Copyright and License
by: Emme Phillips
Definition of Copyright:
Public Domain, examples, and benefit:
not copyrighted by law because it meets the following conditions, the work was created by public money, the copyrights were expired, you can donate your work into public domain
ex: classic literaturebenefit: promotes your work
Freeware, examples, and benefit:
freeware is copyrighted work you can copy, use, or give away for free.
ex: itunes, safari, internet explorer.benefit: allows unlimited and free use to gain the most users
Shareware, examples, and benefit:
copyrighted work that you can share but only for a limited amount of time
ex: demo appsbenefit: you can try it out before you buy the whole version
All Rights Reserved, examples, and benefit:
all rights reserved only allows the purchaser to use the software according to the details spelled out in the license agreement.
ex: most softwares you buy at best buy are all rights reservedbenefit: the purchaser has access
Open Source, examples, and benefit:
includes the source code for people to share and for people to edit if you want them to edit
ex: chromebenefit: you can add people to your work for them to work on it as well.