What does "propriety software" mean?

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May 16th, 2009, 07:26 AM

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What does "propriety software" mean?

I am interested to use GoogieSpell, but in licensign term:
http://orangoo.com/labs/GoogieSpell/License
I could not understand what exactly "propriety software" means. I contacted them and no answer.
Can someone tell me what "propriety software" means?

May 26th, 2009, 11:37 PM

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From Wikipedia:

Proprietary software is computer software which is the legal property of one party. The terms of use for other parties is defined by contracts or licensing agreements. These terms may include various privileges to share, alter, dissemble, and use the software and its code. [1]

The free software community and some parts of the technology media use the term as an antonym for free software. Free software is indeed usually the legal property of someone, thus meeting the literal definition of "proprietary", but the term "proprietary software" is used in this context to mean that either the source code of the software is not available, or the licensor does not grant the freedoms to use, modify, and distribute that are granted by free software licences.

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