Intellectual Property (IP): a work or invention that is result of creativity to which one has rights
Copyright
Copyright protects your IP and keeps anyone from using it, unless you give them permission
Plagiarism: Presenting material as your own
Legal ways to use material created by someone else:
Creative Commons
open source
open access
Creative Commons
Creative Commons provides free licenses that you can use to tell others how you want them to use your creations
It clearly tells others what they can and can not do with your IP
Open Source and Open Access
Open Source: programs made freely available for anyone to use and may be redistributed and modified
Open Access: online research output free of any and all restrictions on access and free of many restrictions on use, such as copyright or license restrictions
Legal and Ethical Concerns
Digital Divide: Unequal distribution of access to technology
Actions
When you create a GitHub repository it requests a license type. Review the license types in relationship to this Tech Talk and make some notes in GitHub pages.
To license a public repository on Github so that it is open source, you must follow a few steps:
First, you should create a license file within your project
Then, you should choose what license to use. Github offers several licenses:
Academic Free License
Apache License
Creative Commons License family
And many more!
Make a license for your personal and Team project. Document license you picked and why.
I am choosing the MIT license for my individual repository and our team project because it is the most reliable license and allows for most people to use it freely