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We Pledge Allegiance to the Penguin

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:Pledge allegiance? by DeltaSigma · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    For your convenience, we have a selection of chants which you can use. An abridged list follows:
    • "I, for one, welcome our new [insert subject] overlords."
    • "First Post!"
      1. "[insert subject]"
      2. "???"
      3. "Profit!"
    • "Imagine a Beowolf cluster of [insert subject]"
  2. Re: Rio by Gothmolly · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Dude, I didn't even read the whole submission, much less TFA. This is Slashdot!

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