Students need to understand:
  • open source vs proprietary software


Choose from the following to help you learn:

Books

CAMBRIDGE Computer Science:  
Pages 231-232. Section "Proprietary and open source software".
ROBSON & HEATHCOTE Computer Science (9-1):
Page 61. Section "Open-source and proprietary software".
SUSAN ROBSON GCSE Computing(3rd edition): 
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SUSAN ROBSON GCSE Computing(2012): 
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AXSIED GCSE Computer Science (3rd edition)
Page 55. Section R28 "Open Source Software" and "Proprietary Software"
ROUSE & O'BYRNE GCSE(9-1) Computer Science:
Page 190. Section "Open-source and proprietary software" continues onto Page 191. 

Web Sites

BBC Bitesize: Page 11 Open source and proprietary software
Wikipedia: Open Source Software, Proprietary Software (2 articles) 
Simple Wikipedia: Open Source Software, Proprietary Software (2 articles) 
Teach-ICT: Open and Closed Source Software

YouTube

Open Source explained with Lego, watch all 

Open Source Basics, watch all 

Stephen Fry talks about Free software, watch all 

Myths about open source software, watch all 

Richard Stallman - Free V Open Source Software, watch all 
 




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