shareware

n : software that has been copyrighted but is sold to users with

permission to copy it and give it to others

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)