Ch. 2: Understanding Software Licensing

LGPL (Lesser General Public License)

A license created by the FSF and often used for libraries is the ___________.

Creative Commons

An organization devoted to promoting open source-like principles in fields such as video and audio recordings is the ___________.

copyleft

The FSF's general principles are summarized by the term ___________, which refers to using copyright laws for purposes that are in some ways contrary to copyright's original intent.

False

True or false: Because their hardware designs are proprietary, hardware vendors cannot release open source drivers for their products.

True

True or false: Copyright law governs the distribution of software in most countries.

True

True or false: The FSF's free software definition and the OSI's 10 principles of open source software both require that users have the ability to examine a program's workings—that is, its source code.

bounty

Users can motivate programmers to work on open source projects by offering a(n) ___________ to whomever completes the project first.

B. Sometimes they may not be copied because of the non-open source software they may contain.

Which is true of Linux distributions as a whole? A. They're covered by the GPL or the BSD license, depending on the distribution. B. Sometimes they may not be copied because of the non-open source software they may contain. C. They may be copied only after software using the MIT license is removed. D. They all qualify as free software, as the FSF uses the term.

E. Users must have the right to use software as they see fit.

Which of the following is a key part of the FSF's philosophy? A. Developers should use the latest version of the FSF's GPL. B. Users should have the right to modify free software and distribute it under a commercial license. C. Developers should write software only for free operating systems such as GNU/Linux. D. Users should engage in civil disobedience by copying proprietary software. E. Users must have the right to use software as they see fit.

C. The license must require that changes be distributed under the same license.

Which of the following is not required in order for software to be certified as open source? A. The license must not discriminate against people or groups of people. B. The license must not require that the software be distributed as part of a specific product. C. The license must require that changes be distributed under the same license. D. The program must come with source code, or the author must make it readily available on the Internet. E. The license must automatically apply to anybody who acquires the software.