Proprietary software, also known as non-free software, or closed-source software, is computer software for which the software's publisher or another person retains intellectual property rights—usually copyright of the source code,[1] but sometimes software patent rights.[2]
References
- ↑ Saraswati Experts. "COMPUTER SCIENCE WITH C++", Saraswati House Pvt Ltd, pp. 1.27. ISBN: 978-93-5199-877-8. Retrieved on 29 June 2017.
- ↑ AUUG, Inc.. "AUUGN", AUUG, Inc., March 2003, p. 51. Retrieved on 29 June 2017.
External links
- Proprietary at the Free On-Line Dictionary Of Computing
- Proprietary software at Wikipedia
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