Open source vs proprietary software in Intro to Computing - Interactive Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the sentence to describe open source software.

Intro to Computing

Open source software means the [1] is freely available to everyone.

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Alicense

Bprice

Csource code

Dsupport

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Common Mistakes

Confusing price with availability of code

Thinking license means free access

Open source software means the source code is freely available for anyone to see, modify, and share.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the sentence to describe proprietary software.

Intro to Computing

Proprietary software usually has a [1] that restricts how you can use it.

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Asource code

Bprice

Ccommunity

Dlicense

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3 left

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Common Mistakes

Confusing license with price

Thinking source code is always available

Proprietary software comes with a license that limits how you can use, copy, or change the software.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the statement about software freedom.

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Open source software means you cannot [1] the software.

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Ause

Brestrict

Cshare

Dmodify

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3 left

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Common Mistakes

Choosing 'modify' or 'share' which are allowed

Confusing restriction with permission

The statement is incorrect because open source software means you can modify, use, and share it freely. You cannot restrict others from doing so.

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hard

Fill both blanks to complete the dictionary comprehension about software types.

Intro to Computing

software = {name: [1] for name in software_list if license_type[name] [2] 'open source'}

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Alicense_type[name]

B==

C!=

Din

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Common Mistakes

Using '!=' instead of '=='

Using 'in' which is incorrect here

This code creates a dictionary with software names and their license types, but only includes those where the license type is exactly 'open source'.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to create a dictionary of proprietary software with their prices above 50.

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proprietary_software = {name: price for name, price in software_prices.items() if license_type[name] [1] 'proprietary' and price [2] [3]

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A==

B>

C50

D<

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using '<' instead of '>' for price

Using '!=' instead of '==' for license type

This dictionary comprehension filters software that is proprietary and costs more than 50 units.