10. Ethics and ownership

Question 1

What is an Open source software?

Answer 1

The use of open source software will allow collaborative development of software to take place.

Question 2

What is Free software?

Answer 2

The free software is still open source. However, there is a special feature of the license which is called ‘copyleft’. This is the condition that if the software is modified the source code for the modified version must be made available to other users under the same conditions of usage.

Question 3

What is Copyright?

Answer 3

Copyright is a formal recognition of ownership. If an individual creates and publishes some work that has an element of originality, the individual becomes the owner and can therefore claim copyright.

Question 4

Give examples of principles defined as rules of conduct.

Answer 4

1. PUBLIC
2. CLIENT AND EMPLOYER
3. PRODUCT
4. JUDGEMENT
5. MANAGEMENT
6. PROFESSION
7. COLLEAGUES
8. SELF

Question 5

What 4 kinds of AI’s are there?

Answer 5

1. Problem solving (chess)
   
   2. Linguistics (voice recognition)
   3. Perception (driverless cars)
      Reasoning (reach conclusions based on evidence)