From OpenSourceSoftwarePractice

Quiz

The quiz will be composed of true/false questions and associations.

Context

The main concepts to be tested in the quiz are

• Linus Torvals wrote the GPL License (true/false)
• Richard Stallman quit his position at Microsoft to go and create the FSF (Free Software Foundation) (true/false)
• Open Source Software is not covered by copyrights (true/false)
• Differences between GPL and LGPL Licenses
• What is the meaning of reciprocity in the context of licensing ?
• Do GPL forbids commercial applications ?
• Can you remove the copyright notices from a BSD licensed code
• Can you distributed GPL code under a different license ?
• What is Derivative Work ?
• Can you modify source code and add your copyright to it ?
• Is the EULA (End Users License Agreement) a License or a Contract ?
• Does copyright forbids Reverse Engineering ?
• What does BSD claims about patents ?
• If my application links to a library that is covered by the GPL license, do I have to distribute my code using the GPL license ?
• If my application links to a shared library that is covered by the LGPL license, do I have to distribute my code using the LGPL license ?
• Under US laws, is Copyright Infringement a Felony or a Misdemeanor ?
• Can you distribute source code under one license, and its resulting binary code under a different license ?
• What act criminalized the Circumvention of DRM (Digital Rights Management) methods ?
• Is it legal for copyright holders to spy on citizens with the purpose of making sure that they are not committing Copyright Infringement ?
• The copyright holder of a software package can grant you the right to use the patented methods implemented in the source code ?
• Reading a patent description from the USPTO office and implementing it in source code, is
  • Copyright Infringement
  • Patent Infringement
  • None of the above