COMPUTER SOFTWARE
SYSTEM SOFTWARE
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Shareware
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Proprietary software
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Open Source
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All of these are copyrighted by the author
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Detailed explanation-1: -Under United States copyright law, all software is copyright protected, in both source code and object code forms, unless that software was developed by the United States Government, in which case it cannot be copyrighted.
Detailed explanation-2: -Software Copyright is the most common method used to protect software. A programmer automatically owns the copyright of any program they write (it does not need to be applied for) and it lasts until 70 years after the death of the author.
Detailed explanation-3: -Source Code and Object Code Your actual software and app source code may be protected under copyright law, . The concepts and inventions related to software may be protected under patent law. Copyright Law defines computer programs as literary work, and as such is protectable under copyrights.
Detailed explanation-4: -Computer software, more specifically the program code, is protected by copyright as a “"literary work"". There may also be other types of copyright work associated with some computer software.