Linux is open source, not shareware or proprietary.
There are commercial Linux distributions.
I prefer open source software.
No. It is open source software.
no....because an open source software is distributed for free
Linux is an open source software that has not had a detrimental affect on the marketing of proprietary software. Linux is computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution.
Yes it is. It is owned by Microsoft and they do not give access to the source code for the program, unlike open source software programs.
Freeware is computer software that is distributed without charge. Open source is computer software the author of which claims no copyright. There are several ways "open source" is defined, the most popular being GNU. However! Freeware can be copyrighted, and open source can be sold for money.
No, HP-UX is the commercial distribution of Unix from HP. It is proprietary and not open source.
free to distribute/ update as you require. but people only use it if good, not junk open source ones
Software that has no terms and conditions attached to it and the source code is available to everyone that can download it. It is very rare to find software like this and normally there is no company ownership.
A software licence exists in Contract Law and grants rights and places various restrictions on the use of software. Usually the terms of these licences are determined by the software development company and can consist of proprietary licences or free (or open source) licences. More common rules include a restriction on copying the software, a restriction on the number of users of a certain licence or a rule making the software "open source" or licensed for non commercial use or development.
The open source movement remains a font of innovation to this day, and not just in the commercial sector. Numerous projects founded by universities, loosely knit communities, and individuals are exploring areas yet to be taken on by mainstream, proprietary software products. Here are just seven examples of exciting new ideas in software that you may be able to buy from proprietary vendors someday, but that you can only get for free from the open source community today. Proprietary software vendors, including Microsoft, would have you believe the open source movement has produced nothing but knockoffs of existing products and cast-off code that couldn't cut it in the free market. But while many open source projects, such as OpenOffice.org, do in fact represent well-established categories, to claim that open source has contributed nothing new to the software landscape is a gross exaggeration. For starters, much of the software in use on the Web today -- from the Firefox and Chrome browsers to the Apache Web Server to scripting languages such as Perl, Python, and Ruby -- began life as open source projects.
Codec is a piece of software that translates video and audio data into and from proprietary formats of which MKV is one. It is the codec that enables the computer to interpret data from the proprietary source format.