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Society, Law and Ethics — Question 12

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Differentiate between Proprietary Licence and Open Source Licence.

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Proprietary LicenseOpen Source License
A proprietary license is a type of software license that restricts the use, modification, and distribution of software.An open source license is a type of software license that allows users to freely use, modify, and distribute software.
The owner of the software, a company or individual, retains the intellectual property rights and controls how the software is used.The source code is publicly available, and users have the freedom to modify and redistribute the software.
It requires a license fee.It is Free of cost.
Examples: Microsoft Windows, Adobe Photoshop.Examples: Linux, Apache, Mozilla Firefox.