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Proprietary Software
Type of intellectual property, owned by a company, an individual or a group of developers (usually the one that developed it). Usually, it has major use restrictions, and its source code is almost always kept secret. The owner retains patent or copyright.
| First released | 1969 |
| Developed by | IBM |
Interesting facts
Before 1969, software was being distributed without additional charges.