Task · part of 4. Intellectual property, licensing, and three kinds of software
4(c). Freeware, open source and commercial software, and respecting the terms
Required
The differences between the three, and why it matters to respect the terms of use of each. The three development environments you choose at requirement 5 will fall into these categories.
Notes and warnings
Note. This is more practical than it looks. The three development environments you install for requirement 5 will each be freeware, open source or commercial, and each will make you agree to terms before it installs. Doing 4(c) first means reading those terms with some idea of what they are.
Where this step comes from
- Programming Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2025-12-31), Requirement 4(c)