010-160 Open Source and Licensing 4

Question 1

Which of the following Creative Commons licenses allows others to distribute, remix, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you?

Accepted Answer

CC BY

Answer

The CC BY (Attribution) license is the most permissive Creative Commons license, permitting any use including commercial, provided attribution is given.

Question 2

What does 'OSI-approved' mean when referring to an open source license?

Accepted Answer

The license has been reviewed and certified as compliant with the Open Source Definition

Answer

An OSI-approved license has been reviewed by the Open Source Initiative and confirmed to meet all criteria of the Open Source Definition.

Question 3

A developer writes a program that includes a GPL-licensed library. She distributes only the compiled binary. What must she provide to comply with the GPL?

Accepted Answer

A written offer to provide the source code upon request

Answer

GPL requires that when distributing a binary, you must also provide the corresponding source code or a written offer to supply it.

Question 4

Which of the following best describes 'open core' as a business model?

Accepted Answer

Offering a core product as open source while keeping advanced features proprietary

Answer

The open core model makes the basic version of a product open source while reserving enterprise or advanced features for a proprietary, commercial version.

Question 5

Which license is considered a 'weak copyleft' license because it only requires modifications to the licensed files themselves to remain open source?

Accepted Answer

GNU LGPL v2.1

Answer

The LGPL (Lesser GPL) is a weak copyleft license that requires only modifications to the LGPL-covered files to stay open, not the entire combined work.

(010-160) LPI Linux Essentials Practice Test

(010-160) LPI Linux Essentials Practice Test

010-160 Open Source and Licensing 4