Using the Windows 7 EULA and GNU Public License provided this week:

(a) What one essential thing distinguishes open-source code from proprietary code? (hint: its not that one is free and one not) (b) List three major application areas for which you can choose either an open source package or a proprietary package -

include the actual packages in all six cases.

(c) In section 1.2 of the Microsoft Windows EULA, what kind of information do you expect Microsoft does collect, if it says its not collecting any personally identifiable information? Did you know that you had agreed to give Microsoft permission to extract information (of any kind) from your computer? Describe an application setting where this kind of accessing of information might pose problems.

(d) Section 3 of the Microsoft EULA makes clear who owns the licensed software. Who owns the software for an open-source package that you did not have to pay for if the software is covered by the GPL?

(e) Why does the notice from MPEG LA, L.L.C., appear in Microsofts EULA (section 11)?

(f) Look at sections 17, 18 and 19 in the EULA. What does Microsoft gurantee in its guarantee? Would you buy a consumer product (e.g., a car, a TV) if it came with similar terms? Why or why not? How does open-source software, licensed under the GPL, compare?

(g) Find a license for proprietary software from a vendor other than Microsoft, and state whose you located. Do the same from some open source license that is neither the GPL nor the LGPL.