Session 11 Lesson Plan
Intro to Session
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What is covered in this session
Code of conduct: email usage policy; internet usage policy; software acquisition
and installation policy; user area usage policy; account management policy;
ethics
Laws: Computer Misuse Act 1990; others, eg Copyright, Designs and Patents Act
1988, Privacy and compensation requirements of Data Protection Act 1984, 1998,
2000
Copyrights: open source; freeware; shareware; commercial software
Ethical decision making: eg freedom of information versus personal privacy;
permission, eg to use photographs or videos, CCTV footage
Professional bodies: eg Business Software Alliance (BSA), Federation Against
Software Theft (FAST), British Computing Society (BCS), Association of Computing
Machinery (ACM)
Assignment 3 Presentations
Work on Assignment 4
Useful information to help you
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
Digital Millennium Copyright Act How does an American Act affect the internet?
European Union Copyright Directive How does the Euopean Legislation affect us?
What information is held on you?
The types of Software
GNU Licence
- the freedom to use the software for any purpose,
- the freedom to change the software to suit your needs,
- the freedom to share the software with your friends and neighbors, and
- the freedom to share the changes you make.
Copyleft
open source;
freeware;
shareware;
commercial software