7 - ethics Flashcards
ethics
moral prinicples governing behaviour
professional ethical bodies
- British Computer society
- Institute of electrical and elctronics engineers
softwrae engineering code of ethics
public
client/ employer
product
judgement
managemnet
profession
colleagues
self
steps against piracy
- user will be asked for a unique product key which was supplied to the origional owner
- user will be asked to state they agree to licence agreements before downloading
- some software only runs if the CD-ROM/ DVD-ROM is in the drive
digital rights management
- uses protection software to stop copying
- restricts what a user can do with data eg can stream but not copy
commercial software
available to customers for a fee (or free) providing a license for one or mutiple devices - fully copyright protected
eg shareware, freeware
free software
free software foundation and open source initiatie
users can run software, modify it, redistriute copies and dont need permission
not protected by copyright
freeware
softwrae that can be downloaded free of charge - is subject to copyright
shareware
users can try out some software free of charge for a trial after which a fee must be paid (free trial)
is protected by copyright
copyright
law that protects ownership of intellectual property - protects against unauthorised reproduction of work
AI
- a machine or application which carries out a task that requires
some degree of intelligence - Problem solving, learning, pattern recognition
eg - language processing
- facial recognition
- operating machinery eg driving
- predicting outcomes eg weather forecasting
commercial softwrae +
- Have ownership of the software
- Have protection of your ideas and compensation if the software is used - copyright
- Can earn money when the program is used
open source +
- Other people can improve on it - allows for collaboration - can fix errors, customise and add new features
- More people might want to use it because it free
need for ethics
To protect individuals and society from harm
what software can be distributed
free software and the free trial part of shareware
