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Copyright
and Citing Internet Sources
Please Note: Some of the information in the links
below lead to links outside of the Anne Arundel County Public Schools Web
site. These links have not gone through the Anne Arundel County Public Schools
Review and Evaluation Process. They are suggested sites for teacher use
ONLY! If teachers decide to use these web sites they must go through a school-based
AACPS review and evaluation process. Citing Internet Sources
Copyright Links
Terms Associated with Copyright Laws
- Original: The purchased program.
- Back-up: The one copy allowed for archival purposes.
- Single Machine License: A program that can only be run in
one computer at a time, e.g. Apple works.
- Multi boot License: A program for which you are licensed to
boot and run the program in more than one computer, e.g. Milliken Word
Processor, Sunburst Software - Geometric Supposer, Bank Street Writer.
- Site License: Allows the user to make multiple copies of programs
based on some agreement. Some possible site license agreements:
- limited to the number of machines at a location
- flat limit on number of copies
- unlimited copies
- limit is based on the number of students or teachers, e.g. all MECC
software, LogoWriter
- Shareware: A program that can be copied in unlimited numbers.
The agreement states that if the person who copies the program uses
it, he sends a fee to the author.
- Public Domain: Programs that have been donated to the public.
They can be copied and used without fees.
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