SOFTWARE LICENSE

What is a license?

Licenses closely related to Copyright.
Licenses are granting permission on the use of something (in this case the computer software) provided by the owner or holder of copyright on such things. Licensing background, of course depending on the respective Copyright holder.

Citing the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Copyright, Article 2, paragraph 2 states as follows:
"Creator and or Copyright Holder of cinematographic works and computer programs have the right to give permission or prohibit another person without his consent to lease the creation of commercial interests ..."

SOME TYPE OF LICENSE IS BETWEEN OTHER

COMMERCIAL LICENSE.
Commercial licensing is a type of license is commonly encountered in the software such as Microsoft with Windows and its Office, Lotus, Oracle and others. Software is created with this license, it made for commercial purposes. So that users who want to use it to purchase or obtain permission from the use of the copyright holder. In the implementation of UUHC this license is very important in protecting the rights of the owner.


TRIAL SOFTWARE LICENSE
Trial Software License is a kind of license is commonly encountered in the software for the purposes of sebua software demo prior to launch to the public. This license allows users to use, or copying mencopy free software. But because they are demos, so often the software with this license does not have complete facilities and functions of commercial versions. Moreover, the demo version of software is usually limited by the particular active period. Examples of such programs as Adobe Photoshop CS Trial Version for 30 days.


Non-Commercial Use License
Non-Commercial Use license is usually reserved for the education or certain foundation in the social sphere. Non-commercial nature, usually free but with limitations on use tertentu.Contoh software is licensed Star Office program that can run under the Linux operating system and Windows as well....


License Shareware
Shareware license allows users to use, copy or duplicate without permission of copyright holders. But unlike Trial Software, the license is not restricted by time limits and have a full feature. Licenses of this type usually found in small software companies. Some examples of small software that has this license such as Winzip, Paint Shop Pro, ACDSee and so forth.


License Freeware
Freeware license is usually found in the software that is supporting or providing additional facilities. Examples include software plug-ins are usually attached to the main software like Eye Candy software embedded in Adobe Photoshop or a program to convert a favorite test-bookmark-IE to Netscape.


Royalty-Free License Binaries
The software has a license License Royalty-Free Binaries similar to the freeware license, only the product being offered is a library that serves to complement the software already exists, not a software that stands alone....

Open Source licenses.
Open souce license is a license that frees users to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software. Various types of open source licenses developed in accordance with the requirements such as the GNU / GPL, The FreeBSD, the MPL. While the types of software using this license as Linux, sendmail, Apache, and FreeBSD.

With the emergence of the license system will make the Open Source as an alternative to the development of computer programs that have the force of law itself.




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