Question | Answer |
Define ethics | a system of collected points regarding human morals and principles |
Define code of conduct | set of rules outlining social norm and appropriate practices and behaviours for a party or an individual |
What are the eight ACM/IEEE Software Engineering Code of Ethics | Public Client Employer Product Judgement Management Profession Colleague Self |
Data ownership vs Copyrights? | Data ownership: the legal status of possessing a set of data Copyright: providing the creator of a software with the ability to determine how their software are used and distributed |
Why is there a need to protect copyright and usage? | Software and data can be: stolen copied bootlegged (illegally sold) data misuse |
What measure can restrict the access to data on the internet and www? | Online accounts Access rights Commercialise certain rights |
Briefly describe Free Software Foundation, | Simple and mono-task software distributed for free |
the Open Source Initiative, | Software open to modifications by users who are technically capable of doing so and in turn modifies the software |
What's shareware | Free software for trials and often require payments for continued use, some depend on user’s honesty to righteously pay up |
What are commercial software? | Software that require payment before any usage can be obtained |
Provide 3 UK legislative acts to combat copyright and data misuse violations | Data Protection Act: Set up to protect data privacy by encouraging good data handling practices and influence international views on data privacy Computer Misuse Act: Initiated to combat hacking, with severity levels ranging from unauthorised access ,unauthorised access with criminal desires and unauthorised access with motive to amend original computer material |
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