Ethics and ownership

Question 1

Legal

Answer 1

Covers the law, whether or not action is punishable by law.

Question 2

Morality

Answer 2

Concerns questions of right and wrong but it more often thought of in relation to personal or individual choices

Question 3

Ethics

Answer 3

Also concerns questions of right and wrong but is more often used in professional context

Question 4

Culture

Answer 4

refers to the attitudes values and practices shared by a society or group of people

Question 5

The BCS

Answer 5

British computer society - professional body in the uk
Code conduct:
Public interest
Professional competence and integrity
Duty to relevant authority
Duty to profession

Question 6

IEEE

Answer 6

Institute of electrical and electronics engineers
Aims -
Raising awareness of ethical issues
Promoting ethical behavior
Ensuring engineers and scientists respect the need for ethical behavior

Question 7

Open source

Answer 7

1) Free redistribution
2) Source code
3) Derived works
4) Integrity of the Authors source code
5) No discriminations against persons of groups
6) No discriminations against fields of endeavor
7) Distribution of license
8) License must not be specific to a product
9) License must not restrict other software
10) License must be technology

Question 8

Freeware

Answer 8

User can download it from the internet free of charge. No fees associated with using the software. Freeware is a subject to copyright laws and users are often asked to check a box to say that they understand the terms and conditions

Question 9

Shareware

Answer 9

They can check it works // check if it meets their requirements without having to paying a fee if it does not. It give the user a trial period