Assignment

Brandon Leitch
 Copyright
• The use of information is protected by copyright
law. Everyone who uses information by making a
copy, quoting information in an assignment, copy
an electronic document, etc., needs to know how
to apply the copyright law.
• The right by law to be the entity which
determines who may publish, copy and distribute
a piece of writing, music, picture or other work of
authorship; Such an exclusive right as it pertains
to one or more specific works; The copyright
symbol ©, a circumscribed C; To place under a
copyright ...
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/copyright
 Eula
• An end user license agreement (EULA) is a
legal contract between a software developer
or vendor and the user of the software. It
specifies in detail the rights and restrictions
that apply to the software.
 Freeware
• Software that is provided without charge
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• Complete and functional software that does
not require payment or other compensation
(such as nags or advertising) for its use.
Freeware may be a proprietary license with no
access to the source code
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/freeware
 Shareware
• Software that is available free of charge; may
be distributed for evaluation with a fee
requested for additional features or a manual
etc.
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 Open Source software
• Open-source software (OSS) is computer
software for which the source code and
certain other rights normally reserved for
copyright holders are provided under a
software license that meets the Open Source
Definition or that is in the public domain. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_software
 Shrinkware
• Computer software, or just software is a
general term primarily used for digitally stored
data such as computer programs and other
kinds of information read and written by
computers. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrinkware
 How can you recognise licensed
software
• All software is copyright protected, except
material in the public domain. Contractual
confidentiality is another way of protecting
software. A typical software license grants an
end-user permission to use one or more
copies of software in ways where such a use
would otherwise constitute copyright
infringement of the software owner's
exclusive rights under copyright law.