Copyright & Licenses
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Copyright is
- A collection of rights granted to to the author of a piece of work
- Some of those rights are: The right to sell, alter, lease and lend
Public Domain
- It is not protected by copyright law, because copyright has expired, creator has donated work or created with public money
- Examples: Public literature and classical music.
Free ware
- Copyrighted work that you can copy, use, or give away for free.
- Examples: Itunes, safari, internet explorer
Shareware
- Copyright, but you can copy, use or share for free for a limited amount of time.
- Examples: Apps you can get for free but only as a shortened version.
All rights reserved
- Only allows the buyer to use the software according to the details in the license agreement
- Examples: Microsoft had said you can only load software onto one computer but they then changed it to three.
Open source
- Software that includes source code with the idea that someone can improve it
- Examples: Chrome