nonfree en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From non- + free.
Meanings
- (not-comparable, 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); paywalled (as in paywalled content).
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(not-comparable) With copyright restrictions that prevent unrestricted distribution or reuse.
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.
2010, Dave Douglas, Gregory Michael Papadopoulos, Citizen Engineer, Prentice Hall, →ISBN, page 169:Near-synonyms: closed-source, proprietary
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.
2008, Russell Dyer, MySQL in a Nutshell, O'Reilly Media, Inc., →ISBN, page 5: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.
2002, Glyn Moody, Rebel Code: Linux and the Open Source Revolution, Perseus Pub., →ISBN, page 27:
Antonyms
feeless · open-source · free as in beer · free as in speech · costless · free · free of charge · gratis · free · libre
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gl de pago (not free of charge) · fr payant (not free of charge) · hu díjköteles (not free of charge) · fi maksullinen (not free of charge) · bg пла́тен (not free of charge) · cmn 收費的 /收费的 (not free of charge) · de unfrei (with copyright restrictions that prevent unrestricted distribution or reuse) · ru несвобо́дный (with copyright restrictions that prevent unrestricted distribution or reuse) · sh плаћен (not free of charge) · mr अमुक्त (with copyright restrictions that prevent unrestricted distribution or reuse) · pl płatny (not free of charge) · hu fizetős (not free of charge) · mi whaiutu (not free of charge) · cs placený (not free of charge) · hi सशुल्क (not free of charge) · fi ei-vapaa (with copyright restrictions that prevent unrestricted distribution or reuse) · be пла́тны (not free of charge) · cmn 收費的 /收费的 (not free of charge) · ja 有料 (not free of charge) · nl betaald (not free of charge) · sh plaćen (not free of charge) · hu fizető- (not free of charge) · nl niet gratis (not free of charge) · ru пла́тный (not free of charge) · cmn 付費的 /付费的 (not free of charge) · de kostenpflichtig (not free of charge) · id berbayar (not free of charge) · nl onvrij (with copyright restrictions that prevent unrestricted distribution or reuse) · ba түләүле (not free of charge) · pt pago (not free of charge) · az ödənişli (not free of charge) · uk пла́тний (not free of charge) · sk platený (not free of charge)