Question

Wesley purchased a word-processing software program. He used it for a year, during which he got regular updates every two months. After a year, he was not allowed to update the software. However, he could continue using it. Why did the updates stop?

Answer 1

Group of answer choices.

A. The software was corrupt and resulted in a bug.

B. He purchased a license with maintenance for a year.

C. The organization discontinued the software.

D. He purchased an open-source license.

E. He purchase a perpetual non-maintenance license.

Answer:

B. He purchased a license with maintenance for a year.

Explanation:

A software can be defined as a set of executable instructions (codes) or collection of data that is used typically to instruct a computer how to perform a specific task and to solve a particular problem.

Basically, softwares are categorized into two (2) main categories and these are;

I. Open-source software.

II. Proprietary software.

A proprietary software is also known as a closed-source software and it can be defined as any software application or program that has its source code copyrighted and as such cannot be used, modified or distributed without authorization from the software developer. Thus, it is typically published as a commercial software that may be sold, licensed or leased by the software developer (vendor) to the end users with terms and conditions.

In this scenario, Wesley purchased a word-processing software program. He used it for a year, during which he got regular updates every two months. However, after a year, he was not allowed to update the software but he could continue using it.

This ultimately implies that, Wesley purchased a licensed software with maintenance for a year and as such he would stop receiving an update from the software developer after his subscription expired.