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shareware |
3 definitions found From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: shareware n : software that has been copyrighted but is sold to users with permission to copy it and give it to others From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: shareware /sheir'weir/ n. A kind of {freeware} (sense 1) for which the author requests some payment, usually in the accompanying documentation files or in an announcement made by the software itself Such payment may or may not buy additional support or functionality. See also {careware}, {charityware}, {crippleware}, {FRS}, {guiltware}, {postcardware}, and {-ware}; compare {payware}. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: shareware/sheir'weir/ {Freeware} for which the author requests some payment, usually in the accompanying documentation files or in an announcement made by the software itself Such payment may buy additional support, documentation or functionality. See also {careware}, {charityware}, {crippleware}, {guiltware}, {nagware}, {postcardware}, and {-ware}; compare {payware}. {The Conception of Shareware (http://www.halcyon.com/knopf/history.htm)}. [{Jargon File}] (1997-10-11)
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