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Proprietary Software

Software License

Proprietary software is software that grants its creator, publisher or other rightsholder or rightsholder partner a legal monopoly, by modern copyright and intellectual property law, to exclude the recipient from freely sharing the software or modifying it and, in some cases such as patent-encumbered and EULA-bound software, from making use of the software on their own, thereby restricting their freedoms. It is a subset of non-free software. In this atlas the value closed source is recorded for systems, languages and frameworks that are distributed under such terms rather than under a free or open-source license, and they are grouped here.

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Core Principle
Software that is not free or semi-free, whose use, redistribution or modification is prohibited or requires permission. 1
Proprietary Software
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68K/OS, Systems
Source Wikipedia: 68K/OS
86-DOS, Systems
Source Wikipedia: 86-DOS
A/UX, Systems
Acorn MOS, Systems
Source Wikipedia: Acorn MOS
AIX, Systems
Source AlliedWare Plus (Wikipedia)
Amiga Unix, Systems
AmigaDOS, Systems
AmigaOS, Systems
AMSDOS, Systems
Source Wikipedia: AMSDOS
Apple DOS, Systems
Apple GS/OS, Systems
Source Wikipedia: Apple GS/OS
Apple Pascal, Systems
Source Wikipedia: Apple Pascal
Apple ProDOS, Systems
Source Wikipedia: Apple ProDOS
Apple SOS, Systems
Source Wikipedia: Apple SOS
ASP.NET, Frameworks
Atari DOS, Systems
Atari TOS, Systems
Banyan VINES, Systems
Source Wikipedia: Banyan VINES
BeOS, Systems
BlackBerry 10, Systems
BlackBerry OS, Systems
Source Wikipedia: BlackBerry Tablet OS
BOS/360, Systems
BridgeOS, Systems
BSD/OS, Systems
CDC Kronos, Systems
ChromeOS, Systems
Cisco IOS, Systems
Source Classic Mac OS - Wikipedia
Source Wikipedia: Clipper (programming language)
CockroachDB, Systems
Source Wikipedia: Adobe ColdFusion
Commodore DOS, Systems
Source Wikipedia: Multiuser DOS
CP/M-86, Systems
Source Wikipedia: Data General RDOS
dBase, Systems

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1. Categories of Free and Non-Free Software
Section Proprietary software, first sentence
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Proprietary software is software that is not free or semi-free.
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Wikipedia: Proprietary software (for Proprietary Software)
  • Wikipedia, article text
    Proprietary software is software that grants its creator, publisher, or other rightsholder or rightsholder partner a legal monopoly by modern copyright and intellectual property law to exclude the recipient from freely sharing the software or modifying it
  • In Group: Proprietary and Public-Domain Terms, lead section
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DB-Engines: Teradata System Properties - DB-Engines
DB-EnginesLicenses: Teradata, System properties table
Quote, Licenses: Teradata, System properties table
License Commercial or Open Source commercial
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Wikipedia: UNIX System III
Licenses: UNIX System III, Infobox: source model
Quote, Licenses: UNIX System III, Infobox: source model
Closed source
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Wikipedia: Banyan VINES
Licenses: Banyan VINES, Infobox: source model
Quote, Licenses: Banyan VINES, Infobox: source model
Closed-source
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Wikipedia: Acorn MOS
Licenses: Acorn MOS, Infobox: source model
Quote, Licenses: Acorn MOS, Infobox: source model
Closed source
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Wikipedia: 68K/OS
Licenses: 68K/OS, Infobox: source_model
Quote, Licenses: 68K/OS, Infobox: source_model
Closed source
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Wikipedia: AMSDOS
Licenses: AMSDOS, Infobox: source_model
Quote, Licenses: AMSDOS, Infobox: source_model
Closed source
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Wikipedia: NewDos/80
Licenses: NewDos/80, Infobox: source_model
Quote, Licenses: NewDos/80, Infobox: source_model
Closed source
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Wikipedia: DigitaOS
Licenses: DigitaOS, Infobox: source model
Quote, Licenses: DigitaOS, Infobox: source model
Closed-source
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Wikipedia: Rhapsody (operating system)
Licenses: Rhapsody (operating system), Infobox: source_model
Quote, Licenses: Rhapsody (operating system), Infobox: source_model
Closed-source
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Wikipedia: Data General RDOS
Licenses: Data General RDOS, Infobox: source_model
Quote, Licenses: Data General RDOS, Infobox: source_model
Closed source
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Visual Basic for Applications (Wikipedia)
Licenses: Visual Basic for Applications, Design
Quote, Licenses: Visual Basic for Applications, Design
VBA is proprietary to Microsoft and, apart from the COM interface, is not an open standard.
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Turbo Pascal (Wikipedia)
Licenses: Turbo Pascal, Licensing
Quote, Licenses: Turbo Pascal, Licensing
Turbo Pascal came with the "Book License"
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QBasic (Wikipedia)
Licenses: QBasic, Infobox licenseView the Source
QuickBASIC (Wikipedia)
Licenses: QuickBASIC, Infobox: license
Quote, Licenses: QuickBASIC, Infobox: license
Proprietary
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ArchiveOS: NOS/VE (ArchiveOS)
ArchiveOSLicenses: NOS/VE, Listing description
Quote, Licenses: NOS/VE, Listing description
NOS/VE, a proprietary operating system of CDC
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Wikipedia: Multiuser DOS
Licenses: Concurrent DOS, Infobox: license
Quote, Licenses: Concurrent DOS, Infobox: license
Proprietary
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Sintran III (Wikipedia)
Licenses: Sintran III, Sintran III infobox, license
Quote, Licenses: Sintran III, Sintran III infobox, license
Proprietary
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AlliedWare Plus (Wikipedia)
Licenses: AlliedWare Plus, Infobox, license
Quote, Licenses: AlliedWare Plus, Infobox, license
Linux-based but commercial & proprietary
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Wolfram Mathematica (Wikipedia)
Licenses: Wolfram Mathematica, Reception
Quote, Licenses: Wolfram Mathematica, Reception
Mathematica has been criticized for being closed source.
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PowerBASIC (Wikipedia)
Licenses: PowerBASIC, Lead, commercial
Quote, Licenses: PowerBASIC, Lead, commercial
PowerBASIC, formerly Turbo BASIC, was the brand of several commercial compilers by PowerBASIC Inc.
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Locomotive BASIC (Wikipedia)
Licenses: Locomotive BASIC, Lead
Quote, Licenses: Locomotive BASIC, Lead
Locomotive Basic is a proprietary dialect of the BASIC programming language written by Locomotive Software.
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Jess (programming language) (Wikipedia)
Licenses: Jess (programming language), License
Quote, Licenses: Jess (programming language), License
is proprietary software, needing a license, for commercial use
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Vvvv (Wikipedia)
Licenses: Vvvv, Licensing
Quote, Licenses: Vvvv, Licensing
Any commercial use requires a license.
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JScript .NET (Wikipedia)
Licenses: JScript .NET, Lead
Quote, Licenses: JScript .NET, Lead
JScript .NET is a .NET framework programming language developed by Microsoft as proprietary software.
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IDL (programming language) (Wikipedia)
Licenses: IDL (programming language), History, licenses
Quote, Licenses: IDL (programming language), History, licenses
RSI sold its first IDL licenses to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. in 1979.
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Liberty BASIC (Wikipedia)
Licenses: Liberty BASIC, Lead, commercial
Quote, Licenses: Liberty BASIC, Lead, commercial
Liberty BASIC (LB) is a commercial computer programming language
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GFA BASIC (Wikipedia)
Licenses: GFA BASIC, History, proprietary
Quote, Licenses: GFA BASIC, History, proprietary
as a proprietary version of his free BASIC implementation, Turbo-Basic XL
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FM Towns (Wikipedia)
Licenses: FM Towns, Lead, proprietary design
Quote, Licenses: FM Towns, Lead, proprietary design
It started as a proprietary PC variant intended for multimedia applications and PC games
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UNETix (Wikipedia)
Licenses: UNETix, Overview, price
Quote, Licenses: UNETix, Overview, price
Published by Lantech Systems, Inc, uNETix had a list price in 1984 of US$130
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Oracle Application Development Framework (Wikipedia)
Licenses: Oracle Application Development Framework, Licensing
Quote, Licenses: Oracle Application Development Framework, Licensing
Users who want to deploy ADF to a third-party application-server can purchase an ADF runtime license at their local Oracle sales office.
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Classic Mac OS - Wikipedia
Licenses: Classic Mac OS, Infobox: license
Quote, Licenses: Classic Mac OS, Infobox: license
Commercial software, proprietary software
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Wikipedia: Adobe ColdFusion
Wikimedia FoundationLicenses: ColdFusion, Infobox: license
Quote, Licenses: ColdFusion, Infobox: license
Proprietary
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SAS (software) - Wikipedia
Licenses: SAS (programming language), Infobox: license
Quote, Licenses: SAS (programming language), Infobox: license
Proprietary
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Wikipedia: Clipper (programming language)
Licenses: Clipper (programming language), Infobox: license
Quote, Licenses: Clipper (programming language), Infobox: license
proprietary
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Wikipedia: MachTen
Licenses: MachTen, Infobox: license
Quote, Licenses: MachTen, Infobox: license
Commercial, proprietary
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Visual FoxPro (Wikipedia)
Licenses: Visual FoxPro, Infobox: license
Quote, Licenses: Visual FoxPro, Infobox: license
Commercial proprietary software
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Visual Prolog (Wikipedia)
Licenses: Visual Prolog, Infobox: license
Quote, Licenses: Visual Prolog, Infobox: license
Proprietary
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POP-2 (Wikipedia)
Licenses: POP-2, Infobox: license
Quote, Licenses: POP-2, Infobox: license
Proprietary
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SuperBASIC (Wikipedia)
Licenses: SuperBASIC, Infobox: license
Quote, Licenses: SuperBASIC, Infobox: license
Proprietary
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JADE (programming language) (Wikipedia)
Licenses: JADE (programming language), Infobox: license
Quote, Licenses: JADE (programming language), Infobox: license
Proprietary
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Wikipedia: Apple SOS
Licenses: Apple SOS, Infobox: license
Quote, Licenses: Apple SOS, Infobox: license
Apple Software License Agreement
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Wikipedia: Apple ProDOS
Licenses: Apple ProDOS, Infobox: license
Quote, Licenses: Apple ProDOS, Infobox: license
Apple Software License Agreement
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Wikipedia: BlackBerry Tablet OS
Licenses: BlackBerry Tablet OS, Infobox: license
Quote, Licenses: BlackBerry Tablet OS, Infobox: license
EULA
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Wikipedia: Apple GS/OS
Licenses: Apple GS/OS, Infobox: license
Quote, Licenses: Apple GS/OS, Infobox: license
Apple Software License Agreement
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Wikipedia: Apple Pascal
Licenses: Apple Pascal, Infobox: license
Quote, Licenses: Apple Pascal, Infobox: license
Apple Software License Agreement
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Wikipedia: Microsoft Azure
Wikimedia FoundationLicenses: Microsoft Azure, Infobox: license
Quote, Licenses: Microsoft Azure, Infobox: license
Proprietary for platform, MIT License for client SDKs
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Wikipedia: 86-DOS
Licenses: 86-DOS, Infobox: license
Quote, Licenses: 86-DOS, Infobox: license
Proprietary software, Proprietary, MIT License (v0.11, v1.00, v1.10, v1.14)
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Wikipedia: Google Cloud Bigtable
Wikimedia FoundationLicenses: Google Cloud Bigtable, Infobox: license
Quote, Licenses: Google Cloud Bigtable, Infobox: license
Proprietary
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