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title: "20-software-licensing"
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tags:
- cosc202
- lecture
sr-due: 2022-07-06
sr-interval: 33
sr-ease: 250
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[pdf](https://cosc202.cspages.otago.ac.nz/lectures/L20-software-licensing.pdf)
what does it mean for people to use your software. What responsitilities do you have
- Understand the default protection of code
- authors copyright
- Contrast libre free and gratis free
- libre: free as in freedom
- gratis: free as in no cost
- Define what makes open source software
- floss - free libre open source software
- Contrast copyleft and more permissive licences
- copyleft "viral licensing"
- usage of copyleft software required your software be copyleft also
- derivative must "copy" the same license
- others e.g., creative commons
- allow a selection of *facets* [Creative commons](notes/software-licensing.md#Creative%20commons)
- Appreciate that code can be multi-licensed
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- Understand how to apply a license to code
- Appreciate licenses can be mutually incompatible
[software-licensing](notes/software-licensing.md)