$($Please do not use AI it will result a Zero grade$)$ Assume you are a team leader of a software company. Naturally, you have a professional

responsibility to work in the best interest of the company. In addition, you also do have

social and ethical responsibilities which have consequences for the software

development community and the society, at large. Think about the following scenario

and provide your thought on it:

$$Your team is following component$-$based software development process and

you have decided to use an open$-$source component which is distributed under

GNU General Public License $($GPL$).$ GPL is an instance of copyleft license.

Accordingly, any software that is developed using a GPL component must be

released as open source $1.$ Your team has spent a lot of time adding great

functionalities over the open$-$source component and, as a result, the higheradministration of the company wants you to not release the resulting code as open

source. This will allow the company to have a competitive edge over the

competitors. You want to benefit the company but also you feel the responsibility

towards the licensing agreement. Explain both sides of the story and what will

you do in such situation.$$

You will be evaluated based on the assessment plan tabulated at the end of the document.Rubrics for Program Outcome $4$:

An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.

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