Proprietary or closed source software, such as Microsoft Word or Adobe Illustrator, differs from Open Source Software (OSS) because the copyright holder restricts end users from editing, enhancing, or redistributing the product.

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  What Is Open Source Software? - IBM

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• proprietary software concept
• copyright concept
• closed-source software concept