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Gaheera Babbar Legal and Ethical HW Hacks

Big Idea 5 Legal and Ethical Team Teach HW Hacks

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Vocab

  • AI Art: uses algorithms and machine learning techniques to general visual or auditory artworks that mimic human creativity
  • Creative Commons: Lecensing system that allows creators to share work with specific permissions to others
  • Digitial divide is the gap between communities who do and don’t have access to digitial technologies

Popcorn Hack 1

What are some ways to protect intellectual property? Write down what you can remember in a notebook.

You can protect intellectual property by taking actions to prevent intellectal property rights violations. THis includes using watermarks, defining terms of use through license agreements, and regularly monitoring for unauthorized use.

MC 1

B. Adding watermarks and using digital rights maangeement tools is the best way to help a content creator prevent intelelctual property rights violations when sharing digital content

Popcorn Hack 2

Define an MIT License and describe what one for your own Repo would look like

The MIT license is an open-source softwarre that allows users to copt, use, mmodify, merge, publish, distribute, and sell copies of the softeware. An MIT license for my own repo would allow users to copy, paste, distribute, and sell copies of my blogs, but not allow them to modify and merge them.

Homework Hack: Designing a License for Personal Repo

Task 1: Selected License: MIT License

Task 2: Explanation

I chose the MIT License for my personal AP CSP GitHub repository because it’s simple, permissive, and widely used. This license allows others to freely use, copy, modify, and share my content as long as they credit me, which supports collaboration and learning. Since the repository contains my blogs, class notes, assignments, and personal projects, I want others—especially fellow students—to benefit from and build upon my work without worrying about strict licensing rules. The MIT License ensures openness while still protecting my original authorship.

Popcorn Hack 3

Degine a Creative Common Liense

A Creative Commons (CC) License is a public copyright license that enables creators to grant permission for others to use, share, and sometimes modify their work—without needing to ask for formal permission each time

Fair Use (U.S.) / Fair Dealing (other countries): Allows limited use of copyrighted material for purposes such as criticism, commentary, education, research, news reporting, or parody.

Educational Use: Teachers and students can often use copyrighted works for classroom purposes.

Library and Archival Use: Institutions may reproduce works for preservation and accessibility.

Personal Use: Some jurisdictions allow private copying or time-shifting (e.g., recording a TV show to watch later).

Public Domain: Works whose copyrights have expired or were never eligible for copyright.

Popcorn Hack 5

  • check copyright license on online content
  • cite the sources that you use
  • find creative commno licesenses
  • ask for permission before using content if unsure

HW Hack: License for Personal Repo

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2025 Gaheera Babbar

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights  
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell      
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is          
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:                       

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in     
all copies or substantial portions of the Software.                            

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR     
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,       
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE    
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER         
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,  
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN      
THE SOFTWARE.

EC HW Hack: Lisence for PilotCity Project

Our Pilot City project features an engaging and educational game designed to deepen users’ understanding of DNA structure through interactive play. The core of the game revolves around correctly pairing nucleotide bases (A with T, C with G) in an intuitive, hands-on interface. As users interact with the animated DNA strand, they visually experience the process of DNA “unzipping,” mimicking how it naturally separates during replication.

To reinforce learning and keep users motivated, the game introduces a dynamic life system: players lose lives for incorrect base pairings, but can earn them back by answering fun, DNA-themed trivia questions. These questions not only serve as a second-chance mechanism but also reinforce scientific concepts in a memorable, gamified format.

Key features include:

Interactive DNA strand visuals that show real-time unzipping and re-zipping based on user input.

Immediate feedback on correct and incorrect pairings to support active learning.

Trivia-based revival system to re-engage users with key DNA facts.

A fun-first design that ensures users enjoy the process while gaining a strong conceptual understanding of base pairing and DNA structure.

Selected License: Creative Commons

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

Copyright © 2025 Illumina DNA Dynamite

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

You are free to:
- Share  copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
- Adapt  remix, transform, and build upon the material

Under the following terms:
- Attribution  You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.
- NonCommercial  You may not use the material for commercial purposes.

No additional restrictions  You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.

To view a copy of this license, visit: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/