KwickClips Computer Science · 40 sec · free
Can you use cracked software for a project?
Short answer. No. It is illegal and risky.
What should you do with reused images?
Give credit and check the licence.
Yes, they matter
| Cracked software is illegal |
| It often hides malware |
| Credit reused code and images |
Remember
| Use open source tools legally |
It is only a school project. Do licences matter? Yes, they do. Cracked software is illegal. It often hides malware. And reused code or images need credit. Remember. Open source tools are free and legal.
This clip is from the full lesson: Software Licensing: Open Source, Free and Proprietary Software — 7 minutes, with the tables, the quick answers and the whole lesson in text.
Useful for: CBSE Class 10 Computer Applications (165), CBSE Class 11 Computer Science (083), CBSE Class 11 Computer Science Essentials (083), CBSE Class 12 Informatics Practices (065)
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