelp. The name is also applied to species of the
genus Platyglossus. Kelpie |
Unhelpful
(gcide) | Unhelpful \Unhelpful\
See helpful. |
helpful
(wn) | helpful
adj 1: providing assistance or serving a useful function [ant:
unhelpful] |
helpfully
(wn) | helpfully
adv 1: in a helpful manner; "the subtitles are helpfully
conveyed" [ant: unhelpfully] |
helpfulness
(wn) | helpfulness
n 1: the property of providing useful assistance
2: friendliness evidence by a kindly and helpful disposition
[syn: kindliness, helpfulness] |
unhelpful
(wn) | unhelpful
adj 1: providing no assistance [ant: helpful] |
unhelpfully
(wn) | unhelpfully
adv 1: in an unhelpful manner; "he stood by unhelpfully while
the house burned down" [ant: helpfully] |
unhelpfulness
(wn) | unhelpfulness
n 1: an inability to be helpful |
lpf
(foldoc) | League for Programming Freedom
LPF
(LPF) A grass-roots organisation of professors,
students, businessmen, programmers and users dedicated to
bringing back the freedom to write programs. Once programmers
were allowed to write programs using all the techniques they
knew, and providing whatever features they felt were useful.
Monopolies, software patents and interface copyrights have
taken away freedom of expression and the ability to do a good
job.
"Look and feel" lawsuits attempt to monopolise well-known
command languages; some have succeeded. Copyrights on command
languages enforce gratuitous incompatibility, close
opportunities for competition and stifle incremental
improvements.
Software patents are even more dangerous; they make every
design decision in the development of a program carry a risk
of a lawsuit, with draconian pre-trial seizure. It is
difficult and expensive to find out whether the techniques you
consider using are patented; it is impossible to find out
whether they will be patented in the future.
The League is not opposed to the legal system that Congress
intended -- copyright on individual programs. They aim to
reverse the changes made by judges in response to special
interests, often explicitly rejecting the public interest
principles of the Constitution.
The League works to abolish the monopolies by publishing
articles, talking with public officials, boycotting egregious
offenders and in the future may intervene in court cases. On
1989-05-24, the League picketed Lotus headquarters on
account of their lawsuits, and then again on 1990-08-02.
These marches stimulated widespread media coverage for the
issue.
The League's funds are used for filing briefs; printing
handouts, buttons and signs and whatever will persuade the
courts, the legislators and the people. The League is a
non-profit corporation, but not considered a tax-exempt
charity.
LPF Home (http://progfree.org/).
(2007-02-28)
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lpf
(vera) | LPF
League for Programming Freedom (org.)
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