COPYRIGHT
By: Sarah Voss
Copy right definition:
Copyright is the collection of rights granted to the author of a piece of work.
Public Domain:
Public Domain isn’t protected by copyright law, either copyright has expired, work was created for that purpose, or creator donated the work into the Public Domain. For example Romeo and Juliet and Moby Dick.
Freeware
Copyrighted work that you can use, copy, or give away for free. For example itunes, media player and safari.
Shareware
copyrighted work that is similar to freeware, but if you want payment/full use, you must pay for it. For example Minecraft, AOL, and any other “lite” app.
All Rights Reserved
May be used by the purchaser according to the exact details spelled out in the licence agreement. ( grand theft auto, iwork, movies)
Open Source
Open source is software that includes the source code with the idea that someone can improve upon it. For example Linux, internet explorer, google chrome.