http://www.itwire.com – New Zealand has decided not to make any modifications to its patents bill and this means that software will not be patentable in the country. (IT news)

http://linuxo.com – Groklaw: "Look at this, will you? The first decision from the Board of Patents Appeals and Interferences post-Bilski to reference that US Supreme Court decision, in In Re Proudler [PDF], a ruling rejecting HP's application for a software patent, setting forth a rule stating, as I read it, as saying software is not patentable because it's an abstraction:" (General)

http://www.linuxinsider.com – Software patents are a frequently debated topic here in the Linux blogosphere, but nary a conversation has taken place about them in recent years without at least some hopeful mention of Bilski. Many, in fact, have looked to the longstanding case to finally put to rest the legal threats and patent quibbling that has beset the field. (General)

http://www.linuxfoundation.org – Bradley Kuhn gives some next steps for anti-software-patent advocates: "Since Bilski has given us no new tools for abolishing software patents, we must redouble efforts with tools we already have to mitigate the threat patents pose to software freedom. (General)

http://fullcirclemagazine.org – Full Circle Side-Pod #2: A World Cup -free zone (Distributions)