{"id":16052,"date":"2026-09-27T16:15:38","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T14:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/?p=16052"},"modified":"2026-09-27T16:15:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T14:15:39","slug":"proprietary-or-unreleased","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2026\/09\/27\/proprietary-or-unreleased\/","title":{"rendered":"Proprietary or unreleased?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Brave<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Yesterday I got lost listening celtic music on Youtube, ending up listening to many tunes and songs from Brave movie<\/a>. I love that movie and especially its soundtracks. The Wikipedia entry says that<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Brave<\/em> \u2026 is their first film animated with a new proprietary animation system, called Presto<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Well, I’d rather say that Presto<\/a> is private, unreleased, internal software, rather than proprietary software<\/a> as I prefer to use the term proprietary for programs released to the public. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course it is non-free as opposed as free-as-in-freedom software<\/a>, better named “software libre” or “software libero”. It looks to me more than a trade secret<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can’t blame them for not releasing it. Its their choice. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I got lost listening celtic music on Youtube, ending up listening to many tunes and songs from Brave movie. I love that movie and especially its soundtracks. The Wikipedia entry says that Brave \u2026 is their first film animated with a new proprietary animation system, called Presto. Well, I’d rather say that Presto is…<\/p>\n

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