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c.
What, if anything, makes evaluation of Webbased sources
different from traditional sources?
3.
Locate the Web site of a commercial company, perhaps in the
news or entertainment industries. For example, you might
look at the site of a newspaper, magazine, movie producer,
cartoonist, or artist. Determine the company's policy for use
of materials found on the site.
a.
Are you allowed to make copies of the materials?
b.
Can you distribute the materials? If so, are there any re
strictions? If not, what limitations are specified?
c.
Could you include any of the materials (such as a logo) on
your own Web site? Explain.
4.
One of the major efforts in the development of software to
day involves the creation of software libraries to handle vari
ous common tasks. The idea is to reuse software, created ei
ther by yourself or by others, rather than to start each project
from the beginning. After all, if a piece of code worked before
and is not changed, then it will likely work the next time—so
why bother to rewrite it?
a.
Explain how the ethical, financial, and legal factors of
copying or downloading materials might relate to the de
velopment of software libraries.
b.
Under what circumstances might it be ethical, financially
responsible, and legal to place pieces of software into li
braries for common use?
