KnowraProprietary softwareLinked fromLinked fromThe 15 pages that link to Proprietary software, each with the reason it gives.All 15Narrower topic 1Compared with 14Open-source softwareCompared with: It contrasts with the permissions that define open-source distribution.Source codeCompared with: Its source code is commonly withheld or available only under limited conditions.Open scienceCompared with: Its closed code can obstruct inspection and reuse of computational research methods.LinuxCompared with: Linux's defining open-source development model contrasts with restrictive software licensing.Richard StallmanCompared with: Stallman’s activism directly challenges restrictions that deny users control over software.Free softwareCompared with: Its restrictions deny freedoms that define free software.Free software movementCompared with: The movement opposes these restrictions as a denial of users’ freedom.Application softwareCompared with: Proprietary terms commonly limit how an application may be copied, changed, or shared.Information and communications technologyCompared with: Its restrictions contrast with open-source approaches to building and sharing ICT.Web standardsCompared with: Open web standards can be implemented by competing products rather than controlled by one vendor.Free-culture movementCompared with: Its control model contrasts with the movement’s emphasis on permission to reuse.SoftwareCompared with: Proprietary licensing contrasts with the freedoms granted by free-software licenses.Open sourceCompared with: Its restrictions mark the opposite distribution model.History of softwareCompared with: Its controlled distribution contrasts with the source-sharing practices of free and open-source software.