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A synonym for ClosedSource.
Do not confuse this with commercial software. A company can be making money from [Free] software, which is thus commercial. On the other hand, non-commercial software may still be [Proprietary]: this is called freeware (not to be confused with FreeSoftware).
-[Proprietary] software is distributed in BinaryExecutable form under a restrictive license. Where SourceCode is available, if at all, it is almost always charged for,
often only available to specific customers, and
almost always forbids any modification at all, even for in-house use of the customer only. [Proprietary] software leaves you at the mercy of its vendor regarding support and the pricing thereof, availability and cost of upgrades and so on.
+[Proprietary] software is distributed in BinaryExecutable form under a restrictive license. Where SourceCode is available, if at all, it is..
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almost always charged for
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often only available to specific customers
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almost always forbids any modification at all, even for in-house use of the customer only.
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[Proprietary] software leaves you at the mercy of its vendor regarding support and the pricing thereof, availability and cost of upgrades and so on.
Hackers generally sneer at [Proprietary] software.
