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Proprietary Software

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See also: Software | Proprietary

The opposite of Free Software.

The term "proprietary" is used because the owner (copyright holder) attempts to treat every copy of the software as his/her property.

Authors and distributors of proprietary software are sometimes called "software hoarders".