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Pleaseensure links are consistent with Apache's MultiView. --> <!-- Change include statements to be consistent with the relevant --> <!-- language, where necessary. -->join our <a href="http://endsoftpatents.org">End Software Patents</a> campaign! </p></blockquote> <p> The right to write bothnon-freenonfree and free software is threatened by <ahref="http://progfree.org/Patents/patents.html">softwarehref="https://web.archive.org/web/20150329143651/http://progfree.org/Patents/patents.html"> software patents</a> and by <ahref="http://progfree.org/Copyright/copyright.html">“look-and-feel”href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150329142315/http://progfree.org/Copyright/copyright.html"> “look-and-feel” interface copyright lawsuits</a>.</p> <p> The Free Software Foundation fights these threats in many ways. These include support for and being a member of <ahref="http://progfree.org/">Leaguehref="https://web.archive.org/web/20150329224604/http://www.progfree.org/"> League for Programming Freedom</a>. </p> <p> The League is a grass-roots organization of professors, students, business people, programmers, users, and even software companies dedicated to bringing back the freedom to write programs. The League isn't opposed to the legal system that Congress intended—copyright on individual programs. 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