> Proprietary software, also called nonfree software, means software that doesn't respect users' freedom and community. Proprietary software is generally just

> Proprietary software, also called nonfree software, means software that doesn't respect users' freedom and community. Proprietary software is generally just referred to as "Software". Also known as the stuff that makes phones ring, cars start, satellites communicate, banks able to track money, grocery stores track how many bananas they have, airplanes not collide... Fundamentally software makes the world go around, and a huge chunk of it is proprietary.