Proprietary \Pro*pri"e*ta*ry\,
a. [L. proprietarius.] Belonging, or pertaining,
to a proprietor; considered as property; owned;
as, proprietary medicine.
 
{Proprietary articles},
manufactured articles which some person or persons
have exclusive right to make and sell.
--U.S. Statutes.
 
           Proprietary/Pro*pri"e*ta*ry/,a.[L.proprietarius.]
[syn:{proprietorship}] (..,)() proprietaryadj.1.In{marketroi
sell.--U.S.Statutes. '()() Proprietary/Pro*pri"e*ta*ry/,n.;p
Belonging,orpertaining,toaproprietor;consideredasproperty;ow
uctnotconformingtoopen-systemsstandards,andthusonethatputsth
ely.3.(Eccl.)Amonkwhohadreservedgoodsandeffectstohimself,not
withstandinghisrenunciationofallatthetimeofprofession. ().()
rproducedordistributedbyonehavingexclusiverights;"`Tylenol'i
ned;as,proprietarymedicine.{Proprietaryarticles},manufacture
saproprietarydrugofwhich`acetaminophen'isthegenericform"[ant
proprietaryadj:protectedbytrademarkorpatentorcopyright;madeo
heunmatchedbrillianceofthecompany'sownhardwareorsoftwaredesi
gners.2.Inthelanguageofhackersandusers,inferior;impliesaprod
sexclusivetitletoathing;onewhopossesses,orholdsthetitleto,at
twareissuedinbinarywithoutsourceandunderarestrictivelicense.
d}-speak,superior;impliesaproductimbuedwithexclusivemagicbyt
sciousefforttodistinguishbetween`proprietary'and`commercial'
hinginhisownright.--Fuller.2.Abodyproprietors,takencollectiv
darticleswhichsomepersonorpersonshaveexclusiverighttomakeand
software.Itispossibleforsoftwaretobecommercial(thatis,intend
roprietary1.In{marketroid}-speak,superior;impliesaproductimb
rs,inferior;impliesaproductnotconformingto{open-systems}{sta
ndard}s,andthusonethatputsthecustomeratthemercyofavendorwhoc
l.{Proprietaries}.[L.proprietarius:cf.F.propri['e]taire.See{
Propriety},andcf.{Proprietor}.]1.Aproprietororowner;onewhoha
rsonwhoisresponsibleforitsliabilitiesandentitledtoitsprofits
thephrase"proprietarycrap".3.Synonymforclosed-source,e.g.sof
Sincethecoiningoftheterm{opensource},manyhackershavemadeacon
edtomakeaprofitfortheproducers)withoutbeingproprietary.There
verseisalsopossible,forexampleinbinary-onlyfreeware. -()() p
aninflateserviceandupgradechargesaftertheinitialsalehaslocke
wnhardwareorsoftwaredesigners.2.Inthelanguageofhackersanduse
radechargesaftertheinitialsalehaslockedthecustomerin.Oftenin
:{nonproprietary}]n:anunincorporatedbusinessownedbyasinglepe
ecustomeratthemercyofavendorabletogougefreelyonserviceandupg
uedwithexclusivemagicbytheunmatchedbrillianceofthecompany'so
dthecustomerin. [{PbN}]