Last weeks lecture was mainly composed of what i already wrote about several weeks ago. That was the post on your rights on the internet. It covered Copyright and Creative Commons.
Although I had already spoken about this we went into more detail about Open Source, which is free software that anyone can use modify and repackage for use by others. Open Source ( originally "Free Software") is a movement that believes that software should free for everyone like it was back in the birth of computers. These people work endlessly to make software just as good if not better than the companies that charge huge amounts of money to deliver the same stuff. They are free versions of all the software that people regard as being one of a kind out there. Microsoft Office - Open Office, Adobe Photoshop - gimp, MSN Messenger - aMSN and much more. Some of these programs actually work better than their counterparts because the makes quickly address issues that occur and release a patch rather then waiting several months before doing anything. Not only free software but there is even Operating Systems. The much loved Linux is a completely free download alternative to Mac OSX and Windows and offers many of the same options in a completely free environment.
All these things generally make Open Source the future in computing technology, now all we need is free for all Internet :)
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