proprietary software You need an authorized license paid for in order to use the software. open-source software any body can use, an is usually Free. You can use the software for you personal use. Give a donation is you like it. You are not supposed to change the "code" or modify it.
Proprietary software is made for internal company use. Off-the-shelf software can be used and purchased by anyone.
Open-source is a development model. Windows is an operating system.
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Freeware is software for which the author or authors are not seeking monetary compensation. Open-source software is software whose authors have decided to allow other programmers to access the software they have created so as to invite community improvement.
one of them has gNU and the other has gPL!!!! The GNU is the Lesser General Public Licence or LGPL (formerly the GNU Library General Public Licence). The main difference between them is that the LGP lets work to be linked to a non-(L)GPLed programme whether it is free software or proprietary software.
distinguish between a proprietory company and a public company
difference between operating system and system software?
The difference between an open file format and a proprietary file format is the ability to share. Open formats make sharing between computers easier.
It depends on agreements reached between the business and the individuals: if the software is a work-for-hire, for example, it would be owned by the business.