development/autoconf-archive: Added (GNU Autoconf macros).

Signed-off-by: David Spencer <idlemoor@slackbuilds.org>

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+The GNU Autoconf Archive is a collection of more than 500 macros for
+GNU Autoconf that have been contributed as free software by friendly
+supporters of the cause from all over the Internet. Every single one of
+those macros can be re-used without imposing any restrictions whatsoever
+on the licensing of the generated configure script. In particular, it is
+possible to use all those macros in configure scripts that are meant for
+non-free software. This policy is unusual for a Free Software Foundation
+project. The FSF firmly believes that software ought to be free, and
+software licenses like the GPL are specifically designed to ensure that
+derivative work based on free software must be free as well. In case of
+Autoconf, however, an exception has been made, because Autoconf is at
+such a pivotal position in the software development tool chain that the
+benefits from having this tool available as widely as possible outweigh
+the disadvantage that some authors may choose to use it, too, for
+proprietary software.