Copyright and licence web flyer
By: Cole Smith
What is Copyright?
A copyright is collection of rights. Some of those rights, right to sell it, alter it, lease it, and lend it. When something is copyrighted, if it is tangible.
what is a licence?
A licence is permission to do something, Driving licence gives you permission to use the roads.
Types of licences.
Public domain: Isn't protected by copyright law because it has expired. You can make a copy of romeo and juliet but not life of pie because romeo and juliet is expired.
Freeware: Copyrighted work that you can use or give away for free. Itunes or safari.
Shareware: you can use and share the work for free and limited time if you want to use it limitlessly you have to pay.
All rights reserved: Allows the user who bought it to use it restrictedly. Microsoft.
Open source: software that includes the source code with the idea that someone can improve it.