A software engineering startup has developed an intelligent home energy management system (HEMS) designed to monitor household electricity consumption, optimize smart heating/cooling schedules, and automatically manage residential battery storage to reduce carbon emissions and utility bills. The startup wants to make this platform available to residential users globally.
The startup is deciding whether to release this software under an open-source licence or a proprietary (closed-source) licence.
Discuss the features, benefits, and drawbacks of each type of licence for this energy management system, and make a recommendation on which licence the startup should choose.
Your answer should address:
22 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Computer Science Ethical, legal, cultural and environmental impact. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.