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proprietary software

computer software released under a license restricting use, study or redistribution
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proprietary software

Summary

proprietary software ranks in the top 0.31% of software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,925 views/month, #13 of 4,153).[1]

Key Facts

  • proprietary software is a type of software[2].
  • proprietary software is a type of club good[3].
  • proprietary software's Commons category is recorded as Proprietary software[4].
  • proprietary software's industry is recorded as Prepackaged Software[5].
  • proprietary software is the opposite of free and open-source software[6].
  • proprietary software is the opposite of proprietary hardware[7].
  • proprietary software is the opposite of source-available software[8].
  • proprietary software's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Proprietary software[9].
  • proprietary software's has characteristic is recorded as closed source[10].
  • proprietary software's different from is recorded as proprietary license[11].
  • proprietary software's uses is recorded as proprietary license[12].
  • proprietary software's uses is recorded as software license[13].

Why It Matters

proprietary software ranks in the top 0.31% of software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,925 views/month, #13 of 4,153).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 146 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_proprietary-software_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{proprietary software}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/proprietary-software}, note = {Accessed: 2026-03-08}}
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  1. 3d ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tdkiv term id → 000014974
    Industry → —
    Different from → proprietary license
    Omegawiki defined meaning → 964639
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||bho, ar */ import labels from sitelinks; cleanup"
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