Links for 2009-06-05

• Christer Edwards: Getting Started with Firewall Builder

  via Planet Ubuntu

  

• Donald Knuth: Mathematical Ideas, or Algorithms, Should Not Be Patented (Groklaw)

  via LWN.net
  Groklaw
  
  reports that Donald Knuth is petitioning the EPO to disallow software
  patents.
  “Donald Knuth, distinguished computer scientist, recipient of the Turing Award, creator of the TeX computer typesetting system, and author of The Art of Computer Programming, which some call the Bible of computer programming, has submitted a letter to the European Patent Office for submission to the EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeal considering the question of software patents and whether they should be allowed in Europe. Here’s his view:
  ‘Basically I remain convinced that the patent policy most fair and most suitable for the world will regard mathematical ideas (such as algorithms) to be not subject to proprietary patent rights.’“

• Tutorial explores embedded device deployment

  A six-parts tutorial to develop Linux on embedded devices.

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