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*♦A copy of the license must be redistributed along with any Apache software.
                     *♦Up gradation or modification to the software are released under the ASF terms
                 To conclude, we learned about two different types of software accessible to us. The first being the public domain
                 software which is absolutely free without any copyright or licensing issues and secondly, the proprietary software
                 which has a license and the end users have to buy that license in order to use it.

                                Let’s Revisit



                       ♦ Ethics are the standards and practices which deal with the moral ideologies of an individual.
                       ♦ Intellectual Properties refer to the ideas and innovations that are the creation of an individual mind or a group of minds.
                       ♦ There are three types of Intellectual Property Rights: Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights.
                       ♦ Electronic mail is a method of sending, receiving and storing digital messages from one person to another.
                       ♦ Any crime that is done through the Internet and by using computer/mobile/laptop and software is known as Cybercrime.
                       ♦ Phishing refers to cybercrimes where spam email messages are sent to different people to get personal information like user
                      name, password, card details, etc. When a physical form of stalking is done through technology and electronic medium then
                      it is known as Cyberstalking.
                       ♦ Malicious codes are related to computer software which are some unwanted programs that cause harm to a computer or
                      effects the different data that are stored in a computer's hard disc or memory.
                       ♦ Artificial intelligence (AI) is the ability of a digital computer to perform tasks that require human intelligence like reasoning
                      ability, recognising objects, learning from past experience, and developing new ideas.
                       ♦ The Internet of Things (IoT) is an advanced network of interconnected computing devices (things) that have embedded sensors,
                      software, and other technologies designed to connect and exchange data with other devices and systems over the internet.
                       ♦ Virtual Reality is an artificial environment that is experienced through sensory stimuli (such as sights and sounds) provided by
                      a computer and in which one’s actions partially determine what happens in the environment.
                       ♦ Augmented Reality is an enhanced version of reality created by the use of technology to overlay digital information on an
                      image of something being viewed through a device (such as a smartphone camera).
                       ♦ Free software is the software that grants the user the freedom to share, study, and modify it.
                       ♦ Open-source software (OSS) is computer software that is released under a license in which the copyright holder grants users
                      the rights to use, study, change, and distribute the software and its source code to anyone and for any purpose.
                       ♦ Some popular licenses for free and open source software are BSD license, GNU-GPL license, MIT licence and Apache license.





                                                              MIND DRILL





                      Solved Questions



                 A.  Tick ( ) the correct answer:

                    1.  ………………… are the standards and practices that deal with moral ideologies.
                       a.  Ethics                                      b.  Non-ethical
                       c.  Intellectual Property                       d.  Passion
                    2.  ………………… are the ideas and innovations that are the creation of an individual mind or a group of minds.
                       a.  Scientific Inventions                       b.  Musicals Works
                       c.  Literary                                    d.  All of these


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