nonfree
adjEtymology From non- + free.
1
Rare Not free, not free of charge, that costs money, that must be paid for, that must be purchased; paid (as in paid service); pay (as in pay channel); cash (as in cash bar); paywalled (as in paywalled content).
2
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences, Software With copyright restrictions that prevent unrestricted distribution or reuse.
- Near-synonyms: closed-source, proprietary
- Furthermore, if software released under the GNU General Public Licence (GPL) were combined with proprietary (nonfree) code, the resultant combination had to be released under the GPL.2002, Glyn Moody, Rebel Code: Linux and the Open Source Revolution, Perseus Pub., →ISBN, page 27:
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- However, if you have developed an application that requires MySQL for its functionality and you want to sell your software with MySQL under a nonfree license, you must purchase a commercial license from MySQL AB.2008, Russell Dyer, MySQL in a Nutshell, O'Reilly Media, Inc., →ISBN, page 5:
- The following licenses do not qualify as free software licenses as defined by the FSF. A nonfree license is automatically incompatible with the GNU GPL.2010, Dave Douglas, Gregory Michael Papadopoulos, Citizen Engineer, Prentice Hall, →ISBN, page 169:
- Derived terms
- nonfreely