software hoarding

( n.)

   Pejorative  term  employed  by  members  and  adherents  of the {GNU}
   project  to describe the act of holding software proprietary, keeping
   it   under   trade  secret  or  license  terms  which  prohibit  free
   redistribution  and  modification.  Used  primarily  in Free Software
   Foundation propaganda. For a summary of related issues, see {GNU} and
   {free software}.

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