CBSE Class 12 Informatics Practices
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Societal Impacts — Question 23
Back to all questions| Proprietary License | Open Source License |
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| 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. |