<s>
League	B-Application
for	I-Application
Programming	I-Application
Freedom	I-Application
(	O
LPF	O
)	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
1989	O
by	O
Richard	O
Stallman	O
to	O
unite	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
developers	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
developers	O
of	O
proprietary	B-Application
software	I-Application
to	O
fight	O
against	O
software	O
patents	O
and	O
the	O
extension	O
of	O
the	O
scope	O
of	O
copyright	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Their	O
logo	O
is	O
the	O
Statue	O
of	O
Liberty	O
holding	O
a	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
and	O
tape	B-Architecture
spool	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Among	O
other	O
initiatives	O
,	O
the	O
League	O
started	O
the	O
"	O
Burn	B-Application
all	I-Application
GIFs	I-Application
"	O
campaign	O
in	O
opposition	O
to	O
the	O
actions	O
of	O
Unisys	O
in	O
enforcing	O
their	O
patent	O
on	O
LZW	B-Algorithm
compression	I-Algorithm
used	O
by	O
CompuServe	O
when	O
creating	O
the	O
image	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
single	O
event	O
that	O
had	O
the	O
most	O
influence	O
on	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
the	O
League	O
was	O
Apple	O
's	O
lawsuits	O
against	O
Microsoft	O
about	O
supposed	O
copyrights	O
violations	O
of	O
the	O
look	B-Application
and	I-Application
feel	I-Application
of	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
in	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
