Software can either be copyrighted or patented, depending on what the software does. If you develop the software by yourself, you own all the rights to it yourself; if you are part of a group, everyone may have a claim to it. That's the "proprietary" part. A license is your (or the group's) permission to someone else to use your proprietary software. An intellectual property attorney can draft this document for you in a manner that will keep all the proprietary rights in your hands.
Answered on Apr 24th, 2015 at 7:54 AM