Copyright


 * __Software copyright__**

a) Find three definitions of software copyright. Copy and paste them into your wikipage. Add links to the original websites.  Software copyright, the relatively recent extension of copyright law to machine-readable software. It is used by propriety software companies to prevent the unauthorized copying of their software. It is also used by proponents of open source software to encourage the disclosure of improvements to source code .  b) Look through the following website(s) and answer the following questions. You may need to look at other websites or ask your teacher for some of the answers.: [] [|Teach-ICT Copyright]

c) Many people violate software copyright. Explain some ways that people do this. By copying the copyright software and post them on the internet. d) Explain how companies try to stop people copying their software. Put some warning in the software about the punishment. They use codes that you need to enter.

e) How do people lose if other people copy their software? They will not get profit because they're spending too much time on making them.

f) What is open-source software? Name some open-source software. It's free and people can change the programs. Example, open office, linux g) In your own words explain what software copyright is  A kind of software that you need to pay for. h) What is software license? The name originally derives from the practice of restricting the use of a particular piece of software by physical site rather than by, e.g. number of copies in use. However, the term "site license" is now commonly used to describe licensing of software to a particular entity which is unrestricted by number, regardless of the physical locations where the software may be used -single use license -multiple use license -site license