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Computer Science Assignment

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Added on  2020-04-21

Computer Science Assignment

   Added on 2020-04-21

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Running head: COMPUTER SCIENCEComputer ScienceName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor’s Note
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2COMPUTER SCIENCE Free software is a software that provides freedom to a user for sharing, modifying thesoftware. As commented by Jovic, Brkic & Bogunovic (2014), there is various political andethical consideration for using free software. The different new software is releasing their freeversion of the software in the market to understand the feedback of the software from the users.On the other hand, Commons (2015) argued that the use of the free software can cause the threatto the society over the Internet. Many malicious users can use the free version of the software inorder to perform malicious activities over the internet. The risk and threats related to the securityof the data and information over the internet increases. As suggested by Wiesmann et al., (2015),the use of the free software helps in accessing many facilities provided by different software. Thenew software release requires free software access that helps in testing the review of the softwarein the market. The gaps and loopholes in the new software are identified with the help of the freeuse by the users. As suggested by Kirschner (2016), after the successful implementation of thenew software among the users, the company might ask or license and copyright of the newsoftware. This provides total control of the software and user can change and modify thesoftware on their own. The legal procedures are followed by the company of the software.Therefore, the use of the free software is beneficial for the users although it creates threats for theusers over the internet. The ethical issues included in this process are the legal to use of the free software andcopyright asked by the respective company. The copyright is asked by the company to minimizethe illegal use of the free software provided by them. The agreement between the user and thecompany have to be validated under various terms and conditions. This help in maintaining thelegal procedures for the use of the software. A software copyright is an exclusive legal right forcontrolling and modifying the work of a software. Copyright holders help in copying and
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