A very interesting article on drones... What price progress indeed.
The comments and reflection are up to you. Pros and cons as it is usual with technology.
Showing posts with label ethics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ethics. Show all posts
Monday, 30 October 2017
Friday, 29 April 2016
Software Licensing
Among the ethical issues related to computers, IT/computer science we can find:
- Privacy ([personal] data protection, collection, use and disposal)
- Security (access restrictions to data, especially relevant when stored/shared on networks)
- Licensing and copyrights
One that is easily neglected when we are in the academic context of an introduction to Computer Science is the third. Just in case it pops in your exams, here's what you need to know, in a nutshell:
- Privacy: if you're interested, you may want to have a read at the personal data protection act @ https://www.pdpc.gov.sg/legislation-and-guidelines/overview
- Security: we have definitely discussed in dept during class, especially under our networking topic.
- Licensing and copyright: http://searchcio.techtarget.com/definition/software-license
Also these diagrams from https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_license are good for a quick overview on the topic:
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