The document discusses various types of software licenses:
- Commercial software licenses which allow software to be sold for profit and include licenses like single-user, multi-user, and site licenses. They use mechanisms like activation codes and serial numbers to prevent piracy.
- Freeware which is free to use but the copyright is maintained. It cannot be resold.
- Shareware which is low-cost or free for a trial period.
- Public domain which allows users to modify and redistribute the software.
- Free and open source software (FOSS) which allows users freedom to modify and redistribute the software under the same license.
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Introduction to Software Licensing is a powerpoint presentation that I made up to raise our company\'s awareness about the use of proprietary software and the laws involve in it.
Saving on software packages means choosing the right application. The license monitoring application that maximises your software investments. Observer is the software license monitoring application. It provides accurate data on application use, expiry dates and location of users across the various cost centers.
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OSSF 2018 - Jilayne Lovejoy - Training: Intro to Open SourceFINOS
This training session will cover some of the topics from the OpenChain curriculum, including:
introduction to intellectual property law as related to open source
introduction to open source licenses
overview of using open source software in products and open source license compliance
considerations for open source contributions and projects
The goal of this session is to provide basic foundation knowledge of open source software upon which to start building policy, process and practices within your organization.
1. 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
3. Computer software-
intellectual property
• Source code is protected by copyright laws
4. Commercial Software
• licensed to be sold for profit by the
companies that create it
• Very strict license, protecting copying or
changing the software
5. Shareware
• distributed for a low cost and free for a
limited time
• usually used as a trial or “free sample”
7. Public Domain
• License allows changing the software and
giving it away
• Usually the copyright has expired or the
rights have been waived
8. 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
10. 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
12. 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
13. Transparency
• software is seen by all, so it can be verified
if changed or not
• one example- electric voting machines
14. Commercial License
• types of 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
• commercial software 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)