Cosa (chi) è freeware - definizione
SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTED AND USED AT NO COST, WITH OTHER RIGHTS STILL RESERVED
Gratisware; Gratis software; Registerware; Proprietary freeware; Freeware software; Free ware
freeware
<legal> Software, often written by enthusiasts and
distributed at no charge by users' groups, or via the
World-Wide Web, electronic mail, bulletin boards,
Usenet, or other electronic media.
At one time, "freeware" was a trademark of {Andrew
Fluegelman}. It wasn't enforced after his death.
"Freeware" should not be confused with "free software"
(roughly, software with unrestricted redistribution) or
"shareware" (software distributed without charge for which
users can pay voluntarily).
Jim Knopf's story (http://freewarehof.org/sstory.html).
[Jargon File ]
(2003-07-26)
freeware
Freeware is computer software that you can use without payment. (COMPUTING)
Is there a freeware program that I can use to produce my own clip art?
N-UNCOUNT
freeware
¦ noun Computing software that is available free of charge.
Wikipedia
Freeware
Freeware is software, most often proprietary, that is distributed at no monetary cost to the end user. There is no agreed-upon set of rights, license, or EULA that defines freeware unambiguously; every publisher defines its own rules for the freeware it offers. For instance, modification, redistribution by third parties, and reverse engineering are permitted by some publishers but prohibited by others. Unlike with free and open-source software, which are also often distributed free of charge, the source code for freeware is typically not made available. Freeware may be intended to benefit its producer by, for example, encouraging sales of a more capable version, as in the freemium and shareware business models.
Esempi dal corpus di testo per freeware
1. Advertisement Babylon, established in 1''7, offers its product as a freeware translation from English to other languages.
2. Adler predicted that income from advertising, including sales of ad space in freeware and on the IncrediMail website, would contribute about 50% of revenues in 2007.
3. Although resource scarcity looks like the obvious catalyst for the emergence of sharing as a utopian ideal, its cutting–edge cachet comes from its importance on the internet, with file sharing, shareware, freeware and, most importantly, the "open source" movement.