Exclusive/Ex*clu"sive/,n.Oneofacoteriewhoexcludeothers;onewh
ectfew. '()() Exclusive/Ex*clu"sive/a.[Cf.F.exclusif.]1.Havi
ofromrealofaffectedfastidiousnesslimitshisacquaintancetoasel
kingintotheaccount;excludingfromconsideration;--opposedtoinc
jective;"judgingacontestwithasingleeye";"asingledevotiontodu
ty";"undividedaffection";"gainedtheirexclusiveattention"[syn
ngthepowerofpreventingentrance;debarringfromparticipationore
lusive;as,fivethousandtroops,exclusiveofartillery. ().() exc
ive}]3:notdividedamongorbroughttobearonmorethanoneobjectorob
nenewsorganization;"hegotascooponthebriberyofcityofficials"[
ivebars;exclusiveprivilege;exclusivecirclesofsociety.2.Notta
lusiveadj1:notdividedorsharedwithothers;"theyhaveexclusiveus
eofthemachine";"solerightsofpublication"[syn:{sole(a)}]2:exc
ludingmuchorall;especiallyallbutaparticulargrouporminority;"
njoyment;possessedandenjoyedtotheexclusionofothers;as,exclus
exclusiveclubs";"anexclusiverestaurantsandshops"[ant:{inclus
:{single(a)},{undivided}]n:anewsreportthatisreportedfirstbyo
syn:{scoop}]
           Proprietary/Pro*pri"e*ta*ry/,a.[L.proprietarius.]
[syn:{proprietorship}] (..,)() proprietaryadj.1.In{marketroi
sell.--U.S.Statutes. '()() Proprietary/Pro*pri"e*ta*ry/,n.;p
Belonging,orpertaining,toaproprietor;consideredasproperty;ow
uctnotconformingtoopen-systemsstandards,andthusonethatputsth
ely.3.(Eccl.)Amonkwhohadreservedgoodsandeffectstohimself,not
withstandinghisrenunciationofallatthetimeofprofession. ().()
rproducedordistributedbyonehavingexclusiverights;"`Tylenol'i
ned;as,proprietarymedicine.{Proprietaryarticles},manufacture
saproprietarydrugofwhich`acetaminophen'isthegenericform"[ant
proprietaryadj:protectedbytrademarkorpatentorcopyright;madeo
heunmatchedbrillianceofthecompany'sownhardwareorsoftwaredesi
gners.2.Inthelanguageofhackersandusers,inferior;impliesaprod
sexclusivetitletoathing;onewhopossesses,orholdsthetitleto,at
twareissuedinbinarywithoutsourceandunderarestrictivelicense.
d}-speak,superior;impliesaproductimbuedwithexclusivemagicbyt
sciousefforttodistinguishbetween`proprietary'and`commercial'
hinginhisownright.--Fuller.2.Abodyproprietors,takencollectiv
darticleswhichsomepersonorpersonshaveexclusiverighttomakeand
software.Itispossibleforsoftwaretobecommercial(thatis,intend
roprietary1.In{marketroid}-speak,superior;impliesaproductimb
rs,inferior;impliesaproductnotconformingto{open-systems}{sta
ndard}s,andthusonethatputsthecustomeratthemercyofavendorwhoc
l.{Proprietaries}.[L.proprietarius:cf.F.propri['e]taire.See{
Propriety},andcf.{Proprietor}.]1.Aproprietororowner;onewhoha
rsonwhoisresponsibleforitsliabilitiesandentitledtoitsprofits
thephrase"proprietarycrap".3.Synonymforclosed-source,e.g.sof
Sincethecoiningoftheterm{opensource},manyhackershavemadeacon
edtomakeaprofitfortheproducers)withoutbeingproprietary.There
verseisalsopossible,forexampleinbinary-onlyfreeware. -()() p
aninflateserviceandupgradechargesaftertheinitialsalehaslocke
wnhardwareorsoftwaredesigners.2.Inthelanguageofhackersanduse
radechargesaftertheinitialsalehaslockedthecustomerin.Oftenin
:{nonproprietary}]n:anunincorporatedbusinessownedbyasinglepe
ecustomeratthemercyofavendorabletogougefreelyonserviceandupg
uedwithexclusivemagicbytheunmatchedbrillianceofthecompany'so
dthecustomerin. [{PbN}]