Editing Commercial software (section)

{{short description|Type of software}}
{{distinguish|business software|proprietary software}}
'''Commercial software''', 
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or, seldom, '''payware''', is a [[computer software]] that is produced for [[Selling|sale]]<ref>[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/commercial+software commercial software - Definitions from Dictionary.com]</ref> or that serves [[Commerce|commercial]] purposes. Commercial software can be [[proprietary software]] or [[free and open-source software]].<ref>{{cite web
  | author = David A. Wheeler
  | title = Free-Libre / Open Source Software (FLOSS) is Commercial Software
  | date = 2009-02-03
  | url = http://www.dwheeler.com/essays/commercial-floss.html
  | access-date = 2009-06-29
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/categories.html#CommercialSoftware |title=Categories of Free and Non-Free Software |publisher=GNU Project}}</ref><ref name="Selling Free Software">{{cite web|url=https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html |title=Selling Free Software |publisher=GNU Project}}</ref>