Licensing

Question 1

What is proprietary software?

Answer 1

Software that is developed by an organisation/individual who retains the source code and only provides the compiled application

Question 2

What is commercial software?

Answer 2

Software sold for profit

Question 3

What is shareware software?

Answer 3

Software sold for profit that can be used on a trial basis before fee is requested

Question 4

What is freeware software?

Answer 4

Software that is free to use

*not free software or open source

Question 5

What is open source software?

Answer 5

Uses documents to alter the terms with which software is released to make source code available

Question 6

What are the free software freedoms set by the FSF?

Answer 6

Ability to use the software for any purpose
Free to examine source code and modify
Freedom to redistribute the software
Freedom to redistribute the modified software

Question 7

What rules are within the GPL?

Answer 7

GPL licensed software must be redistributed under the same license

Question 8

What is LGPL?

Answer 8

Lesser GPL

Question 9

What is FDL?

Answer 9

Free Documentation License

Question 10

What is the Creative Commons?

Answer 10

Gives ability to share works online with specific rights, licensing based on copyright
*not just software licensing