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The difference between the GPL and LGPL licenses are: LGPL allows you to distribute the software in binary-only form LGPL is shorter than GPL LGPL ensures that all variants of…

How can you make money from open source software? (choose three) Unlock premium features for people that pay Charge a yearly fee for the right to use the software Sell…

If a podcast is licensed under the CC BY-ND license, you may: (choose two) Share it as long as you give credit to the author Post it to your website…

Creative Commons licenses allow you to: (choose three) Allow or disallow commercial use Specify whether or not people may distribute changes Specify whether or not changes must be shared Receive…

What does it mean when a work is placed in the public domain? The work was done by a government agency The author has relinquished the copyright on the work…

Which are examples of permissive software licenses? (choose two) MIT BSD GPLv LGPLv3 GPLv3 Explanation & Hint: Permissive software licenses are those that impose minimal restrictions on how software can…

A generic term for Open Source and Free Software is: SLOFF Libre Software OS/FS FLOSS GPL Explanation & Hint: A generic term that encompasses both Open Source and Free Software…

Who founded the Open Source Initiative? (choose two) Eric Raymond Bruce Perens Richard Stallman Linus Torvalds University of California at Berkeley Explanation & Hint: The Open Source Initiative (OSI) was…

Linux is distributed under which license? GPLv2 BSD MIT Linux Foundation GPLv3 Explanation & Hint: Linux, specifically the Linux kernel, is distributed under the GPLv2 (GNU General Public License version…

A permissive free software license: (choose two) Requires you share software changes but not binaries Means you can use the software for anything you want Does not allow the software…