Edexcel GCSE Computer Science 2020

5.2.3: understand methods of intellectual property protection for computer systems and software (copyright, patents, trademarks, licencing)

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closed sourcetype of software licence where the program code is kept a secret so only the original author or company can make changes
copyrightlegal protection for creative products such as images, text, video, sound or software so that they can't be copied without permission
intellectual propertylegal term meaning who has the right to be known as the owner of an idea, invention, algorithm or device
licencinglegal protection for software which determines how it can be it can and can't be used and / or shared
open sourcetype of software licence where the program code is freely available for others to access and edit
patentslegal protection for ideas and inventions so that companies can't copy competitors products without permission
trademarkslegal protection for names of companies or products so that they can't be imitated by anyone else without permission
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