FOSS Basics

What is Copyright ?

• Copyright is a legal right created by the law of a country that grants the creator of an original work exclusive rights for its use and distribution.

• Permission to copy

• Permission to use

• Permission to modify

The following statement is an unambiguous way to refer to copyrights. True or False?

/*
* Copyright 2010, Linus Torvalds.
*/

• True

• False

The following statement is an unambiguous way to refer to copyrights. True or False?

/*
* © 1510, Leonardo Da Vinci.
*/

• True

• False

The following statements are true ?

• /*
  * Copyright © 2012-2015, Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  */

• /*
  * Copyright 2001-2003, 2005-2008, 2010-2012, 2014, Linux Foundation.
  */

• /*
  * © 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  */

• /*
  * Copyright.
  */

The following statement is True or False?

/*
* Copyright Contributors to the OpenColorIO project.
*/

• True

• False

A valid file notice for copyright and licensing information should appear:

• At the beginning of the file

• At the end of the file

• Anywhere in the file

• At the middle of the file

When adding significant intellectual work to an existing file you did not create, you should:

• • Replace the file's copyright statement with your copyright statement

• • Update the date of the existing copyright statement

• • Add a new copyright statement

The following statement is an unambiguous and complete way to refer to the applicable license. True or False?

/*
* This Source Code Form is subject to the
* terms of the Mozilla Public License, v.2.0.
* If a copy of the MPL was not
* distributed with this file, You can obtain
* one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0
*/

• True

• False

The following statement is an unambiguous and complete way to refer to the applicable license. True or False?

/*
* SPDX=GPL 3.0
*/

• True

• False

The following statement is an unambiguous and complete way to refer to the applicable license. True or False?

/*
* http://opensource.org/licenses/EPL-1.0
*/

• True

• False