Union for the Public Domain
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The Union for the Public Domain (UPD) was started in 1996 as a non-profit
citizens group.
The stated mission of the UPD is to protect and enhance the public domain in matters concerning intellectual property. The UPD is a membership organization, attempting to act as an independent voice on intellectual property issues.
Notable members of the UPD Board include Richard Stallman
founder of the GNU project and Michael Davis
, a Senior Fellow at the Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions at Illinois Institute of Technology.
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
citizens group.
The stated mission of the UPD is to protect and enhance the public domain in matters concerning intellectual property. The UPD is a membership organization, attempting to act as an independent voice on intellectual property issues.
Notable members of the UPD Board include Richard Stallman
Richard Stallman
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founder of the GNU project and Michael Davis
Michael Davis (philosopher)
Michael Davis is a philosopher of law, ethics, and political philosophy, author, and Professor of Philosophy at the Illinois Institute of Technology, and Senior Fellow at IIT's Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions...
, a Senior Fellow at the Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions at Illinois Institute of Technology.