8. IT Professional

 What make a person an IT professional? Nowadays just being competent in IT field is not enough to be called a professional, there's much more to it. Of course, having a broad knowledge of the field is necessary but what you also need are good communication skills. Working as an IT professional most likely means working in a company/team, especially if it's big project. No matter how good you are at doing your task, completing it with support of few other people is way more efficient, so having teamwork skill is a must for a professional. Being able to clearly communicate with your team, helping or teaching if needed will go a long way. Knowing more languages is a big bonus because it increases your ability to communicate.
 Another thing a professional must have is good adaptability. Be it changes in work environment, team you work with or even in the way you think. Thinking of new creative solutions and quickly adapting to changes is definitely a sign of professionalism.

 Now, talking about being an IT professional in Estonia, I don't think it's much different from most other places. If you want to get employed, in addition to the things written above, you of course need work experience. To get it you should try to take part in as many different projects or startups as you can or if you are confident enough in your abilities, try starting your own. Having a university graduation certificate can also help.

7. Copyleft licenses

 Copyleft allows creators to make their works free to be modified and improved by other people. Anyone who has their hands on that product can freely modify it and publish. However, it does not mean that copylefted work is not copyrighted. It uses the copyright to ensure that all modified works are guaranteed to be as free as the original work. That way no one can make the modified version into a proprietary work and strip the ability to freely modify it by other people. This ensures that all versions of the original work have the same original intellectual property rules.
 The main benefit of using copyleft is for example open-sourced software that can be improved by anyone. This greatly increases the potential of that software to be developed into something great.

Types of Copyleft Licenses

 GNU General Public License (GPL) is a popular example of a copyleft license for software and other kinds of work. It allows the work to be freely changed and published but doesn't allow it to become proprietary. GNU C++ compiler is a work made possible thanks to GPL license allowing people to contribute to developing it.
 GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) is similar to GPL but it allows for example a library under this license to be used by a non-GPL licensed program, even if it's a proprietary software.
 GNU Free Documentation License is another license but it covers functional documents and manuals. Because free software needs free documentation as well.

 

Sources:

https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/
https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html
https://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-not-lgpl.html
https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html
https://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl-1.3.html

6. Copyright Reform (The Case For Copyright Reform 2012)

 Christian Engström and Rick Falkvinge wrote a book that tackles the problem of copyright laws and how they affect the current sharing of copyrighted property. Authors offer reforms that could potentially improve the possibilities of what can be done with copyrighted work which will benefit also the creators of that work.

 There is this good analogy they made with public libraries: not only the people who read books and the society as a whole got benefits from getting free access to the culture but so did the authors themselves. I think it's a good point because instead of driving people away from your work with restrictions, they are being drawn in to check that work with possibility of sharing it with many others and supporting the creators.

Free Non-Commercial Sharing and Free Sampling

I want to say a few things about these changes. I feel like these changes are essential in today's society. Sharing someone else's work that you liked and enjoyed should not be illegal. This just hinders the ability of the work to be shared and if there is no profit being made for the person who shared, there should be no restrictions on this. Of course crediting the creator of the work is something that should be done. Same goes to creating something using someone else's work: remixes, parodies, revisions and so on. The creative process should not be restricted by the copyright laws.
I also want to note that, as the authors said, for the current copyright system to work they need to breach the right to private communication. This is definitely something that will completely ruin internet communication and no one would be happy with that.

Overall, I believe that these reforms will only help society with how the copyrighted works are distributed and used. However, my viewpoint is that of a consumer rather than a creator so I don't know how these changes actually going to affect them.

Source: The Case For Copyright Reform (2012) by Christian Engström & Rick Falkvinge

5. Rules of Netiquette

 After reading "The Core Rules of Netiquette" I gave a bit of thought about the first rule – "Remember the human." A rule that should be common sense yet so many people online don't know about it or tend to ignore it.

 What I noticed about myself is that at some point, around two years ago, I stopped thinking about other online users as "just ASCII characters on a screen." That was when my real communication with online users started. I often find myself thinking about what that person was thinking or feeling when they sent the message. The same goes to when I send messages too. Thinking about how to phrase a message so my chatting partner doesn't misinterpret it is very important. In my opinion it makes communication feel much more alive if both sides realize they are indeed talking with another human being. This small step really brings up the quality of online interactions. At least for me it feels like it.

 What might come as a shock is the realization that you are interacting with a real human being on the other side of the planet. Just the thought that I can freely exchange my opinions, knowledge and/or experience with someone far far away from me still surprises me.

 However, I must say that no matter how many people become aware of this Netiquette rule, there are still going to be people who will ignore it. And from my experience the interaction with people like that may be somewhat informative, it usually tends to be dull or plain unpleasant.

Source:
Virginia Shea, Netiquette

4. Least and most realized points in EESTI INFOÜHISKONNA ARENGUKAVA 2020

 Least realized vision point.

 In Eesti infoühiskonna arengukava 2020 it is said "Eestis on jätkuvalt vaba ja avatud (info)ühiskond. Vaatamata kasvanud turva-ja julgeolekuohtudele pole võrreldes teiste riikidega lisandunud suuri väljendus-ja netivabaduse piiranguid, sest suudame tehnoloogiat enda kaitseks rakendada ka ilma nendeta. Samas on tagatud inimestele kontroll oma elu ja andmete privaatsuse üle."
 While I do agree that we truly have an open and free info society and that we don't need to be concerned about government restricting our freedom of expression on the Internet, the least realized point in my opinion is the guaranteed control over private data. At this day and age there's no way you can have 100% guarantee that your data is not being used without you knowing that. It is almost impossible to fully protect private data that has gone through the Internet. That data is actually very valuable and can be used for many purposes. In my opinion, there can be done more to protect people's private data.

Most realized vision point.

 "Inimestel aitab tööd hoidaja tööta jäämise korral uutel aladel uusi väljakutseid vastu võtta IKT-oskuste pidev täiendamine. Seda enam, et kadumas on IKT-oskusi mittenõudvad töökohad. IKT laialdane kasutuselevõtt on kiirendanud struktuurseid muutusi tööturul."
 This is very true. Nowadays finding a job is a lot easier if you have ICT(Information and Communications Technology) skills and developing those skills in Estonia is pretty convenient. ICT specialists are in high demand in many sectors and that is further emphasized by decreasing number of other jobs. For example, self-serving in supermarkets and online ordering is getting more popular in Estonia(especially and with the current situation with the virus) so maintaining those services is necessary while their alternative - cashiers are becoming less needed.

Source: EESTI INFOÜHISKONNA ARENGUKAVA 2020