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A term for various techniques commonly used by [Proprietary] software vendors to make it harder for their customers to switch to the competition. These techniques include:
* The use of proprietary [data formats|FileFormat] by the software, specifications for which are difficult or impossible to get, thereby limiting the customers’ ability to move their own data into software from other vendors.
* The use of proprietary [API]s and communication [Protocol]s, again limiting the customers’ ability to freely move data to and from software provided by other vendors.
+* Taking out [Patent]s, including, where possible, [SoftwarePatent]s, to simply prevent potential competitors from creating alternative products.
