Choosing A License
| Title | Choosing A License |
| Overview | Student will choose a license for a hypothetical software project based on criteria given |
| Prerequisite Knowledge | Should have had an introduction intellectual property as it relates to software and to open source licenses. Completing Finding_the_License first would be valuable, as this exercise requires finding the license for existing software. |
| Learning Objectives | Students will be able to assess some of the criteria involved in selecting a software license; however, when in doubt (and especially when in doubt and using other's code), a lawyer should be consulted. |
Background:
Every piece of software your students write should have a license, so it's a good habit to instill early on. In addition, since any novel and unique artistic work is considered copywrited when fixed in a medium (vast oversimplification, but it will do for this purpose), unless coders choose a license, their software is copywrited upon creation.
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Additional Information:
| Knowledge Area/Knowledge Unit | Social Issues and Professional Practice (SP) / Intellectual Property |
| Topic | Intellectual property rights |
| Level of Difficulty | Is this activity easy, medium or challenging? |
| Estimated Time to Completion | How long should it take for the student to complete the activity? |
| Materials/Environment | What does the student need? Internet access, IRC client, Git Hub account, LINUX machine, etc.? |
| Author | Gina Likins |
| Source | Is there another activity on which this activity is based? If so, please provide a link to the original resource. |
| License | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License |
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