"If, as is common, the proprietary lease makes window maintenance, repair and replacement the obligation of the cooperative, then the cooperative cannot leave it up to individual shareholders to replace their windows," Mr. Shmulewitz said.
Interestingly, neuroimaging was substantially less common in proprietary hospitals than in non-profit and non-federal government hospitals.
At first glance, MOOCs have nothing in common with proprietary universities like the University of Phoenix and its myriad sister schools and spinoffs: DeVry, ITT, and Capella.
Majority of SCAD hospitals used HOSxP whereas most of the Non-SCAD hospitals preferred either less common commercial or proprietary software.
Whereas the institute's intellectual commons area provides important opportunities for free and open collaboration, corporate researchers will also be able to take their ideas into "T-space," a separate space adjoining the commons area where proprietary research can be conducted in private.
"There are several common provisions in the proprietary lease that govern responsibility," he said.
It is a relatively immature market where there are no common standards, just rival proprietary formats.
By licensing the technology," he says.Third, customers are demanding "interoperability" and common standards rather than proprietary systems, which means different firms' technologies must work together smoothly.
Another common shortcoming of older proprietary leases, Mr. Luxemburg said, concerns the rights and responsibilities of shareholders and the co-op corporation with respect to alterations and improvements within the four walls of an apartment.
Web of Things could become the common language between those proprietary APIs.
