Objective Overview

• Discuss at the types of software licenses
• Discuss the types of commercial software
    licenses
•    Discuss other topics brought up by
    software security Liscenses
Software Licenses
Computer software-
      intellectual property

• Source code is protected by copyright laws
Commercial Software
• licensed to be sold for profit by the
  companies that create it
• Very strict license, protecting copying or
  changing the software
Shareware
• distributed for a low cost and free for a
  limited time
• usually used as a trial or “free sample”
Freeware
• distributed for no cost, but copyright is still
  maintained
• no re-selling or changing
Public Domain
• License allows changing the software and
  giving it away
• Usually the copyright has expired or the
  rights have been waived
Free and Open Source
     Software (FOSS)
• users have the freedom to do anything the
  wish with it, including re-sell and make
  changes
• must republish under same license, so
  everyone can benefit
Freeware Vs FOSS

• Freeware- free in money

• FOSS- free as in freedom
Source Code
• the instructions that make up the software
• able to be altered to change the software
• written in languages such as C, Java, and
  basic
Source Code


• http://www.youtube.com/watch?
  v=LERFIwHaApc
Security
• FOSS can be secure in a sense that many
  people can see and change problems within
  the software
• FOSS has a chance of malicious users
  changing the software for the worse
Transparency
• software is seen by all, so it can be verified
  if changed or not
• one example- electric voting machines
Commercial License
• types of commercial licenses
• End User License Agreement (EULA) is the
  terms and conditions agreed to when
  software is installed
Commercial License
      (cont.)
• Single user license- 1 user can use the
  software
• multiuser license- about 4 people, meant
  for families
Commercial License
     (cont.)
• Site license- software is installed on as
  many users as the organization wants
• used for big organizations and often
  expensive
Copy Protection
• commercial software producers try to
  protect against piracy
• use things mechanisms such as activation
  codes and serial numbers
Protection
          Organizations
• help stop piracy
• Digital Rights Management(DRM)- protect
  media
• Federation Against Software Theft (FAST)-
  help software companies
Review
• Commercial Software, Freeware,
  Shareware, Public Domain, and FOSS
• Commercial Licenses- single, multi, and site
• transparency?
• FAST (Federation Against Software Theft)
Sources

• Google Images
• Youtube
• ITGS book
• exambuilder.com

Software license

  • 1.
    Objective Overview • Discussat the types of software licenses • Discuss the types of commercial software licenses • Discuss other topics brought up by software security Liscenses
  • 2.
  • 3.
    Computer software- intellectual property • Source code is protected by copyright laws
  • 4.
    Commercial Software • licensedto be sold for profit by the companies that create it • Very strict license, protecting copying or changing the software
  • 5.
    Shareware • distributed fora low cost and free for a limited time • usually used as a trial or “free sample”
  • 6.
    Freeware • distributed forno cost, but copyright is still maintained • no re-selling or changing
  • 7.
    Public Domain • Licenseallows changing the software and giving it away • Usually the copyright has expired or the rights have been waived
  • 8.
    Free and OpenSource Software (FOSS) • users have the freedom to do anything the wish with it, including re-sell and make changes • must republish under same license, so everyone can benefit
  • 9.
    Freeware Vs FOSS •Freeware- free in money • FOSS- free as in freedom
  • 10.
    Source Code • theinstructions that make up the software • able to be altered to change the software • written in languages such as C, Java, and basic
  • 11.
  • 12.
    Security • FOSS canbe secure in a sense that many people can see and change problems within the software • FOSS has a chance of malicious users changing the software for the worse
  • 13.
    Transparency • software isseen by all, so it can be verified if changed or not • one example- electric voting machines
  • 14.
    Commercial License • typesof commercial licenses • End User License Agreement (EULA) is the terms and conditions agreed to when software is installed
  • 15.
    Commercial License (cont.) • Single user license- 1 user can use the software • multiuser license- about 4 people, meant for families
  • 16.
    Commercial License (cont.) • Site license- software is installed on as many users as the organization wants • used for big organizations and often expensive
  • 17.
    Copy Protection • commercialsoftware producers try to protect against piracy • use things mechanisms such as activation codes and serial numbers
  • 18.
    Protection Organizations • help stop piracy • Digital Rights Management(DRM)- protect media • Federation Against Software Theft (FAST)- help software companies
  • 19.
    Review • Commercial Software,Freeware, Shareware, Public Domain, and FOSS • Commercial Licenses- single, multi, and site • transparency? • FAST (Federation Against Software Theft)
  • 20.
    Sources • Google Images •Youtube • ITGS book • exambuilder.com