Difference Between Open Source/ Freeware/ Proprietary/ Commercial Software in Tabular Form
| Sno. | Basic Term | Open Source | Freeware | Proprietary Software / Commercial |
| 1. | Definition | Open source software, the source code is made readily available to users for download. Most open source software is completely free to all users are free to modify and develop the source code to make improvements | Freeware is software that no monetary cost.its used without payment,software that is available free of charge. Freeware Software you can’t modify itself programming code is not available openly . | Proprietary /Commercial software is any software that is copyrighted and bears limits against use, distribution and modification, these software are costly to use because its Paid for users. |
| 2. | Software Type | Open Source Software | Free to Use | Closed Source Software |
| 3. | Price | Free | Free | Paid |
| 4. | Copyright | Yes(GPL) | Yes | Yes |
| 5. | Modified code | Yes | No | No |
| 6. | Software License | GNU General Public License (“GPL”) | Creative Commons licenses,Free Software Foundation | End-User License Agreement (EULA) |
| 7. | Re Distribution | Yes | author’s permission Required | No |
| 8. | Reverse Engineering | Yes | author’s permission Required | No |
| 9. | Find and fix a new bug. | Yes | Find Bugs and Submit to Company | Find Bugs and Submit to Company |
| 10. | Example of Application | Ubuntu,Firefox,Chromium ,GIMP , DC++ – Open source file-sharing client, Libre Office, 7zip, VirtualBox, FileZilla etc. | Google Chrome, opera, photoscape,TeamViewer, cpu-z, skype, recuva, Aimp,gom player,foxit reader, Avast,Panda cloud Antivirus etc. | Windows,adobe photoshop ,TeamViewer, microsoft office etc |
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