COMPUTER ETHICS AND SECURITY
ETHICS IN COMPUTING
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Question
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Proprietary Software is distributed by a community of individuals and is available for free
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Proprietary software is owned by an organization or an individual, as opposed to “public-domain software, ‘’ which is freely distributed. The explosion in the use of the Internet has expanded the reach of public-domain software since it is now much easier to transmit these programs.
Detailed explanation-2: -Free software or libre software is computer software distributed under terms that allow users to run the software for any purpose as well as to study, change, and distribute it and any adapted versions.
Detailed explanation-3: -With closed source software (also known as proprietary software), the public is not given access to the source code, so they can’t see or modify it in any way.
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