1.6.1 Ethical, legal, cultural and environmental impacts

Question 1

what is creative commons

Answer 1

public licenses you can use them to indicate what other people are allowed to do with your work

Question 2

what is the data protection act

Answer 2

personal data is collected the data will have to be collected and stored according to the principles of the Data

Question 3

what are the laws of the data protection act

Answer 3

Keep it secure

Not to ask for excessive amounts of data

Not to keep data for any longer than necessary

To keep data up-to-date and accurate

Not to use data for any other purpose without consent of the person whose data it is.

Question 4

what is the computer missuse act

Answer 4

Unauthorised access to computer material
Unauthorised access with intent to commit or facilitate a crime
Unauthorised modification of computer material.

five year prison sentence and a large fine.

Question 5

what is open source software

Answer 5

software that is made available by the programmer, it is often free and you could modify it by accessing the source code

Question 6

what is proprietary source

Answer 6

software that is developed for profit. The source code is not made available and you must buy a license to use it

Question 7

what are proprietary advantages

Answer 7

Generally, provides free customer support

More likely to be tailored to meet the market needs

Normally a large social support forum for support

Official updates, support, upgrades and fixes will be released

Question 8

what are proprietary disadvantages

Answer 8

May not meet the users needs and has limited customisability
Costs money to buy the software

Question 9

what are open source advantages

Answer 9

Usually free to download
Allows users to access the code to edit/change it themselves

Question 10

what are open source disadvantages

Answer 10

May not have regular updates

Could be more open to exploitation as users can add in malicious code

You need expert knowledge to be able to edit the code