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We Pledge Allegiance to the Penguin

Posted by michael on from the loyalty-oath dept.

tres3 writes "Wired magazine has an excellent four page article discussing Brazil's new approach to Intellectual Property rights. It discusses everything from battling with the international pharmaceutical industries, to song sampling, to the national adoption of Linux. Richard Stallman stated that India's political commitment to free software is second only to Brazil's after attending a weeklong free software teach-in for members of the Brazilian national congress, where 161 out of 594 members of congress, from a broad range of parties, had signed up with the free software caucus - making it one of the largest caucuses in the Brazilian government."

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  1. Re:Pinguin = Fatter wallet by Ambient_Developer · · Score: 2, Funny

    Plus, you just gotta love that little penguine.

  2. RMS' endorsement by Gothmolly · · Score: 4, Funny

    I suppose that I'd also gush over the lemony OpenSource goodness of my hosts, particularly if they flew me to Rio for a week.

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  3. The pledge is very controversial by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    The 'under Linus' part especially.

  4. That's GNU/Linux, you insensitive clod! by ggvaidya · · Score: 3, Funny

    C'mon, man, Richard Stallman is like the *next word* in that paragraph! Show some respect!

  5. On a Mission from Gates by abb3w · · Score: 3, Funny

    From the article:

    In 1556, not long after the Portuguese first set foot in Brazil, the Bishop Pero Fernandes Sardinha was shipwrecked on its shores and set about introducing the gospel of Christ to the native "heathens." The locals, impressed with the glorious civilization the bishop represented and eager to absorb it in its totality, promptly ate him.

    Now, if only they had retained that attiude for Windows missionaries. =)

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  6. Re:Linux is like Walmart.... by erroneus · · Score: 3, Funny

    Reasons why Linux is like Walmart:

    1. Cheats me out of overtime
    2. Uses labor that doesn't come from the U.S.
    3. Ask the people who work with it about anything and they are little help and are often annoyed that you even asked.
    4. Makes me work off the clock
    5. Devalues the neighborhood
    6. Raises the crime rate

    Okay, I'm really struggling here... can't come up with any really good ones...