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- AbandonwareSoftware which is no longer being maintained, released or supported by the...
- AuthorThe programmer (or their employer) of a software...
- BSD LicenceBerkeley Software Distribution Licence - a type of Open Source software licence with few...
- BinaryExecutable program or a data...
- Click-Wrap LicenceThis is a licence for software either downloaded from a website or loaded from disk, where the licence terms are accepted on screen by following a "click to accept"...
- Closed SourceSoftware which does not allow its code to be manipulated by...
- Concurrent User LicenceA software licence which depends upon the number of people who use the software at any one...
- DRMDigital Rights Management - a system designed to prevent illegal copying of...
- EULAEnd User Licence Agreement - an agreement which restricts the use of a computer program by the end...
- End UserThe person who uses a computer...
- FOSSFree and Open Source software - software which is liberally licensed to grant the right of users to study, change, and improve its design through the availability of its source...
- Free Software See FOSS...
- FreewareThis is proprietary software made available free of...
- GNUGeneral Public License (aka GPL) - it is a widely used free software...
- LicenceA privelege to copy or use a...
- MIT LicenseThis is a free software license originating at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
- Named User LicenceThis type of licence requires every individual who is going to use the software to be granted a...
- Open Source Software See FOSS...
- PhishingThis is a fraudulent method which aims to acquire sensitive information, such as usernames, passwords and credit card details, by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic...
- Proprietary SoftwareThis is computer software with restrictions on use or private modification, or with restrictions judged to be excessive on copying or publishing of modified or unmodified...
- SharewareSoftware which has a limited licence, generally with the aim of allowing a time-specific...
- Source CodeThis refers to a sequence of statements or declarations written in some human-readable computer programming...
- WarezSoftware or protected electronic copyrighted material which has been illegally "hacked" and unlocked by software...
