GNU Autoconf 2.68 released [stable]

2010-09-23 Thread Eric Blake
The GNU Autoconf team is pleased to announce the stable release of Autoconf 2.68. Autoconf is an extensible package of M4 macros that produce shell scripts to automatically configure software source code packages. These scripts can adapt the packages to many kinds of UNIX-like systems without ma

Encourage the USPTO to stop issuing software patents: deadline September 27

2010-09-23 Thread Brett Smith
Following the Supreme Court's decision in *Bilski v. Kappos*, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) plans to release new guidance as to which patent applications will be accepted, and which will not. As part of this process, they are seeking input from the public about how that gui