Computer Science 010
Introduction to Computer Applications

Fall 2010, Siena College

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Lecture 23: Security Threats; Rights
Date: Wednesday, December 8, 2010

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Lecture Assignment 23

Due at the start of class, Monday, December 13.

Please submit answers to these questions in Blackboard by the start of class. We will discuss these questions at the start of class, so no late submissions are accepted.

  1. One of the topics for our last class meeting will be network neutrality. Read this page from techcrunch.com that summarizes the issue. Write a few paragraphs summarizing your opinion on this debate.
  2. The Free Software Foundation promotes software that is not only free (in terms of cost) but free (in terms of liberty). Read Free software is a matter of liberty, not price by Peter Brown of the FSF. What do you think? What parts of the FSF's philosophy appeal to you? What problems do you see in trying to follow their philosophy? Are there good reasons to have software that is not free (as in liberty/freedom)?

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