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50 POINTS PLEASE HELP........Technical Writing and Software Licenses

use the technical writing skills that you learned about in the unit to identify and explain in your own words the four different types of software licensing. Discuss how the type of licensing that a software product has might help determine your choice of what software to use for a given project.

50 POINTS PLEASE HELP........Technical Writing and Software Licenses use the technical-example-1
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FOSS software licenses – give rights to the customer that include modification and reuse of the software code, providing the actual source code with the software product(s). This open-source type of licensing affords the user authority to modify the software functions and freedom to inspect the software code.

Proprietary software licenses – provide no such authority for code modification or reuse and normally provide software with operational code only, and no source code. A proprietary software license often includes terms that prohibit “reverse engineering” of the object code with the intention of obtaining source code by the licensee.

In both cases, the software license will most often specify limitations of liability from use of the software product, any mutual responsibilities such as support, and any warranties or disclaimer of warranty.

Where software is not covered by any license, it is normally categorized as:

Public domain software – freely available for use and not copyright protected

Private unlicensed software – such as business applications that still falls under copyright protection

Open source and proprietary software licensing may also specify additional restrictions and terms:

Transfer of ownership to the buyer or retention of ownership by the seller

Any authorization for copying, selling, or distributing the software

Definition of whether the license constitutes purchase or leasing of the software

Step-by-step explanation:

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