Assalamualaikum to all,
This week for my computer in education class, me and classmates have been given our first assignment, where each of us are required to form a pair or a triplet in each group. Then, after we decide who is going to be our partner for thisassignment, each of the group will have to choose one topic each that had been set by our lecturer which is:
1. 21st Century Skills 2. Thinking skills and ICT
3. Internet and Computer Security (Virus, Spam, Phishing)
& Operating System
4. Original and licensed software
5. Open source Software
6. Web 2.0 in education
7. E-Learning & Mobile learning.
Original and licensed software have been to me and partner as
our sub-topic for our1st assignment. As we did before during
the previous week, we were asked to find out some information
about the sub-topic that has been given to us. Through
google, WHAT, WHY, WHERE, WHO and HOW.
Based on my research by using google, below are the informations
that I have found out so far:
What Is The Meaning Of Original And Licensed Software?
1. 21st Century Skills 2. Thinking skills and ICT
3. Internet and Computer Security (Virus, Spam, Phishing)
& Operating System
4. Original and licensed software
5. Open source Software
6. Web 2.0 in education
7. E-Learning & Mobile learning.
Original and licensed software have been to me and partner as
our sub-topic for our1st assignment. As we did before during
the previous week, we were asked to find out some information
about the sub-topic that has been given to us. Through
google, WHAT, WHY, WHERE, WHO and HOW.
Based on my research by using google, below are the informations
that I have found out so far:
What Is The Meaning Of Original And Licensed Software?
For the reader’s information, in order for me to understand the meaning of original and licensed software better, I separate the questions into two parts, which is:
*What is original software? And
*What is original software? And
*What is licensed software?
Based on Wikipedia definition:
Original Software : is a privately held company providing
automatic software testing products and services.
Licensed Software : a legal instrument (usually by way of
contract law) governing the usage or redistribution of software.
Original Software : is a privately held company providing
automatic software testing products and services.
Licensed Software : a legal instrument (usually by way of
contract law) governing the usage or redistribution of software.
- Allowing an individual or group to use a piece
of software. Nearly all applications are licensed rather than sold.There are a variety of different types of software licenses. Someare based on the number machines onwhich the licensed programcan run whereas others are based on the number of usersthat can use the program. Most personal computer software licenses allow you to run the program on only one machine and to make copies of the software only for backuppurposes. Some licenses also allow you to run the program ondifferent computers as long as you don't use the copies simultaneously.
of software. Nearly all applications are licensed rather than sold.There are a variety of different types of software licenses. Someare based on the number machines onwhich the licensed programcan run whereas others are based on the number of usersthat can use the program. Most personal computer software licenses allow you to run the program on only one machine and to make copies of the software only for backuppurposes. Some licenses also allow you to run the program ondifferent computers as long as you don't use the copies simultaneously.
Thus, by looking at the two definition,
My own definition of Original and Licensed Software: is a software that has been produced by a private company that had a legal licensed by the government in order to make the software to be used legally thesoftware user. These company through the people or company.kinds of software usually have a copyright in order to prevent software piracy by other
Why Used An Original And Licensed Software?
- It has a better quality than piracy software and it is also reliableIt has a warranty from the software company.
- Less risk of viruses.
- Faulty free.
Where Usually An Original And Licensed Software Being Used?
-At home
-Schools
-Offices
-Companies
-Universities.
Who Used Original And Licensed Software?
-Students
-Workers (Offices, Companies)
-Lecturers
-Faculty
-Enterprise
-Commercial
How Does Original And Licensed Software Affect Us as Users and The Private Company?
For users, it is beneficial for them to purchase original and licensed software because it has a better quality and more reliable to use than a piracy software. However, because this kind of software is usually expensive, users tend to go towards buying piracy software because of its cheaper price. Thus, because of this, the company who produced the original and licensed software might experience some profit lost. Therefore, in order to prevent this, they provide a copyright for their software product.
Punishment For Software Piracy Fine: Up to $150,000
Penalty: 5 Years Prison Sentences or $250,000 fine.
NEXT STEP:
After I have collect all the information that I needed for my sub-topic, I have to share my information with my partner and the rest of my classmates whether by using my Facebook group of my partner's facebook group. Then, my partner and my classmates must respond to what I have share with them.
How To Share Informations Through Facebook Group By Using Docs :
To share my informations with my partner and my classmates using facebook group, firstly I have to open the facebook group address that I wanted to used. Then, I need to click *Docs* on top of the facebook group page. After I have put all the informations there, I just simply need to post my document into my Facebook Group.After I have finished sharing my report on CMS in my Facebook group, I also need to share
my report in my google doc.
Then, I need to download my report into PDF and upload it into my Yahoo Group file.
My Personal Experience and Opinion:
my report in my google doc.
Then, I need to download my report into PDF and upload it into my Yahoo Group file.
My Personal Experience and Opinion:
From my personal experience in doing this assignment, it was a little bit hard to find the information about my group sub-topic at Google. There were not many relevant informations about Original and Licensed Software that is needed for this assignment.The next option to find more info about this topic, I went to our UKM main library, Perpustakaan Tun Seri Lanang, with my partner. However, there is also no books that are beginning of our research.relevant for our group topic. Because of this, we have experience a slightly difficulties in the
My Original and Licensed software report on google Docs: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LYYo3auVX0Iv4T1YJmY8la45Mkyri_UEwI762EJH2yU/edit?hl=en_GB
