Proprietary software: Difference between revisions

'''Proprietary software''' (or [[closed source]]) '''software''' ) does not let people see or change [[source code]] of the [[computer software]]. It is the opposite of [[Freefree software]]. Proprietary software is usually created by businesses who want to sell their software, but some programs that are free to use are still proprietary because the user is not allowed to change them. With proprietary software, only the people that make the software can see and change the code.

* changeChange the code,;

* giveGive the code to other people,;

* giveGive the changed code to other people,;

* useUse the code on a different computer,;

Most companies who sell their software for money (and even some who do not charge money for it) make it proprietary source. This makes it harder for people to copy orand change the software, or to use the source code to make similar software. It helps prevent a user from pretending to be the author of someone else's work (a way of [[plagiarism]]).