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Wednesday 26 October 2016

Unit 7 Learning Outcome 2: Differentiate between proprietary and open source software

Open-source software
Open-source software (OSS) is computer software with its source code made available with a license in which the copyright holder provides the rights to study, change, and distribute the software to anyone and for any purpose. Open-source software may be developed in a collaborative public manner. Open-source software is the most prominent example of open-source development. The open-source model, or collaborative development from multiple independent sources, generates an increasingly more diverse scope of design perspective than any one company is capable of developing and sustaining long term

Proprietary software

Proprietary software is computer software for which the software's publisher or another person retains intellectual property rights usually copyright of the source code, but sometimes patent rights.

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