Gr 10 5.1 – SOCIAL, ETHICAL AND LEGAL ISSUES SURROUNDING ICTs

Question 1

Copyleft

Answer 1

A type of Copyright law which allows people to use and
distribute work whilst still allowing the creator some control
over where and how it can be used.

Question 2

Copyright

Answer 2

A law designed to protect intellectual property by creating
legal limits on who can copy, sell and use types of work such
as photos, documents, books or poems. Copyright is
normally indicated by the word Copyright or the © symbol
followed by the name of the copyright owner and the year
that the copyright was first applied.

Question 3

Creative Commons

Answer 3

A copyright license that allows you to use parts of, copy and
distribute work for non-profit purposes. Creative commons
is a Copyleft-style license.

Question 4

Digital Divide

Answer 4

The gap between people that have access to computers and
technology and people that do not.

Question 5

EULA

Answer 5

(END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT)
A license agreement (which is a legally binding contract) in
which you agree to use software only according to the
software company’s terms. Most software won’t finish
installing until you have indicated that you are aware of the
terms and conditions of this license agreement, and that you
accept them. These terms and conditions differ from license
to license, but they mostly involve things such as the
number of computers you may install the software on, and
whether you may distribute the software or not.

Question 6

GNU/GPL

Answer 6

Is a license specifically for software that allows people to
distribute the software for free or even charge for it so long
as the source code is made available. GNU is Copyleft and is
the license most freeware is distributed under.

Question 7

IP

Answer 7

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
The idea behind any original creation is the property of its
creator, and not only the physical objects which express that
idea. If, for example, you were to write a poem or a book, or
take a photo, and someone were to make a copy of it
without asking your permission or compensating you, that
person would have stolen your intellectual property, even if
he didn’t steal your physical exemplar of the work.

Question 8

Piracy

Answer 8

The act of stealing intellectual property. i.e. using or making
a copy of the kind of work protected by copyright law.