Open Source and Free Software Awareness Survey

Please select your 'user/status' group

• Student Female
• Student Male
• Not Working (inc, carers, homemakers, (sorry) etc and unemployed) Female
• Not Working (inc, carers, homemakers, (sorry) etc and unemployed) Male
• Working Female
• Working Male
• Working Female CTI (Creative and Technical Industries inc, Arts, Entertainment and Design of all types)
• Working Male CTI (Creative and Technical Industries inc, Arts, Entertainment and Design of all types)
• Retired Female
• Retired Male

From now on please select the 'Yes' or 'No' answer next to your relevant 'user/Status' group or select N/A if the question and/or group options do not apply to you.

• Student - I understand
• Not Working - I understand
• Working - I understand
• Working CTI - I understand
• Retired - I understand

Do you use/have to use computers on a daily basis?

• Student - Yes
• Student - No
• Not Working - Yes
• Not Working - No
• Working - Yes
• Working - No
• Working CTI - Yes
• Working CTI - No
• Retired - Yes
• Retired - No

If you answered 'Yes', is this because of your work/employment (including study and employment searching)?

• Student - Yes
• Student - No
• Not Working - Yes
• Not Working - No
• Working - Yes
• Working - No
• Working CTI - Yes
• Working CTI - No
• Retired - Yes (include part-time work or projects from which supplimental income is derived)
• Retired - No (include part-time work or projects from which supplimental income is derived)
• N/A

Do you use computers for creative, artistic, design and/or purely digital arts or design work?

• Student - Yes
• Student - No
• Not Working - Yes
• Not Working - No
• Working - Yes
• Working - No
• Working CTI - Yes
• Working CTI - No
• Retired - Yes
• Retired - No

If you answered 'Yes', is this because of your work or study?

• Student - Yes
• Student - No
• Not Working - Yes
• Not Working - No
• Working - Yes
• Working - No
• Working CTI - Yes
• Working CTI - No
• Retired - Yes
• Retired - No
• N/A

Have you ever heard the term "Open Source" in relation to computer software and software projects?

• Student - Yes
• Student - No
• Not Working - Yes
• Not Working - No
• Working - Yes
• Working - No
• Working CTI - Yes
• Working CTI - No
• Retired - Yes
• Retired - No

Have you ever heard of the "GNU Project"?

• Student - Yes
• Student - No
• Not Working - Yes
• Not Working - No
• Working - Yes
• Working - No
• Working CTI - Yes
• Working CTI - No
• Retired - Yes
• Retired - No

Have you ever heard of the "GPL - General Public License"?

• Student - Yes
• Student - No
• Not Working - Yes
• Not Working - No
• Working - Yes
• Working - No
• Working CTI - Yes
• Working CTI - No
• Retired - Yes
• Retired - No

Have you ever heard of the "Free Software Foundation"?

• Student - Yes
• Student - No
• Not Working - Yes
• Not Working - No
• Working - Yes
• Working - No
• Working CTI - Yes
• Working CTI - No
• Retired - Yes
• Retired - No

Have you ever heard of "Linux"?

• Student - Yes
• Student - No
• Not Working - Yes
• Not Working - No
• Working - Yes
• Working - No
• Working CTI - Yes
• Working CTI - No
• Retired - Yes
• Retired - No

Have you ever heard of "GNU/Linux"?

• Student - Yes
• Student - No
• Not Working - Yes
• Not Working - No
• Working - Yes
• Working - No
• Working CTI - Yes
• Working CTI - No
• Retired - Yes
• Retired - No

Are you aware that there are many legally completely free, software alternatives to commercial programs for word processing, image manipulation and even 3D modelling and animation?

• Student - Yes
• Student - No
• Not Working - Yes
• Not Working - No
• Working - Yes
• Working - No
• Working CTI - Yes
• Working CTI - No
• Retired - Yes
• Retired - No

If you answered 'Yes' to Q13, do you already use 'Open Source' software?

• Student - Yes
• Student - No
• Not Working - Yes
• Not Working - No
• Working - Yes
• Working - No
• Working CTI - Yes
• Working CTI - No
• Retired - Yes
• Retired - No

If you answered 'No' to Q13, would you be prepared to try 'Open Source' software alternatives to commercial ones?

• Student - Yes
• Student - No
• Not Working - Yes
• Not Working - No
• Working - Yes
• Working - No
• Working CTI - Yes
• Working CTI - No
• Retired - Yes
• Retired - No
• N/A

If you are an Employer or have either responsibility or 'a say' in your work place, over software solutions that you use, would you be prepared to try or recommend trying 'Open Source' alternatives?

• Yes
• No
• Unsure
• N/A

If you answered 'No' or 'Unsure' to Q16, is this because of any of the following conerns?

Please select all that apply.

• Concerns over training
• Concerns over support
• Concerns over compatability with existing software
• Concerns over compatability with existing hardware
• Concerns of software life cycle and continuation (updating etc,)

Teaching students familiarity with 'Industry Standard' software is important but if an 'Open Source' alternative can teach 'principle & practice' just as well it should be favoured in the classroom?

• Yes
• No
• 50/50

In secondary and primary education where access to specialist software is harder, should 'Open Source' alternatives be used to teach good practice and foster creativity?

• Yes
• No
• Yes because it may also open up/increase oppotunities for home based work to children of low incomes families.

Given that during a 5 year Secondary Education cycle, what was 'Industry Standard' at the start may be obselete by the end, should curriculums focus on principle and practice ultising 'Open Source' ?

• Yes
• No
• 50/50
• Yes in Primary and Secondary level Education

Adoption of 'Open Source' solutions in education could reduce budgetry pressures on Education Authorities and potentially equalise oppotunities in education in deprived areas

• Agree
• Disagree
• 50/50
• Agree, especially in specialist areas such as the Arts, Creative and Technical disciplines.

If you are a student who's study results in a portfolio and/or 'show reel', do believe, with regard to Watermarks produced by Student versions of commercial software;

Please select all that apply.

• That employers expect to see Watermark free portfolio inclusions.
• That employes regard Watermarked portfolio inclusions as unprofessional.
• Employers are ultimately concerned with the quality and content of your work regardless of Watermarks.
• That Watermarks, so long as they do not obscure or detract from the work presented are a fair recompense to a software publisher for free use of their asset.
• N/A

Do you believe that (so long as the licence allows it) if employers were openly more encouraging of accepting/expecting to see Watermarked work in (direct from training) candidate portfolios that;

• It may have an impact on software licence circumvention and piracy.
• That it wouldn't really make a difference and software licence circumvention and piracy would continue at the same level/s.
• N/A

If you are a CTI employer or work for one, do you or your company expect to see in (direct from training) employee candidate portfolio submissions;

Please select all that apply.

• Submissions completely free of Watermarks produced by Student versions of commercial software no matter how unobtrusive.
• That you would prefer non-Watermarked submission but it doesn't matter so long as the work is not diminished or obscured.
• That you don't care, it gives you a good idea of the applicant's 'Standard Skillset and Package Familiarity'.
• Ultimately, it's quality and content of the work, the candidate's work ethic and abaility and ability to integrate into your team that is most important to you.
• N/A

If you are a CTI employer or work for one, do you or your company prefer in a portfolio;

Please select all that apply.

• All 'Industry Standard' produced submissions show good potential work flow knowlegde, skill set and familiarity with your work environment.
• A majority Open Source produced submissions that shows equal skill in execution and potential to easily adapt to your work environment.
• Or a balanced set of submissions showing both a ready familiarity with your practices and also a willingness to experiment and adapt.
• All of the above, it really depends on the individual, the job they are being hired for and the (probably) looming deadline.
• N/A

You buy a printer or scanner, and it comes with a 'Personal Use' slimmed-down edition of a famous brand photo editing suite;

• If you use it to create work in a professional environment then you're breaking the law
• If you use it to create work on your own but for a professional purpose, then you're breaking the law
• If you use it purely for personal work that does not earn you an income, you're legally fine
• What you do with it, i.e. what you may do with it, how, where and when depend entirely on the small print of the Licence

Have you ever read a full License Agreement that came with any item of software that you bought or received?

• Yes
• No