http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/freeculture Questions tagged with 'freeculture' at Ask MetaFilter. Tue, 15 Mar 2005 23:18:27 -0800 Tue, 15 Mar 2005 23:18:27 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/16369/Superior%2Dfree%2Dsoftware What examples are there of consumer-grade open source software whose quality surpasses that of closed source, proprietary software? I am a part of <a href="http://uf.freeculture.org">Florida Free Culture</a>, a chapter of <a href="http://freeculture.org">FreeCulture.org</a> at the University of Florida. We're planning a project where students bring their laptops in, we rid them of spyware and viruses, and install free alternatives to programs they often use. The biggest example of this kind of software is Mozilla Firefox. <br> <br> I am looking for other examples of open source and free (as in speech) software that are <i>better</i> than their closed-source counterparts. I'd appreciate examples for any operating system, but most students use Microsoft Windows. tag:ask.metafilter.com,2005:site.16369 Tue, 15 Mar 2005 23:18:27 -0800 free freeculture opensource software pealco http://ask.metafilter.com/6131/Copyright%2DLaw%2Din%2DEU I"ve been reading <a href="http://free-culture.cc/">Free Culture</a> and fuming about copyright law. Something's been puzzling me: why is copyright law in the E.U. even more stringent than the U.S.? The E.U.'s generally more liberal and closer to me on almost every major issue; this is a glaring exception that I can't quite figure out. tag:ask.metafilter.com,2004:site.6131 Sun, 28 Mar 2004 20:09:00 -0800 copyright freeculture law legislation Tlogmer