Professional Aspects in Software Engineering

Unit 1

Intellectual Property rights Confidential Information, Copyright, Infringement of Copyright, Acts permitted in Relation to Copyright Works, Licensing and Assignment of Copyright, Moral Rights, Designs, Trademarks, The tort of passing off, Domain Names, Patents.

Unit 2

Software Licenses Copyright, Contract, Patent, Free Software and Open Source Software, MIT License, BSD License, GNU General Public License, GNU Lesser General Public License, Q Public License, Proprietary License, Sun Community License.

Unit 3

Software Contracts:

Basics of Software Contracts, Extent of liability, Contract for the supply of custom-built software at a fixed price, other types of software service Contract, Liability for defective software.

Unit 4

Software Crime Prevention Computing and criminal Activity, Reforms of Criminal Law, Categories of Misuse, Computer Fraud, Obtaining Unauthorized Access to Computer, Unauthorized Alteration or Destruction of Information, Denying Access to an Authorized user, Unauthorized Removal of Information Stored in a Computer.

Unit 5

Data Protection Regulations Data Protection and Privacy, The impact of the Internet, Factors Influencing the Regulation of Data Processing, Convergence of Data Protection Practice, Defamation and the protection of Reputation.

REFERENCES:

1. Andrew M. St. Laurent, “Open Source and Free Software Licensing”, O’Reilly Publications.

2. Frank Bott, et. al, “Professional Issues in Software Engineering”, Taylor & Francis.

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