Copyright and Licenses
By Ishan Chho
Copyright
A collection of rights granted to the author of a piece of work
Public Domain
Material that is not protected by copyright laws
For any of these reasons...
- Copyright Expired
- Public Money funded it
- Material was donated into public domain
Examples: Classic Literature/Music
FreeWare
Copyrighted material that is free, and used for anything
Examples: iTunes, Gimp
ShareWare
Copyrighted material that a small portion of the actual product
Examples: Game Demos, Photoshop Trial
All Rights Reserved
Only allows to for consumer to use product according to agreement
Examples: Microsoft Office, iWork, Full Video Games
Open Source
Software that includes the source code with the idea that someone can improve it
Examples: Google Chrome, Firefox, Linux