Commercial software

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Commercial software is computer software that is produced for sale[1] or that serves commercial purposes. Commercial software is most often proprietary software, but most well known free software packages are commercial software, too.[2][3] All or parts of software packages and services that support commerce are increasingly made available as free software, including products from RedHat, Apple Computer, Sun Microsystems, Google, and Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft Corporation uses "commercial software", to describe their business model.[4]

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  1. ^ commercial software - Definitions from Dictionary.com
  2. ^ David A. Wheeler (2009-02-03). "Free-Libre / Open Source Software (FLOSS) is Commercial Software". http://www.dwheeler.com/essays/commercial-floss.html. Retrieved on 2009-06-29. 
  3. ^ "Categories of Free and Non-Free Software". Free Software Foundation. http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/categories.html. 
  4. ^ Craig Mundie (2001-05-03). "The Commercial Software Model". Microsoft. http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/craig/05-03sharedsource.mspx. 
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