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Answer for the clue "Software that has been copyrighted but is sold to users with permission to copy it and give it to others ", 9 letters:
shareware

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
by 1982, from share (v.) + ware .

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).