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e shrink wrap licensing license agreements are usually not negotiable 39 software patents grant exclusive rights to algorithms software features or other patentable subject matter with coverage varying by jurisdiction vendors sometimes grant patent rights to the user in the license agreement 40 the source code for a piece of proprietary software is routinely handled as a trade secret 41 software can be made available with fewer restrictions on licensing or source code access software that satisfies certain conditions of freedom and openness is known as free or open source 42 limitations edit since license agreements do not override applicable copyright law or contract law provisions in conflict with applicable law are not enforceable 43 some software is specifically licensed and not sold in order to avoid limitations of copyright such as the first sale doctrine 44 exclusive rights edit the owner of proprietary software exercises certain exclusive rights over the software the owner can restrict the use inspection of source code modification of source code and redistribution use of the software edit further information copy protection crippleware and price discrimination vendors typically limit the number of computers on which software can be used and prohibit the user from installing the software on extra computers citation needed restricted use is sometimes enforced through a technical measure such as product activation a product key or serial number a hardware key or copy protection vendors may also distribute versions that remove particular features or versions which allow only certain fields of endeavor such as non commercial educational or non profit use use restrictions vary by license windows vista starter is restricted to running a maximum of three concurrent applications the retail edition of microsoft office home and student 2007 is limited to non commercial use on up to three devices in one household windows xp can be installed on one computer and limits the number of network file sharing connections to 10 45 the home edition disables features present in windows xp professional traditionally adobe licenses are limited to one user but allow the user to install a second copy on a home computer or laptop 46 this is no longer true with the switching to creative cloud iwork 09 apple s productivity suite is available in a five user family pack for use on up to five computers in a household 47 inspection and modification of source code edit see also open source software and crippleware vendors typically distribute proprietary software in compiled form usually the machine language understood by the computer s central processing unit they typically retain the source code or human readable version of the software often written in a higher level programming language 48 this scheme is often referred to as closed source 49 while most proprietary software is distributed without the source code some vendors distribute the source code or otherwise make it available to customers for example users who have purchased a license for the internet forum software vbulletin can modify the source for their own site but cannot redistribute it this is true for many web applications which must be in source code form when being run by a web server the source code is covered by a non disclosure agreement or a license that allows for example study and modification but not redistribution 50 the text based email client pine and certain implementations of secure shell are distributed with proprietary licenses that make the source code available citation needed some licenses for proprietary software allow distributing changes to the source code but only to others licensed for the product and some 51 of those modifications are eventually picked up by the vendor some governments fear that proprietary software may include defects or malicious features which would compromise sensitive information in 2003 microsoft established a government security program gsp to allow governments to view source code and microsoft security documentation of which the chinese government was an early participant 52 53 the program is part of microsoft s broader shared source initiative which provides source code access for some products the reference source license ms rsl and limited public license ms lpl are proprietary software licenses where the source code is made available governments have also been accused of adding such malware to software themselves according to documents released by edward snowden the nsa has used covert partnerships with software companies to make commercial encryption software exploitable to eavesdropping or to insert backdoors 54 55 software vendors sometimes use obfuscated code to impede users who would reverse engineer the software 56 this is particularly common with certain programming languages citation needed for example the bytecode for programs written in java can be easily decompiled to somewhat usable code citation needed and the source code for programs written in scripting languages such as php or javascript is available at run time 57 redistribution edit further information shareware see also freely redistributable software proprietary software vendors can prohibit the users from sharing the software with others another unique license is required for another party to use the software in the case of proprietary software with source code available the vendor may also prohibit customers from distributing their modifications to the source code shareware is closed source software whose owner encourages redistribution at no cost but which the user sometimes must pay to use after a trial period the fee usually allows use by a single user or computer in some cases software features are restricted during or after the trial period a practice sometimes called crippleware interoperability with software and hardware edit further information interoperability software proprietary file formats and protocols edit further information proprietary format and proprietary protocol proprietary software often citation needed stores some of its data in file formats that are incompatible with other software and may also communicate using protocols which are incompatible such formats and protocols may be restricted as trade secrets or subject to patents citation needed proprietary apis edit a proprietary application programming interface api is a software library interface specific to one device or more likely to a number of devices within a particular manufacturer s product range 58 the motivation for using a proprietary api can be vendor lock in or because standard apis do not support the device s functionality 58 the european commission in its march 24 2004 decision on microsoft s business practices 59 quotes in paragraph 463 microsoft general manager for c development aaron contorer as stating in a february 21 1997 internal microsoft memo drafted for bill gates the windows api is so broad so deep and so functional that most isvs would be crazy not to use it and it is so deeply embedded in the source code of many windows apps that there is a huge switching cost to using a different operating system instead early versions of the iphone sdk were covered by a non disclosure agreement the agreement forbade independent developers from discussing the content of the interfaces apple discontinued the nda in october 2008 60 vendor lock in edit further information vendor lock in any dependency on the future versions and upgrades for a proprietary software package can create vendor lock in entrenching a monopoly position 61 software limited to certain hardware configurations edit proprietary software may also have licensing terms that limit the usage of that software to a specific set of hardware apple has such a licensing model for macos an operating system which is limited to apple hardware both by licensing and various design decisions this licensing model has been affirmed by the united states court of appeals for the ninth circuit 62 abandonment by proprietors edit main article abandonware proprietary software which is no longer marketed supported or sold by its owner is called abandonware the digital form of orphaned works if the proprietor of a software package should cease to exist or decide to cease or limit production or support for a proprietary software package recipients and users of the package may have no recourse if problems are found with the software proprietors can fail to improve and support software because of business problems 63 support for older or existing versions of a software package may be ended to force users to upgrade and pay for newer versions 64 planned obsolescence sometimes another vendor or a software s community themselves can provide support for the software or the users can migrate to either competing systems with longer support life cycles or to foss based systems 65 some proprietary software is released by their owner at end of life as open source or source available software often to prevent the software from becoming unsupported and unavailable abandonware 66 67 68 3d realms and id software are famous for the practice of releasing closed source software into the open source further explanation needed some of those kinds are free of charge downloads freeware some are still commercially sold e g arx fatalis further explanation needed more examples of formerly closed source software in the list of commercial software with available source code and list of commercial video games with available source code pricing and economics edit see also commercial software proprietary software is not synonymous with commercial software 69 70 although the two terms are sometimes used synonymously in articles about free software 71 72 proprietary software can be distributed at no cost or for a fee and free software can do the same as well albeit more at no cost than for a fee 73 the difference is that whether proprietary software can be distributed and what the fee would be is at the proprietor s discretion with free software anyone who has a copy can decide whether and how much to charge for a copy or related services 74 proprietary software that comes for no cost is called freeware proponents of commercial proprietary software argue that requiring users to pay for software as a product increases funding or time available for the research and development of software for example microsoft says that per copy fees maximize the profitability of software development 75 proprietary software generally creates greater commercial activity over free software especially in regard to market revenues 76 proprietary software is often sold with a license that gives the end user right to use the software technical support for proprietary software can often be provided only by employees of the company that created the program and such service is included with the software however a dedicated 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