Study Journal 3

Oct 06:

My thought when we talked about passwords

Passwords being a bad thing? Things ever going this way is very

surprising to me. I can see the sharing of ideas and open software being supported, but

the absent of passwords isn't something I would have seen many people supporting.

Support teams are the key to monetization of open source software.

This opened a whole market of jobs.

The partnership (in compatibility)  of Apache and Linux grew very quickly because of the community that used them also went to help develop both of them.

Oct 08:

Trade secrets (example of coco-cola), never expire, but if they are ever found out, they are not protected by law.

IP, Intellectual property, gives the right to exclude others from using it. Lasts 20 years. Companies want to have big portfolios to fight and defend each other from going to law.

Copyright, in expression, not ideas. ok to use with news, and schools.

Oct 13:

Ethical stand of Cliff in the beginning of the book, open to freedom of action.

small government, people just shouldn't bother each other. to just be nice

Technical background of Cliff in the beginning of the book, astronomer. basics of computer systems.

could have easily been a computer systems manager.

Maturity of Cliff in the beginning of the book, he was non committal. would be happy to watch others

do unethical things as long as it didn't involve himself. little apathy.

Oct 15:

Ethical stand of Cliff near the end of the book, hacking is unethical, people should care about computer security

Technical background of Cliff near the end of the book, Security minded, had the health paranoia,

knew the technical details for networks and security.

Maturity of Cliff near the end of the book, he was committal (gets married). He thinks for himself,

deciding what is ok or not, not just following a group (whether that is the government or college life he knew)

Oct 20:

freedoms available in different countries vary. Example: China doesn't have freedom of religion, only those chosen go to college. Not all information is accessible.

Ethics is not the same as law. Example word of wisdom, law of chastity,

The first amendment, freedom of speech. Sharing how to make a pipe bomb is legal (ethical? maybe not), making the bomb is not legal. Is this ok?