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Software that has been copyrighted but is sold to users with permission to copy it and give it to others
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shareware
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Shareware is a type of proprietary software which is provided (initially) free of charge to users, who are allowed and encouraged to make and share copies of the program, which helps to distribute it. Shareware is often offered as a download from an Internet ...
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n. (context computing English) A type of software that is distributed without payment but is limited in any combination of functionality, availability, or convenience.
Usage examples of shareware.
Cheaper, botched fakes were sold or sharewared to low-level gangs of boodler wannabes.
It may be copied, be it in binary or in printed form, and distributed in its original form and content over Bulletin Board Systems and/or other public or private libraries as long as no fee of any kind is charged for it (this also includes the prices for commercially sold Public Domain or Shareware Diskettes or CD ROMs).