Department of Computer Science
CSci 1030 -- Technology and Society
http://www.seas.gwu.edu/~mfeldman/csci1030/summer16
Prof. Michael B. Feldman, course instructor
mfeldman@gwu.edu
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School of Engineering
and Applied Science Department of Computer Science CSci 1030 -- Technology and Society http://www.seas.gwu.edu/~mfeldman/csci1030/summer16 Prof. Michael B. Feldman, course instructor mfeldman@gwu.edu |
Notes on Software as Intellectual Property
Sample
Software
License 1
Sample
Software
License 2
****FINAL PROJECT REPORTS DUE SATURDAY!*****
WORK ON YOUR final project reports this week!
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: Discussion
1. Look up (online) the concept of a
"patent troll". Discuss the issue, especially as it relates to
software. Do you think it's a problem? (How) should the American
and international legal systems respond?
2. Re-read those sample software licenses and discuss them from the intellectual property viewpoint.
3. Look up (on the web) and discuss an
interesting recent
software-as-intellectual-property case.
FINDINGS FROM YOUR SURVEY: Discussion****FINAL PROJECT REPORTS DUE*****