List of formerly proprietary software

List of formerly proprietary software

This is a list of notable software packages which were published under a proprietary software license but later released as free and open source software.

In some cases, the company continues to publish proprietary, binary-only releases alongside the free and open source version.

See also

* List of free software packages
* List of open source software packages
* History of free software

References


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