Closed source software

From Citizendium
Revision as of 12:11, 5 April 2007 by imported>Joshua David Williams (creation)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Closed source software is any type of software which is placed under a non-free license agreement. By non-free, we do not mean that the software is not free of charge, but that it is bound by proprietary license restrictions that contradict the open source definition and/or the source code, which is the language computer software is written in, is not made freely available. Examples of closed source software include Microsoft Windows and Adobe Photoshop.