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Proprietary software licenses are usually called [EULAs](eula.md).
By extension besides proprietary software there also exist other proprietary works, for example proprietary [art](art.md) or databases -- these are all works that are not [free cultural works](free_culture.md). Even though for example a proprietary movie probably isn't IMMEDIATELY as dangerous as proprietary software, it may be just as dangerous to society in the long run. Examples of proprietary art is basically anything mainstream that's not older than let's say 50 years: [Harry Potter](harry_potter.md), all Hollywood movies, basically all pop music, basically all AAA video [game](game.md) art and lore etcetc.
By extension besides proprietary software there also exist other proprietary works, for example proprietary [art](art.md) or databases -- these are all works that are not [free cultural works](free_culture.md). Even though for example a proprietary movie probably isn't IMMEDIATELY as dangerous as proprietary software, it may be just as dangerous to society in the long run. Examples of proprietary art is basically anything mainstream that's not older than let's say 50 years: [Harry Potter](harry_potter.md), all Hollywood movies, basically all pop music, basically all AAA video [game](game.md) art and lore etcetc.
**Is it ever okay to use proprietary software?** If you have to ask, the answer is no, you should avoid proprietary software as much as possible (considering in today's society you probably can't even take a shit without using some form of proprietary software). Proprietary software is [cancer](cancer.md), it is like hard drugs, poison, radioactive toxic material, biological virus -- you have to treat it as such. For this reason to most people, especially newcomers to the free world, the best, simplest and safest advice is to completely avoid anything proprietary; this helps you get out of the addiction, break out of the system, find free alternatives and avoid harm to yourself and others. Once one becomes an expert he start to see the answer may be more complex of course, as with everything -- for example in order to make a free [clone](clone.md) of something proprietary, we often have to [reverse engineer](reverse_engineering.md) it, which often means having to run it; however this has to only be done by experts who know the dangers and how to handle them, just like handling of a highly dangerous biological virus should only ever be done by an expert in safe laboratory under strictly controlled conditions.