🚀 go-pugleaf

When we posted the message containing the threatening letter sent by
AT&T, we unfortunately left in the name, address and phone number of
the AT&T licensing person.  It would be an awful shame if our posting
helped somebody figure out how to rush out and pay AT&T for permission
to continue to use X Windows.

So, if you do post the message elsewhere, to help make people aware of
the danger of software patents, I suggest that you remove this
information when you do so.

To resist these demands probably means a lawsuit, which will probably
cost on the order of a million dollars.  It's not certain that any
single X user can afford the cost of the fight.  With luck, soon
there will be a joint effort set up to fight against the patent.  I
will announce any further news as widely as possible.

Meanwhile, if you are now starting to become scared of what software
patents can do to your career, contact the League for Programming
Freedom and get involved in the political effort to abolish them.  The
League is a grassroots organization of programmers who hope to bring
back the freedom to write software, such as programmers had a few
years ago.  The League is not affiliated with the FSF, but the FSF
does endorse the League's position, which is why we mention the League
in official FSF announcements like this one.

For more information on the League, contact league@prep.ai.mit.edu.