proprietary software - Revision history

Woozle: Reverted edits by Dash McWayne (Talk); changed back to last version by Woozle

2008-08-21T20:08:40Z

Reverted edits by Dash McWayne (Talk); changed back to last version by Woozle

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	~~<div style~~=~~"position:absolute; left:0px; top:0px; right:0px; bottom:0px; width:100%; height~~:~~100%; z~~-~~index:16; color:black; background~~-~~color:white~~; ~~font-family~~:~~monospace; font-size:25pt">~~		==Overview==
	~~<big><big>Page Viewing and Editing Disabled</big></big>~~		[[Category:Computer Terminology]][[proprietary software]] is [[software]] whose copyright owner does not permit others to distribute further copies. Proprietary software almost never includes [[source code]], as this would allow anyone to remove identifying text or images from the software, or even reverse-engineer and rewrite it from the ground up, recompile the code, and distribute the resulting software as their own. (In the case of reverse-engineering, such redistribution could arguably be legal, as ideas are not supposed to be copyrightable or patentable, although in practice copyrights and patents are often granted for such; see [[Issuepedia:Intellectual Property]].) This generally means that only the copyright owner can provide complete support for the software, as nobody else has access to knowledge of the software's inner workings.

	~~As you may know~~, ~~HTYP has been going slow recently. We are about to fix this, but editing pages must be disabled temporaily to complete this delicate operation~~.		It is essentially the opposite of [[free, open-source software]].
			==Links==
	~~See~~ http://~~wiki~~.on.~~nimp.org~~/~~HTYP for more information~~.		===Articles===
			* '''2006-08-28''' [http://software.newsforge.com/software/06/08/14/202229.shtml Why proprietary software is dangerous for business-critical applications] by Robin 'Roblimo' Miller
	~~In the mean time, there are plenty of other tasks that need to be done. There~~ is a huge backlog of cleanup to do on the French HTYP, and there is many controversial topics involving Spanish, German, and Italian-speaking people who want their issues heard on HTYP. Have fun and be patient while we fix things.

	-~~---~~
	~~''The HTYP Development team~~''

Dash McWayne at 16:07, 21 August 2008

2008-08-21T16:07:26Z

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	~~[[Category~~:Computer Terminology]][[proprietary software]] is [[software]] whose copyright owner does not permit others to distribute further copies. Proprietary software almost never includes [[source code]], as this would allow anyone to remove identifying text or images from the software, or even reverse-~~engineer and rewrite it from the ground up, recompile the code, and distribute the resulting software as their own. (In the case of reverse~~-~~engineering, such redistribution could arguably be legal, as ideas are not supposed to be copyrightable or patentable, although in practice copyrights and patents are often granted for such~~; ~~see [[Issuepedia~~:~~Intellectual Property]].) This generally means that only the copyright owner can provide complete support for the software, as nobody else has access to knowledge of the software's inner workings.~~		<big><big>Page Viewing and Editing Disabled</big></big>

	~~It is essentially the opposite of [[free~~, ~~open-source software]]~~.		As you may know, HTYP has been going slow recently. We are about to fix this, but editing pages must be disabled temporaily to complete this delicate operation.
	~~==Links==~~
	~~===Articles===~~		See http://wiki.on.nimp.org/HTYP for more information.
	* '''2006-08-28''' [http://~~software~~.~~newsforge~~.~~com~~/~~software/06/08/14/202229~~.~~shtml Why proprietary software~~ is ~~dangerous for business~~-~~critical applications] by Robin~~ '~~Roblimo~~' ~~Miller~~
			In the mean time, there are plenty of other tasks that need to be done. There is a huge backlog of cleanup to do on the French HTYP, and there is many controversial topics involving Spanish, German, and Italian-speaking people who want their issues heard on HTYP. Have fun and be patient while we fix things.

			----
			''The HTYP Development team''

Woozle: /* Overview */ links - articles - R. Miller

2006-08-29T22:24:21Z

Overview: links - articles - R. Miller

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	It is essentially the opposite of [[free, open-source software]].		It is essentially the opposite of [[free, open-source software]].
			==Links==
			===Articles===
			* '''2006-08-28''' [http://software.newsforge.com/software/06/08/14/202229.shtml Why proprietary software is dangerous for business-critical applications] by Robin 'Roblimo' Miller

Woozle at 12:24, 18 July 2006

2006-07-18T12:24:29Z

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==Overview==
[[Category:Computer Terminology]][[proprietary software]] is [[software]] whose copyright owner does not permit others to distribute further copies. Proprietary software almost never includes [[source code]], as this would allow anyone to remove identifying text or images from the software, or even reverse-engineer and rewrite it from the ground up, recompile the code, and distribute the resulting software as their own. (In the case of reverse-engineering, such redistribution could arguably be legal, as ideas are not supposed to be copyrightable or patentable, although in practice copyrights and patents are often granted for such; see [[Issuepedia:Intellectual Property]].) This generally means that only the copyright owner can provide complete support for the software, as nobody else has access to knowledge of the software's inner workings.

It is essentially the opposite of [[free, open-source software]].