nonfree

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

non- +‎ free

Adjective[edit]

nonfree (not comparable)

  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).
  2. (software) With copyright restrictions that prevent unrestricted distribution or reuse.
    • 2002, Glyn Moody, Rebel Code: Linux and the Open Source Revolution, Perseus Pub., →ISBN, page 27:
      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.
    • 2008, Russell Dyer, MySQL in a Nutshell, O'Reilly Media, Inc., →ISBN, page 5:
      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.
    • 2010, Dave Douglas, Gregory Michael Papadopoulos, Citizen Engineer, Prentice Hall, →ISBN, page 169:
      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.

Usage notes[edit]

English has no obvious, all-purpose adjective that means “not free of charge, subject to payment”, and usually resorts to a full sentence: "It costs something", "You have to pay for it", etc.; the translations were placed here out of convenience.

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