In your organization the following tools of the same vendor are currently in usE. a requirements
management tool, a test management tool and a bug tracking tool.
You are the Test Manager.
You are currently evaluating a test automation tool of the same vendor (to complete the vendor’s
tool suite) against an interesting open-source test automation tool under the GNU GPL (General
Public License).
There are no initial costs associated to that open-source tool.
Which of the following statements associated to the selection of the open-source tool is correct in
this scenario?
A.
The open-source tool can be modified but only if the community of developers of that tool gives
you the formal permission to modify it
B.
There are no initial costs for the open-source tool but you should carefully consider the costs
associated to the integration with the existing tools and also evaluate the recurring costs
C.
There are no initial costs for the open-source tool because open-source tools are usually lowquality, while vendor tools have always a better quality than the corresponding open-source tools
D.
The open-source tool can be modified but it can’t be distributed further in any way
Explanation: